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INTERNATIONAL MEXICO RESCINDS OFFER TO HELP TEXAS AFTER QUAKE On Thursday, Sept. 7, southern Mexico experienced an 8.1 magnitude earthquake that has killed over 90 people causing Mexico to rescind their offer to aid Texas from Hurricane Harvey.

Furthermore, Hurricane Katia struck the Gulf state of Veracruz this past weekend.

According to CNBC, Mexico’s government offered to send food, beds, generators, mobile kitchens as well as doctors after the storm flooded multiple parts of Houston.

“Given these circumstance, the Mexican government will channel all available logistical support to serve the families and communities affected in the national territory,” the foreign ministry statement said.

CNBC also reports that although government aid never arrived, Mexico’s volunteer Red Cross provided food and supplies to those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Undocumented students anticipate deportation after Trump ends DACA program Photo Courtesy of Gabriella De Leon

President Marc Johnson walks among students advocating for a sanctuary campus declaration from the university on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2016. While Johnson did not make UNR a sanctuary campus, he is a strong supporter of DACA.

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TESLA UPGRADES CAR MILEAGE IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IRMA

“I am terrified that I will be deported— that I won’t be able to finish my career and that I will never be able to see my family again,” said one University of Nevada, Reno, student. That

Electric car maker, Tesla, is giving their customers a mileage boost to those trying to escape Hurricane Irma. According to CNNMoney, a Tesla spokesperson confirmed that Tesla has remotely triggered a software upgrade for some cars in the southeast, where Irma is expected to cause significant damage.

The upgrade will give customers up to an extra 40 miles and allow some Tesla batteries to travel for longer.

When Tesla first built their cars, the software restricted the car battery’s capacity which allowed the company to sell the models for a cheaper price. If customers chose to upgrade, they could do so for an additional charge.

Due to Hurricane Irma, Florida has experienced gas shortages making this upgrade beneficial to those trying to evacuate.

According to the state’s division of emergency management, about 6.3 million people were in mandatory evacuation zones, making it one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history.

LOCAL GIRL SCOUTS OF SIERRA NEVADA RAISE MONEY FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE HARVEY The Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada are raising money as a part of an effort to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

The Girl Scouts in Troop 183 have gone door to door asking for donations. From the help of the community and their neighbors, Troop 183 has raised over $150.

“We are trying to teach the girls that every Girl Scout is a ’sister,’ and their fellow sisters who live in the area where Hurricane Harvey hit have lost a lot,” Troop Leader Diane Cardoso said.

The troop’s goal is to fundraise at least $1000 for Hurricane Harvey victims and hope that their efforts will encourage more people to donate.

Karolina Rivas can be reached at mpurdue@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @karolinarrivas.

student, who we’ll call Jane, is also a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — a “Dreamer.”

The Trump administration announced it was ending the program on Tuesday, Sept. 5, leaving DACA recipients uncer-

tain of what their future in the U.S. — if any — would look like.

In Reno, more than 100 people gathered on campus in front of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center and downtown in front of the federal courthouse building to protest the decision.

DACA was enacted by former President Barack Obama in 2012 through an executive order. The program “deferred” deportation of undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, allowing them to live in the country without fear

of deportation and have some of the same rights as citizens.

More than 800,000 were able to receive a Social Security number, go to school, get a job

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Lauren Cooley talks free speech, activism at ASUN speaker series

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Gourmelt as it stands on Sunday, Sept. 10. Gourmelt is a participating restaurant in the newly launched UberEATS program, but its sister restaurant, Two Chicks, will not.

UberEATS launch attracts students, deters restaurants

By Paolo Zialcita Wednesday, Sept. 6, marked the debut of UberEATS in the Reno-Sparks area. The food delivery app, created by ride-sharing service Uber, boasts nearly 50 restaurants to order from, according to an UberEATS press release. These restaurants include GourMelt, Noble Pie Parlor Midtown and Bab Cafe.

Each restaurant is contracted on a month-by-month basis. Every order taken through UberEATS is split 35 percent to Uber, 65 percent to the restaurant. Some restaurants, such as local favorite Süp, have reacted negatively to the price split.

Süp, a popular venue in Midtown, was one of the first businesses to be targeted

by UberEATS, explained Süp co-owner, Kasey Christensen. Upon learning about the price split, Christensen and her husband, Christian, decided to opt out of the service.

“Restaurants are lucky if they make anywhere from 10/12 percent as a bottom line. Giving away 35 percent just for the guy taking your food out the door really didn’t work for us,” said Christensen.

Despite her holdbacks on the price split, Christensen believes that food delivery services in Reno would be beneficial to the community. She is hop-

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ing that competitors step up and offer a more affordable, small-business friendly alternative to UberEATS. “How wonderful would it be for Lyft to come in and come up with their own food delivery service option at a better rate,” said Christensen, “Treat the restaurants fairly and give customers what they want.”

Some businesses who opted in for UberEATS agree with Christensen’s views on the price split. Jessie Anderson, owner of Two Chicks and GourMelt is able to see the pros and cons of signing with UberEATS. Two Chicks opted out, but GourMelt signed up in order to expand their customer base.

“Now that I’m learning that they’re getting six dollars for every order plus my 35 percent, it definitely turns me off a little bit more to the whole idea of it,” said Christensen.

GourMelt opened in September of 2016, making it a relatively new business. However, older, more established businesses, like Noble Pie Parlor, finds UberEATS just as difficult as the new kids on the block.

Noble Pie Parlor signed up for UberEATS to help ease the workload of their

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LET’S AGREE ON FREE SPEECH

Conservative activist Lauren Cooley came to the University of Nevada, Reno, campus on Wednesday, Sept. 16, to speak to students on the concept of free speech. Cooley’s visit is a part of the speaker series hosted by the Associated Students of the University of Nevada.

According to ASUN, the speaker series is aimed to encourage students with different perspectives to exchange ideas that are essential to a higher education.

“We wanted to purposely create a space for students to see examples of people on various ends of the political spectrum that can hold their conviction and still be able to dialogue with people who disagree with them,” said Sandra Rodriguez, Director of ASUN at the Center for Student Engagement. “Quite frankly, it was about giving an example and also to help students understand that’s an

expectation of the education you’re going to receive at the University of Nevada.”

According to CNN, Cooley calls herself a conservative before she calls herself a Republican.

“I think Republican is a vehicle to raise money, provide a platform, get candidates in office, but it’s not a philosophy,” Cooley said. “So the reason I am an activist and the reason I am involved in politics is that I care about issues. I don’t think necessarily that a party will forever represent the same issues but I think conservatism as philosophy always will.”

Cooley is from Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is currently pursuing her masters in Liberal Arts and Sciences/ Liberal Studies at the University of Miami. As a contributing editor for Red Alert Politics, an online conservative publication, Cooley’s work

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Department of Education rolls back Title IX guidelines on university sexual assault

By Madeline Purdue Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Thursday, Sept. 7, that her department is rolling back the Obama-era Title IX guidelines on campus sexual assault, claiming the guidelines ignore the right to due process of the accused.

Title IX prohibits federally funded programs from discrimination based on sex, including protection from sexual harassment and assault.

The guidelines were set up in 2011 when the Obama administration released the “Dear colleague” letter with ways for university administrations to handle sexual assault claims. It encouraged them to step up and to treat the issue more seriously on their campuses, threatening to remove federal funds if they didn’t.

“The sexual harassment of students, including sexual violence, interferes with students’ right to receive an education free from discrimination and, in the case of sexual violence, is a crime,” reads the letter.

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they are unfair and lower the standard of proof against those accused.

DeVos said the Obama administration put the issue back into the spotlight on college campuses, but intimidated and coerced schools to comply with the guidelines.

However, some don’t think this will change how most universities will treat sexual assault.

“The response will occur mostly at the margins,” Brett Sokolow, executive director of the Association of Title IX Administrators, said to USA Today. “There are 20 percent of colleges that weren’t all that committed to Title IX to begin with, and this is going to give them the excuse to pull back. But for 80 percent of the colleges out there that aren’t at the margins, this is a cultural shift that’s already taken place, and they’re smart enough to understand that a rollback of sub-regulatory guidance doesn’t change the fundamentals of Title IX that have been in place for 45 years.”

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own delivery driver staff.

Ryan Goldfinger, the coowner of the pizzeria, finds the contract unsustainable for his business.

“It doesn’t make any sense.

It’s an extreme concern. If anything, the reason why we might eventually elect to not use the application would probably be solely based on that cut,” said Goldfinger.

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sanctuary campus last December despite a petition signed by more than 700 UNR students gathered by the Latinx Student Advisory Board. A sanctuary campus means the administration would pledge to protect undocumented students from deportation.

The Nevada System of Higher Education also released a statement in support of finding a permanent solution to keep DACA. “DACA students have grown up in Nevada communities and graduated from Nevada high schools,” reads the statement.

“The DACA program has been instrumental in providing access to NSHE institutions; as these are students who have met our admissions requirements and are making positive economic, cultural, and scholarly impacts on our communities. Access to higher education changes lives for the better for all Nevadans.”

The president of the Associated Students of the University of Nevada, Noah Teixeira, released a statement on DACA, which was co-signed by more than 30 student leaders from colleges and universities across the country. The statement urged Congress to protect DACA students and promised to fight for the continuation of the program.

“To our DACAmented peers, know that you are not alone, and that your sacrifices will not go unseen,” reads the statement.

“We will hold ourselves, our

communities, and our leaders accountable. Repealing DACA was a harmful decision and one that we will not stop fighting against.”

President Trump has given a six-month window to Dreamers, tweeting that they don’t have to worry about being deported in that time.

“For all of those (DACA) that are concerned about your status during the 6 month period, you have nothing to worry about - No action!” reads his Sept. 7 tweet.

President Trump gave Congress those six months to pass legislation that would replace DACA and protect Dreamers.

The UNR student hopes that if Congress is able to pass legislation in the next six months, they will create a path to citizenship for Dreamers.

“Since 100 percent of the people who apply for DACA have no criminal record and are individuals who are working to better themselves with careers and degrees I believe it would benefit not only the individuals but this country as well,” she said. “DACA recipients want and strive for that American Dream that everyone else wants.”

However, if Congress fails to pass this proposed legislation, it is uncertain what will happen next.

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and in some states, a driver’s license.

The program is only available to those who were brought to the U.S. before mid-2007.

Among a bevy of other requirements, participants must pass a background check and have a clean criminal record in order to qualify for the program and renew their DACA status every two years.

Jane, who wished to remain anonymous, was brought to Los Angeles when she was seven months old by her young, single mother who wanted a better life for her child in the U.S. They moved to the Reno area a few years after entering the country and never left.

Now she faces the threat of deportation to a country she has never known.

“I wouldn’t recognize my birth place if I were to ever go back,” she said. “Now that 800,000 people have decided to trust the government and come out of the shadows, they have no idea what to expect.”

She said that DACA has made her feel normal, allowed her to go to school and choose a career path she wanted to follow, instead of being forced into another job because of her citizenship status.

Her fears resonate with many

Dreamers, the name DACA recipients have been come to known as, as they attend colleges and universities in hopes of pursuing a career in the United States.

UNR does not collect data on how many Dreamers attend the university because if they did, they would have to report it to the federal government.

President Marc Johnson reaffirmed the university’s position on DACA on Friday, Sept. 1, in response to looming threats that President Trump would make his decision about DACA in the coming week.

In a press release, Johnson commented on the importance of DACA students to the university community and assured them they were welcome to remain at UNR. “The past several days have been very stressful for our DACA students and their families, as they have been dealing with a high level of uncertainty,” Johnson said. “The University of Nevada, Reno values our DACA students, and we are here to advocate for them and stand with them.”

President Johnson made the university’s position on DACA clear after the 2016 presidential election. Then-candidate Trump ran on the promise to end DACA because he felt it was executive overreach by the Obama administration.

However, President Johnson decided to not make UNR a

Fruit fly research gives insight into autism

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In a small fruit fly lab on the third floor of Fleischmann Agricultural building at the University of Nevada, Reno, exciting discoveries are being made. Winding around the maze of workstations and equipment, the entire space is teeming with new ideas. Jars of incubating flies sit in neat rows in a large refrigerator against the wall, students study specimen under elaborate microscopes, others cleans instruments to be used for the next day. In the back corner of the lab, engrossed in images of mutations in the flies sits Dr. Thomas Kidd, an associate professor in the university’s biology department.

Dr. Kidd and a team of neuroscientists in the biology department at UNR have recently identified a new genetic mechanism in a split-brain fruit fly that may give valuable insights into the cause of autism. This gene, called PRRG4, is believed to be responsible for the disruption of brain pathways connecting the left and right sides of the brain.

Dr. Thomas Kidd has been working at UNR since 2003, teaching a variety of genetic and neuroscience classes while studying the wiring of the nervous system, and how nerves grow and navigate within the body.

Dr. Kidd begins describing his work with a picture of a neuron, or nerve cell. A cell body surrounded by spindly dendrites, operating in a similar way to antennas on an insect, sensing the surrounding environment. The cell body is connected to the axon, the passage in which messages from the cell body get passed on to other neurons, muscles or glands. This description only scratches the surface of the complex working unit of the brain, which has multiple functions.

Dr. Kidd and his lab focus on how neurons grow and navigate within the body by studying fruit flies. A fruit fly’s brain and nerve cords form using molecules that are surprisingly similar to those in humans.

“Every gene we’ve ever found in the fly is usually doing the same thing as in humans,” said Kidd.

Over several years research of the fruit fly nervous system was conducted, leading to a surprising discovery. Kidd and his team found a mutant fruit fly that had no connections between the right and left side of its nervous system. Just like humans, a fruit fly relies on connections between the left and right side for coordinated, smooth movement and communication. These connections are found in six important places in the human body, the biggest being the corpus

only issue businesses are running into. Some are finding that both drivers and restaurant staff are untrained and unprepared.

“We had some issues working on getting a printer set up and having the orders print directly to the kitchen,” said Goldfinger, “And we were getting multiple drivers showing up to pick up the same order over and over again.”

Despite these initial setbacks, business owners remain optimistic about their future with UberEATS. Gold-

SENATE RECAP SEP. 6

By Madeline Purdue

PUBLIC COMMENT COLLEGE OF BUSINESS SEEKS TEDX SPEAKERS Javier Hernandez from the College of Business student council presented to the senate about recruiting members from their respective colleges to apply to speak at the university’s TEDx program. The application deadline is Friday, Sept.

15. Speeches on all topics are welcome. If interested, students should apply at http://tinyurl. com/htpabmp.

Questions should be emailed to Hernandez at jshernandex@nevada. unr.edu. The TEDx event will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Joe Crowley Student Union theater, located on the third floor.

REPORTS TEIXEIRA RELEASES DACA STATEMENT ASUN president Noah Teixeira announced that he released a statement with student leaders of other colleges around the country about President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that allows children of undocumented immigrants that were brought to the U.S. the same privileges as citizens, including the right to go to college. Teixeira encouraged the ASUN senate to push through legislation that would keep DACA students on campus.

SENATORS ENCOURAGED TO FIGHT HATE Dr. James Beattie, the advisor to the senate, gave a mini-lesson on how to they could fight hate on campus in addition to passing legislation. He suggested the senators should educate themselves about institutional and systematic racism, not to back away from problems that don’t affect them and pressure university administration to do more.

“One of the best ways to fight hate is through education,” said Beattie.

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Diagram courtesy of Dr. Thomas Kidd

This diagram shows how Dr. Thomas Kidd and his team of neuroscientists at UNR have made the connection of human autism to the brains of fruit flies. Fruit fly and human brains both rely on connections between the right and left sides of the brain for coordination and communication.

callosum, which joins the two hemispheres of the brain.

A normal corpus callosum looks like a ladder: with axons connecting two vertical pathways to the brain. The connection points are called commissures. The corpus callosum forms during pregnancy and subtle disruptions to the structure are associated with developing autism. In the mutant fruit fly, Kidd’s team found, there are almost no connections between the left and right side of the nervous system.

“This [fly] is absolutely amazing,” Kidd said while pointing to an image of the fly’s nerves. “It was the poster child for our study because it really has no left right connections. It’s like the ultimate split-brain patient.”

finger expressed that while he is hopeful that UberEATS will change their business plan to benefit local businesses, he is not sure it will happen.

“I do not see them making too many adjustments on behalf of Reno, considering they’re in so many major cities. That would have to more of a nationwide cry for help.”

In contrast to restaurant owners, Reno residents have shown their excitement for the new service, especially students at UNR who do not have cars. Lindsey Baker, a

student who lives on campus, first grew accustomed to the ease and convenience of UberEATS after using it during her summer internship in Boston.

“Having it here makes thing so much easier because half the things on campus close super early, so if you need something at 9 p.m., they can bring it to you,” said Baker.

Paolo Zialcita can be reached at mpurdue@sagebrush. unr.edu and on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush.

The mutant is called commmissureless, or comm, and after discovering this mutant, Kidd said he and his colleagues began work to identify the human equivalent of the comm gene.

“The comm gene was thought to be unique to insects but our work shows that it is not,” said Elizabeth Justice, a former postdoctoral neuroscience researcher in Kidd’s lab and lead author of the study, said to reporter Mike Wolterbeek.

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People took to Twitter to express their view on DeVos’ decision to roll back the Title IX guidelines.

“Betsy DeVos wants to roll back protections for sexual assault victims on campus, just in case her boss ever wants to visit a campus,” tweeted actress Bette Midler.

“I feel physically ill. Betsy DeVos has elevated the dishonest bleating of Men’s Rights Activists above sexual assault survivors,” tweeted

In his report, speaker pro tempore Anthony Martinez announced that he was working with the Residence Hall Association to create a floor in each dormitory specifically dedicated to people in the LGBTQA+ community to live. He said that the RHA has tried to push for this before, and they are learning from past mistakes in order to make the LGBTQA+ floors a reality.

WOLF SHOP LOOKS TO TEXT STUDENTS Senator Derek Bussman, from the College of Liberal Arts, said that the Wolf Shop is looking to create a texting service in order to contact students about textbooks and other promotions. Textbook Brokers, a direct competitor of the Wolf Shop, debuted their texting service this semester.

The Wolf Shop is hoping to use the same texting channel as ASUN so they could reach more students without having to start a new account.

Madeline Purdue can be reached at mpurdue@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @madelinepurdue.

TEDTalks social media editor Ella Dawson.

However, not everyone disagreed with the decision.

Multiple news organizations ran op-eds where staff reporters and contributing writers expressed their support for DeVos and due process.

DeVos said that the Department of Education will soon open a comment period for the public to submit their ideas about how universities should handle sexual asault allegations.

Madeline Purdue can be reached at mpurdue@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @madelinepurdue.

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WHATS UP WITH ALL THIS CONSTRUCTION? performances and exhibits in music, theatre, dance, and art,” the arts program wrote in a construction update.

By Emily Fisher

Construction can be an annoyance.

It clogs quick routes to class, disturbs studying with the crashes and clangs of heavy equipment and it always seems to be happening somewhere on campus. However, with each new project taken on and completed, the University of Nevada, Reno, becomes a more upto-date, ADA friendly, state-of-the-art campus.

With construction sites appearing around almost every corner, it is hard to keep track of all the changes and improvements that are being made.

This is News You Can Use with a guide to Campus Construction.

NEW ARTS BUILDING Construction on a brand-new University Arts Building just began in May. Increasing the role and footprint of the arts on campus and in the community, the new 42,500 square-foot building will connect to the existing Church Fine Arts building through a skywalk. It will house a new recital hall, art museum, fabrication lab, multiple rehearsal rooms and teaching studios. Through donor grants and pledges, $35.5 million was raised and the building is expected to be finished in late summer 2018.

“By promoting and cultivating the university’s arts programs in this manner, the university will strengthen its leadership role in arts education in northern Nevada and continue to showcase top student and professional

GREAT BASIN HALL The university is continuing to add more housing to accommodate the growing number of students coming to UNR. Construction started on Great Basin Hall in fall 2016 and is expected to be finished in the summer of 2018.

Funding for the new dormitory—which is estimated to cost about $62.7 million—came from residence hall fees and bonds. The new building will be environmentally sensitive, meeting the LEED Gold equivalency.

The hall will have a STEM theme — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — to promote academic success within these disciplines. The building will house over 400 students, 90 percent freshmen and 10 percent upperclassmen, in 114,151 square feet.

MACKAY STADIUM ADA IMPROVEMENTS Improvements being made to the historic Mackay Stadium began in the summer of 2017. Mackay Stadium, where it stands today, was completed in 1967 with a seating capacity of 7,500. Today, with several renovations completed, the stadium has a capacity of 25,658.

The new improvements will bring additional accessible seating and an accessible restroom on the concourse level on the east side. Renovations are also being made to existing structures,

bringing the total cost to around $700,000. Work is currently being finished on the stadium in anticipation of the busy football season.

PROPOSED BUSINESS BUILDING A new business building is currently in design and will be the first development in the Gateway District. The University Gateway District is part of the University’s Master Plan and aims to be a vibrant retail and academic oriented neighborhood center.

“As the university’s physical campus extends out into the community, it’s a natural fit for the College of Business to occupy a building that will better allow university students and resources to connect with and welcome northern Nevada businesses,” Greg Mosier, dean of the university’s College of Business said.

The contractor and construction start date for this proposed 94,200 squarefoot building has yet to be determined.

It is estimated the project will cost $65 million.

WILLIAM N. PENNINGTON ENGINEERING BUILDING A new engineering building is in the works to join the well-established complex of engineering buildings already on campus. UNR’s College of Engineering has seen enrollment double in the last 10 years, and as the university hires more professors to meet demands, the proposed new building has received community-wide support.

Governor Brian Sandoval provided

for the building in the Biennial Budget released earlier this year. There has also been $23 million donated by private philanthropy for the project. The estimated cost for the new building is $87.8 million. Construction is predicted to start in fall of 2018, and completed in summer 2020.

The proposed building will house more than 40 state-of-the-art research laboratories, teaching and office spaces, a 200-seat classroom, a largescale computer lab, food services and the Dean of the College of Engineering’s office.

“We still have work ahead of us to bring the building to fruition, but it is absolutely time to expand the space available for our faculty, students and community partners to learn, to conduct research and to innovate,” said Manos Maragakis, the dean of the College of Engineering, in an interview with Nevada Silver & Blue Magazine.

RAISING CANES Food options are an important part of campus culture, and now the everpopular fast-food chicken restaurant opened a new location across Virginia Street from the university.

The second location recently opened its doors Thursday, Sept. 7, and had told KTVN they had plans to donate 100 percent of the profits from the grand opening day to the Washoe County Family Engagement Center.

This popular chicken joint has been a strong supporter of the university and Nevada Athletics, and the new location

has been brimming with students since opening their doors.

UNIVERSITY STUDIES ABROAD CONSORTIUM’S (USAC) ANNEX UNR completed construction on a new USAC annex this summer across from the Virginia Street Gym. The new annex celebrating its opening on Aug. 31. USAC’s headquarters and student advising center will remain across the street in the Virginia Street Gym.

TOWERS AT PINK HILLS A new mixed-use retail and student housing development is currently under construction across Virginia Street from the university and is expected to be complete this year.

The Towers at Pink Hill include three levels of student housing with restaurants and a banking development on the first floor.

There will be a variety of options for bedrooms, which come furnished with many more amenities included in the cost. Pricing and more information about the units can be found on the website or by emailing pinkhillproperties@gmail.com.

The University of Nevada Reno continues to grow and change with every new semester. UNR has proposed many more projects and buildings. Detailed information about all plans can be found in the University’s Master Plan.

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Lauren Cooley talks to the audience in the Glick Ballrooms in the Joe Crowley Student Union on Wednesday, Sept. 6. Cooley is the first speaker in ASUN’s speaker series about free speech and seeing different points of view.

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highlights issues on college campuses, specifically free speech.

During the presidential election, Cooley hired a team of college students to help her encourage students to register to vote. After the election, Cooley recalls her peers questioning what steps were to take place post-election.

“It was a question that I didn’t really know how to answer just because as a conservative obviously living through eight years of a liberal president, I’ve always been on defense,” Cooley said. “So really through my adult life, I’ve been on defense, I didn’t know what or how do you be an activist when your party or your viewpoint is in the White House. It took me a little to sit back and think what exactly should we be doing now that the election is over.”

After some thought, Cooley created the Make Campus Great Again Tour, a play on

President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, Make America Great Again. However, at the Speaker Series Cooley strayed from her Make Campus Great Again speech to focus on free speech.

“When people heard I was coming to campus, some people were upset because they don’t agree with my viewpoints, but I think what I’m going to talk about to tonight really is something we can all kind of come together on,” Cooley said. “I don’t think free speech should be a radical idea or something that’s offensive. I think the concept of free speech really should be something that people from the left and right can come together and say ‘Yeah, we both agree on that,’ and I think that a good way to combat unrest in the country, bigotry, or racism.”

After a student from UNR was identified at the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, the university has received criticism from the community. Cooley hopes that her presentation will bring perspective to the idea that one student does not rep-

resent an entire student body.

“I’m from the other side of the country. When I think of the University of Nevada, Reno, I don’t think of any one student and you guys shouldn’t either,” Cooley said.

Cooley’s presentation discussed the different forms of free speech and shared her own experiences and issues she faced while promoting voter registration last fall.

“I think it’s really important for students to hear different perspectives that are different from their own and to increase that diversity of thought,” said Hannah Jackson, Speaker of the ASUN Senate. “I think it’s part of the learning experience. I really liked the topic of tonight’s talk about free speech because I think that’s something that we’re having a lot of conversations about lately and it’s really cool to have it addressed by people that maybe don’t have the same political ideology as you or other students.”

Karolina Rivas can be reached at mpurdue@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @karolinarrivas.

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PACK N THE EVENTS THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR THIS WEEK

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BABY DRIVER DATE: Thursday TIME: 6:00 p.m.

LOCATION: JCSU Movie

Theatre INFO: Were you too much of a stupid moron to go miss Baby Driver over the summer? GO SEE IT AT THE JOE! Easily one of the best movies of the year. The editing and the music will blow your mind. It is also being shown Thursday at 9 p.m. and Friday at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Admission for students is free.

TACO FESTIVAL DATE: Saturday TIME: 12 p.m.

LOCATION: Sands Regency INFO: If you’re like me and

eat Taco John’s every day, you have a keen taste for quality Mexican food. The Sands Regency hotel and casino in downtown Reno is hosting a Taco Festival, featuring such attractive attractions as lucha libre wrestling, chihuahua beauty pageant, eating contests, tequila and beer sampling.

NEVADA VS. IDAHO FITNESS TAILGATE

DATE: Saturday TIME: 1 p.m.

LOCATION: Gateway Plaza INFO: On Saturday the

Wolf Pack is going to show those spud-eaters who’s boss. However, beforehand, Student Life Services is kind enough to throw you a free tailgate.

There will be an obstacle course, corn hole, spike ball, inflatible activities, face painting and free food. Don’t miss out.

By Joey Thyne Sometimes you just need to leave Reno. As beautiful and as unique as it is, it can also feel confined and almost psychedelically bizarre. Every now and again it’s important to run away and experience something normal and boring in order to get back in touch with reality and reset your brain. For instance, Virginia City’s Camel and Ostrich Races.

Over the weekend of Sept. 8-Sept.

10, Virginia City held its 58th Annual International Camel & Ostrich Races, implying there had been 57 previous International Camel & Ostrich Races.

This would come as a surprise to anyone who had been unaware that camel or ostrich races existed, let alone on an international level.

To venture to the 58th Annual International Camel & Ostrich Races means to venture 26 miles southeast of Reno and roughly 158 years into the past. For those unaware, Virginia City is a kitschy tourist town, celebrating Nevada’s glorious past of mining. Did you know Mark Twain used to live right here in Nevada? Wild, right?

While walking the dusty Virginia City streets toward the camel racing grounds, there are shops offering fudge, old time photos, Mark Twain memorabilia (did you know he lived right here in Nevada [wild, right?]), yearround Christmas paraphernalia and knick knacks promoting the Confederate flag.

A quick Google search proves Nevada supported the union in the Civil War. Fun fact: Nevada was one of two states to gain statehood during the civil war, on Halloween nonetheless.

That’s where our state motto “Battle Born” comes from. I digress.

To watch a camel and/or an ostrich race is a hilarious sight to behold.

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DATE: Saturday TIME: 2:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Riverwalk

District & surrounding areas INFO: If you’re like me and like to “slap the bag” at parties while chugging Franzia, you have a keen taste for quality wine. Every third weekend each month Reno hosts a wine walk. It costs $20 to participate. Check out such prestigious wine establishments as Pizza Reno and Mynt Cannabis.

Cheers to getting drunk in the middle of the day.

FLEET FOXES DATE: Monday TIME: 8 p.m.

LOCATION: Grand Sierra

Resort INFO: Were you too much of a stupid moron to not listen to the new Fleet Foxes album “Crack-Up” over the summer? GO SEE THEM AT THE GSR! Let Robin Pecknold’s voice serenade you into other worlds. If you go you could be that dude in the crowd to yell “Play Little Lion Man!” That would be really funny. Natalie Prass is opening. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Tickets are going for $36.

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apart of these races for 30-odd years. She camped right next to us at Burning Man.” Shevell went on to say that she had never seen a camel up close before. She was working as a back-up jockey but did not get a chance to race because of “camel politics”.

Blake Zacarias is a business management student from UNR who races camels, ostriches and zebras, and also works as a ranch hand.

“It’s good fun,” Zacarias said.

“It’s local. You get people from around the world to come here.”

Zacarias had a friend freshman year whose family was involved in the camel races.

He jokingly offered to be a rider. The next day he was Photo from Wikimedia Commons Design by Nikole Skarlatos

Virginia City sits 26 miles southeast of Reno. Over the weekend they held their 58th Annual International Camel & Ostrich Races. Camels have were integral to Nevada’s military and mining operations in the 1800s.

racing. He was injured Friday, Sept. 8, after being bucked off of a zebra.

Zacarias added, “You gotta be tough if you’re gonna be stupid.”

Michael Wright raced in Virginia City for 38 years, and the organization he is involved with has been there since 1959.

He explained the legendary origin of the Virginia City camel races: “Back in the 1800s all the camels were up here for the cavalry. They were set loose into the desert. The governor of Nevada and the governor of San Francisco challenged each other to a phony race.

That started it, and it continued every year on.”

According to the internet, the Virginia City camel races were born out of a satirical article in the newspaper “Territorial Enterprise,” announcing there would be camel races down Virginia City’s main street. He challenged other newspapers to join. Although it was a joke, the San Francisco Chronicle took Photo by Tobias Haase them up on it and beat them.

Design byNikole Skarlatos I am not clear on all the semantics Virginia City is full of shops including several candy stores. At the races, people would of this tall tale and I don’t think

anyone is and I think that’s kind of the point. The story in and of itself is so Nevada: the wry sarcasm taken too far, being overshadowed by California and a grand mythos of the desert and freedom. All I know is that the vast and infinite universe has evolved in such a specific way that deep-fried Oreos and lackadaisical zebras were in walking distance from one another, and I think I’m okay with that.

The camel and ostrich races represent what makes Nevada so lovely and so confounding. It is the perfect combination of its absurd sense of humor and obsession with the wild west. As Reno becomes more and more gentrified and too hip for its own good, it’s important for UNR students to attend events like Virginia City’s International Camel & Ostrich Races to remind them what really makes Nevada beautiful and unique.

Joey Thyne can be reached at jthyne@ sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @ joey_thyne.

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loose onto the racetrack at a time. The animals would aimlessly meander. The camels definitely had a more mellow disposition, nonchalantly trotting around as their jockeys feverishly attempted to spank them into focus. The ostriches were much more frantic but equally hapless, manically darting in every direction except the correct one.

Never before have I witnessed a person riding an ostrich, and I must say it is deeply unsettling. That is not the way God intended ostriches and humans to interact.

Sidebar: There were also zebras on the premises.

They could be f o u n d backstage l o u n g ing around i n d i f f e r e n t l y.

However, on Sunday at least, there were no zebra races to be seen. Conclusion: zebras are divas. There was some lighthearted entertainment in between races, including small children a d o r a b l y attempting to wrangle chickens, that is until the denim-clad adults grew impatient and aggressively snatched the chickens into nets.

Away from the racetrack, there was a smattering of vendors and inflatable whatevers.

For food, the camel races offered such delicacies as deep-fried Oreos and Red Bull slushies.

The 58th Annual International Camel & Ostrich Races drew diverse and interesting crowds.

Grace Shevell came all the way from Bristol in the UK. “I’m just backpacking through America at the moment,” Shevell said.

“I somehow met a lady who has been

“BoJack Horseman” is the story of a 90’s sitcom actor who has lost relevance after the cancellation of his TV show, “Horsin’ Around.” A humanoid horse, he lives in a world inhabited by humans and anthropomorphic animals, trying to make his comeback while battling depression and alcoholism. This animated Netflix Original Series, in truth, is about depression, addiction, grief and the unique experiences for anyone affected by it.

For the past three seasons, BoJack (voiced by Will Arnett) has been in a spiral of bad habits and decisions he has yet to learn how to healthily cope with. Instead of dealing with his issues head on, he runs away from them. Season three ended with Horseman, devastated by the death of his former “Horsin’ Around” co-star and long-time friend, Sarah Lynn (voiced by Kristen Schaal), running away without a trace for the next year. We are left wondering, “Where’s BoJack?” and have yet to find out until the second episode of season four, “The Old Sugarman Place,” where he is hiding out in his family’s vacation house in Michigan. At the end of the episode, he decides to go home, thus beginning the journey of growth we will see Horseman achieve throughout the rest of the season.

Of course, this growth will not be easy nor will it happen at once; in episode six, “Stupid Piece of Sh*t”, we are intrusive of BoJack’s berating and hateful thoughts, visualizing firsthand what goes through his mind before, during, and after his decisions. We see parts of his illnesses we haven’t been able to before, and it’s heartbreakingly intimate.

After getting into a fight with

Felicity Huffman (voiced by Felicity Huffman), he casually thinks, “What if I kill myself by throwing myself off my deck in Felicity Huffman’s backyard?

If she found my dead body that’d show her.” The line is partly comedic, but must be taken into consideration that suicidal thoughts play a fundamental part in his depression.

He sees himself as worthless, restraining him from wanting to be better.

“BoJack Horseman” has never glorified mental illness, rather the show brutally verifies its dark and often ugly truth. BoJack’s mom, Beatrice Horseman (voiced by Wendie Malick), suffers from dementia and cannot recognize her own son when he comes to visit her.

Episode 11, “Time’s Arrow,” is one of the series’ most powerful episodes yet. Beatrice goes back and forth trying to figure out what is present and past, remembering only a few faces and the rest being blank slates, small elements – like what someone is wearing – pop up up at random moments.

Beatrice’s dementia connects with reoccurring flashbacks of Beatrice’s childhood in this and other episodes, illustrating the heavy grief her mom, Honey Sugarman (voiced by Jane Krakowski), goes through after her son is killed in World War II. Mental health is as important as physical health for anyone, whether they are a famous actor or a homeless 20-something-year-old. BoJack, his friend and former roommate Todd Chavez (voiced by Aaron Paul), celebrity manager Princess Carolyn (voiced by Amy Sedaris), journalist Diane Ngyun (voiced by Alison Brie), and famous sitcom actor Mr. Peanutbutter (voiced by Paul F. Tompkins), are all characters who have faced depression

and/or addiction in different ways throughout the series.

This season presents them with situations emphasizing the significance of mental health, leaving them at their strongest and most vulnerable yet.

Though the show is primarily about mental health, it has infamously been unapologetically unsubtle to relevant cultural and political references, allocating tremendous comedic relief. The first episode in season four, “See Mr. Peanutbutter Run,” begins with Mr. Peanutbutter running for Governor of California. He admits he has “zero qualifications” and each day is surprised by how far he gets in the race, parodying the long history of celebrities running for political offices in the United States.

Princess Carolyn wears a pink beanie with her ears poking out, a small tribute to the pink Pussyhats worn by thousands of women during the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, and there are similarities between the campaigns of Mr. Peanutbutter and current/past political leaders.

“Thoughts and Prayers” is an episode in which Princess Carolyn and director Lenny Turtletaub (voiced by J.K. Simmons) face a PR nightmare when a mass shooting in a mall interferes with the release date of their upcoming movie, “Ms. Taken,” a movie whose entire third act involves a mall shooting. Fans of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” are in for a surprise in episode seven, “Underground”; a news marquee calls out exploitative prison labor laws and the government’s ignorance of the Flint Water Crisis; handfuls of clever animal puns are thrown in almost every scene (can you guess why Ralph Stilton is a clever name for a mouse?). Diane uses avocados to get citizens to pay

attention to politics, and listen closely for celebrity cameos including Archi Panjabi, Kristen Bell, Keith David and Natalie Morales.

One of the great qualities of “BoJack Horseman” is its heavy emphasis on the importance of representation.

Season four continues the inclusivity of people, identities, and characteristics that are not often, if ever, represented in media. Stefani Stilton (voiced

by Kimiko Glenn) has vitiligo, there are eight gay polyamorous men in a committed and healthy relationship, people of color with lead roles and diversity in shapes and sizes are all represented.

Todd comes out as asexual on his own terms, deciding to go to group meetings and meet other people who also identify as asexual. Not only does the show do a beautiful job of explaining asexuality, it is also a huge personal step for Todd when he comes out.

His character development is the strongest; he is more selfsufficient, acting on his own business ideas alone, taking up the responsibilities of his elders. Every day he learns what is best for him and separates himself from situations not right for him (i.e. being around BoJack, whose friendship was toxic for Todd; fake-marrying actress Courtney Portnoy).

If the show is renewed for another season, there are high expectations for these and many more underrepresented groups to be emphasized and given credit where credit is due.

Watching season four of BoJack Horseman is a powerful and unique experience to prior seasons; the show remains thoughtful of its storyline, maintaining continuity with running gags and visual metaphors, tying in past expe-

riences with current ones, but their challenges are different.

Now we can see them act on these challenges, we see their most intimate and broken moments: Princess Carolyn realizes it is okay to need people, Diane falls apart every time she tries to pick herself back up, BoJack, for the first time, works hard for the loving, positive relationship he needs with Hollyhock instead of pushing her away. It is exciting and poignantly magnificent to watch their evolution from the pilot in season one. This show is important and real, and it is a work of art ahead of its time.

Courtney Ackerman can be reached at jthyne@sagebrush.unr. edu and on Twitter @yentroucry.

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Like the miniseries, “It” is not without its flaws, but it eventually succeeds in spite of them. In the first half of the movie, “It” shifts too quickly between the lighthearted dialogue between the kids and the sudden terror, which makes it hard to establish any type of mood or atmosphere, and puts composer Benjamin Wallfisch in a bind when trying to create a score that fits the choppy sequencing.

By the second half, however, the movie gathers itself and settles into the high-concept horror story that “It” is.

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In the film industry, it’s a very noble and lucrative task to traumatize your audience.

They ask for it and pay good money to be psychologically crossbowed for two-plus hours. Older generations want their old wounds ripped open, and newer ones want to be summarily robbed of their innocence. For better or worse, that was the daunting task that director Andy Muschietti undertook when adapting Stephen King’s alcohol-fueled, 1,100-page novel “It.” Muschietti’s “It” isn’t just an adaptation — it’s also a remake of the 1990 two-part miniseries, which makes up for what it lacks in technical flourish with a surplus of lasting creepiness, mostly owing to the indelibly haunting performance of Tim Curry as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, a shapeshifting manifestation of the collective childhood nightmare that terrorizes seven kids known as the “Losers” in the town of Derry, Maine.

As memorable as the original miniseries was, its flaws keep it from being the definitive adaptation, leaving the door open for an ambitious reimagining starring Bill Skarsgård as the titular clown and a new, talented young cast of Losers headlined by Finn Wolfhard of Stranger Things fame. “It” also borrows from the Stranger Things era, transforming into what was originally a late-50’s, anti-Rockwellian backdrop into a pop culture soaked 1989 setting. And if you miss the title card that announces it, the rapid-fire references to New Kids on the Block, The Cure, Michael Jackson, and other late-80’s cultural touchstones will likely clue you in.

On the surface, “It” initially comes across like another

Stephen King inspired film, “Stand by Me,” with the additional supernatural horror.

The reality, however, is much darker.

The nightmarish scenes that the kids witness around Derry serve as a mask for the town’s sadistic bullies, deadbeat parents, violent racism and sexual abuse. At times, it’s hard to tell which is scarier: the dancing circus clown that abducts children and drags them into Derry’s sprawling sewer system, or the adults that turn a blind eye.

Between the bathroom sink spouting blood that works as a thinly-veiled menstruation metaphor for the lone female Loser, Beverley, and the leper that plays on the fears of the hypochondriac asthmatic kid, Eddie, as well as the prevailing AIDS paranoia of the time, “It” taps into a general anxiety that almost everyone, regardless of age, race, or gender, can identify with. Of course, it all culminates with the clown.

Like when Heath Ledger assumed the role of the Joker in “The Dark Knight,” a character mostly associated with Jack Nicholson prior to 2008, Bill Skarsgård makes Pennywise into his own creation rather than impersonating Tim Curry. Skarsgård’s Pennywise looks different, sounds different, and acts different than Curry’s. The 1990 iteration of Pennywise, clearly inspired by the real-life monster John Wayne Gacy, is more terrifying when he opens his mouth and taunts his victims about their deep-seated insecurities than when he actually attacks them. This new Pennywise hardly looks human, almost as if the clown makeup isn’t temporary, and is as violent as he is menacing, although that may be as much the product of 27 years of technological advance and a larger budget

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INTERNATIONAL CLOWNS OUTRAGED OVER PRONOUN USAGE IN MOVIE “IT.” Protests have broken out across the globe as the world’s clown population finds the pronoun usage in the new horror movie “It” to be disrespectful and promoting harmful bigotry toward clowns.

“For people to assume what pronoun I use just by the color of my nose or the size of my shoes is just wrong,” said Pancake, a clown from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who makes balloon animals at children’s birthday parties.

“When someone refers to me as an ‘It,’ it makes me feel isolated, like I’m less of a human,” said Chuckles, a clown from Antwerp, Belgium, whose l'appelle squirts water.

“It is a privilege to not have to worry about which pronoun someone is going to use for you based on how they perceive you,” said Bam Bam, a clown from Bentonville, Arkansas, who can play the accordion surprisingly well.

All of the protesters at the Arkansas protest arrived in the same car.

When a Washington Post reporter asked whether he has seen the movie, Bam Bam responded, “Seen what?” To which the WP reporter responded “Seen ‘It’.” To which Bam Bam responded “Seen what?”

Workplaces across the country are now developing programs on how to refer to clowns.

NATIONAL "FLOTUS" HAT ROCKS FASHION WORLD, BRINGS HOPE TO HURRICANE VICTIMS The reviews are in, and Melania Trump’s FLOTUS hat is receiving universal acclaim from the media to the fashion industry to the academic world. Critics have called it the most pivotal moment in FLOTUS fashion history since Jackie Kennedy’s bob haircut.

“Jackie had a lot of different looks but even she couldn’t rock that Kelly McGillis in Top Gun look,” said renowned designer Tom Ford.

“The hat is a symbol of the stability of the first family,” said Justin Gerhardt, a professor of the sociology of fashion at the Rhode Island School of Design. “It’s structured, it’s sleek, the Times New Roman in all caps is the epitome of power and elegance. And trust me, I’m a font guy” Brian Kilmeade, host of “Fox and Friends” remarked the hat is the hero that hurricane victims need right now.

“Monuments will be built in honor of this hat,” said Kilmeade. “But will it face the same fate as Confederate and 9/11 monuments? Absolutely not. This hat will stand the test of time.”

The President’s USA hat was also praised for practicality as it kept his hair intact during hurricane force winds.

LOCAL RECORD NUMBER OF BROKEN ICE AT UNR TO START FALL SEMESTER Ice reportedly broke in record numbers across campus in the first two weeks of classes. Students who were formally complete strangers say they’ve made life-long friends after learning each other’s pet’s names, the most interesting thing they did this summer and correct pronunciations of names. Tension is practically non-existent, and free-flowing dialogue can now be enjoyed.

“It’s like a safe place, but at the same time, it’s not a safe place because you can say whatever around these people now,” said Janae Sanders, a political science major from Thousand Oaks, Calif. “I would never feel comfortable speaking my mind in front of Jake if I didn’t know he’s been to all seven continents.”

Austin, an ecology major who didn’t want to reveal his last name because “it’s just another label,” said that his MATH 126 lecture of 200 students is like a family now, after participating in mandatory ice-breakers.

He told the class three facts about himself which included a lie. They correctly guessed that he isn’t, in fact, a world champion underwater basket weaver, but that he does love sushi burritos and all his siblings have names that start with the letter A. “Maybe you heard a cracking sound like thunder across campus last week,” Austin proposed. “That wasn’t a glacier breaking apart due to climate change – which is an important issue I’d like to talk to you about later if you have time – that loud sound was the sound of mother f---ing ice breaking in this room right here. I f---ing love these guys.”

At press time, Austin reportedly dropped his MATH 126 class, but would still love to stay in touch.

Ryan Suppe and Joey Thyne study astrology.

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Title IX should still protect victims of assault

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or months, there have been hints and signs that the Education Department of Betsy DeVos would roll back and modify the way the federal government used Title IX to enforce how colleges and universities dealt with crimes of sexual misconduct.

During that time, DeVos had been meeting with a host of different organizations with a vested interest in the issue. They ranged from sexual assault victim advocacy groups to a men’s rights organization that’s been accused of harassing women online.

On Thursday, Sept. 7, those hints and signs became reality when DeVos announced her plan before an invitation-only audience at George Mason University. There, she said the Education Department would begin the process of “noticeand-comment,” the beginning to a months-long process that will likely end in the roll back that so many advocates for victims of sexual assault feared.

“Schools have been compelled by Washington to enforce ambiguous and incredibly broad definitions of assaults and harassment,” DeVos said. “If

everything is harassment, then nothing is.”

Specifically, Devos is referencing Title IX, the 1972 law that prevents discrimination on the basis of sex. In 2011, the Obama White House issued a “Dear Colleague” letter that gave new instructions on how colleges and universities should handle matters of sexual assaults.

After the letter was issued, key questions arose immediately. For one, the letter was issued without the normal process that would make rules legally binding. This made things a bit dubious when the Obama Education Department began enforcing the rules as if they were law, using the newlycreated Office of Civil Rights to push institutions of higher education to do more about sexual assault.

On the one hand, the new rules provided a necessary outlet for justice for victims of sexual assault. For years prior, it could be extremely difficult — if not nearly impossible — for some victims to get justice via the traditional court systems. These new rules often lowered evidence standards (for instance, the University of Nevada, Reno, uses a “preponderance of evidence” standard, which is lower than the traditional criminal standard of “beyond a reasonable doubt”).

The move was extremely controversial, and many — including respected legal scholars — have called the rules overbroad and too punitive for those who might be falsely accused.

Perhaps this is true, but it is also true that for years, victims of sexual assault have been marginalized in the eyes of the law. Look no further than Nevada’s backlog of some 8,000 untested rape kits for easy evidence.

At colleges and universities, the problem was often even more pronounced. The outrage driven by the issue of sexual assault didn’t come out of nowhere, and the fact that one in five women will be sexually assaulted during their time at college must not be overlooked.

So sure, Betsy DeVos, revise the rules. It’s certainly valid that the “Dear Colleague” letter can’t (and probably shouldn’t) pass legal muster. But in the process, the rights of the victim, which have only so recently come to the fore, can’t be tossed out with the bathwater.

The Editorial Board can be reached at jsolis@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @NevadaSagebrush.

NSHE supports DACA students This letter was adopted on Sept. 6, 2017 by the Nevada System of Higher Education in support of students currently protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

The Nevada System of Higher Education reaffirms our strong commitment for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and our DACA students system-wide. We join our colleagues throughout the United States in urging Congress to find a permanent solution to maintain the residency status of DACA students.

NSHE is committed to the success of all of our more than 107,600 students. In keeping with the academic missions of our campuses, we will continue to support an open and inclusive campus environment at all eight NSHE institutions. All students, faculty, and staff should continue to feel welcome, supported, and free of fear and apprehension.

DACA students have grown up in Nevada communities and graduated from Nevada high schools. The DACA program has been instrumental in providing access to NSHE institutions; as these are students who have met our admissions requirements and are making positive economic, cultural, and scholarly impacts on our communities. Access to higher education changes lives for the better for all Nevadans.

While the fate of the DACA program is in the hands of Congress, NSHE leadership and its eight presidents are committed to partnering and advocacy with our Congressional delegation, business community and other elected officials. A web page for DACA students is being established to provide up-to-date information including resource and counseling services at each of our institutions (http://www.nevada.edu/daca). In the end, supporting student success and ensuring students feel welcome and safe within our campus environments is paramount for all Nevadans.

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She “has spent numerous hours interacting with other millennials, discussing and crafting a positive and vibrant message to win youth over to the principles of capitalism and limited government.”

Her words, not mine.

Cooley spoke on campus last week.

Here’s what happened: It began as a normal Wednesday.

Hurricanes, wildfires and Donald Trump Ryan assaulted innocent Suppe Americans.

Dads everywhere made Soup of the hump day jokes.

Day On the campus of the University of Nevada, rogue skateboards broke innocent bystanders’ ankles because people suck at skateboarding, the entire second floor of the Joe again smelled like turkey thanks to Port of Subs and more people were trapped in the revolving door at Pennington.

All seemed to be in its proper place.

But, then, something changed.

Lauren Cooley walked into the Glick Ballroom in the Joe Crowley Student Union for her presentation as part of the “Learning, Discovery and Engagement Speaker Series” hosted by Student Services, ASUN, Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism, New Student Initiatives, the President's Office and Diversity Initiatives, despite earlier protests concerning her ideology.

What happened next was nothing short of groundbreaking, considering the current state of affairs. While most of my peers were correcting Don John and Don John Jr.’s spelling mistakes and defending anti-fas on Twitter, Cooley did something insane, unprecedented and possibly dangerous. She lifted us from the depths of partisan Hades, she drank from the River Styx, she reached her arm across the political aisle (“no person’s land” as future historians will call it), she grasped a snowflake by the hand and she asked, “Can we reasonably agree that freedom of speech is good?”

I too escaped my own liberal bubble for just a moment, despite the worried cries of my fellow snowflakes, not caring about the reputational risk and the shame I could bring upon my tribe for agreeing with the enemy, I reached back, grasped the hand of a Republican, and I said, “Yeah, that sounds reasonable.”

It was absolute bliss. It was a monu-

mental moment. We crossed party lines to agree on something that has absolutely nothing to do with party lines. The crowd would’ve gone wild if there was one.

I am Ryan, and I agree with a Republican about something. Well, two things actually.

I am in agreement with Lauren Cooley about two things and two things only. First, Melania Trump’s “FLOTUS” hat is “fire emoji,” and I’m thinking about buying one. Second, freedom of speech is a cause worth dying for.

Contrary to popular belief around campus leading up to the event, Cooley did not talk about Trump’s glorious and heroic ascendance to the presidency, and she did not try to recruit millennials to her conservative congregation. She does those things during her regular “Make Campus Great Again!” tour. Reno wasn’t a stop on that tour, thankfully.

The message for this talk, however, was clear, concise, mostly nonpartisan and, in my opinion, should be accepted by all Americans. It was this: in a free marketplace of ideas, good ideas (like justice and equality) will prevail over bad ideas (like the Yik Yak app and white supremacy) if we stick to reason. Free speech should not be limited. Free speech should not be under attack.

While Cooley’s video examples concerning restrictions of free speech were a bit slanted politically (an antifascist college professor aggressively protesting a group of college Republicans and an ill-mannered student shouting f--- you at a panel of antifeminists), and she alluded quite a lot to conservative speakers being scared off campuses like the incident at UC Berkeley involving Milo Yiannopoulos, her argument had nothing to do with leaning left, leaning right, lean beef or lean cuisine. It was straight free speech and straight down the middle.

One could even say it was a soft topic to speak on, an easy way to get people to agree with you when you’re already a controversial public speaker. Freedom of speech is a question with only one acceptable answer like “Is there going to be another Fast and the Furious sequel?” Undeniably, the answer is as solid as the Rock himself, the future Vice President of the United States, Dwayne Johnson.

“Yes” for another Fast and the Furious movie and “yes” for free speech.

But lately, simply for the sake of winning arguments, people on all sides want to blur the restrictions of the First Amendment. First, Trump wanted to do it so he could more easily attack the press. Now, left-wingers

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Millennial conservative activist Lauren Cooley speaks in the Joe Crowley Student Union on Wed., Sept. 6, 2017 about freedom of speech.

want to limit free speech of white supremacists.

Twice at campus discussions last week, I heard the question “At what point does Nazis’ speech become hate speech and is no longer protected?” Well, hate speech is protected by the First Amendment, but that’s irrelevant to the argument. I didn’t excel in Patrick File’s First Amendment class, but I know that when we disagree about something we should attack each other’s ideas not our freedoms.

Unfortunately, Cooley’s presentation was not well-attended. Most of the seats in the ballroom were empty, and a substantial portion of the occupied chairs supported the event organizers supporting their own event. Attendance was somewhere between Trump’s inauguration and the L.A. Rams’ home opener this weekend. Nobody really knows how many people, but it wasn’t a lot.

I say it’s unfortunate because I assume most UNR students chose not to attend the event due to Cooley’s political affiliations. She’s a hardcore conservative, and it’s become a trend in this country to ignore and/or talk loudly over opinions from the other side of the political aisle.

I didn’t know Cooley’s presentation was going to be about free speech before I went. Actually, I expected to wholeheartedly disagree with everything she said, but I wanted to listen.

I was pleasantly surprised when I didn’t have to disagree with anything she said. “Wow,” I thought. “It CAN be done.”

Whether we’re confronted with a millennial, Trump-supporting, biggovernment-hating, conservative activist on our campus or a real-life

modern-day Nazi on our campus, many would rather ignore them or question their freedoms to say such things.

Why aren’t we willing to listen to what we don’t agree with? The first response to Cooley’s event on campus was to protest her mere presence here. Wouldn’t it be more productive to hear her out and tell her that her ideas are bad if you think so?

The first response to the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville was a counter-protest. That’s a good, productive response. One side said its part and the other responded. But, the second response to the protests on social media (the literal fire that fuels the aforementioned partisan Hades) was that white supremacists should be shut-up, fired from their jobs and cast out from society.

Hate speech is protected by the First Amendment, and I would rather have it that way than the opposite.

Some of those things we would rather not hear. Yes, people say a lot of hateful things these days like “Jews will not replace us.” Some people are very dumb. The First Amendment is as far from dumb as you can get.

Lauren Cooley and myself are in strong agreement on two things. I ask that you only join us on one. You don’t have to like Melania’s headwear (although I don’t see how you couldn’t), but a consensus on the value of free speech is essential, no matter your party or beliefs.

Ryan Suppe studies philosophy. He can be reached at rsuppe@sagebrush. unr.edu and on Twitter @salsuppe

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Wolf Pack Volleyball loses three straight By: Javier Hernandez The Nevada Volleyball (2-7, 0-0 MWC) team has played a slew of difficult nonconference games.

This past week, the team went to Honolulu, Hawaii to participate in the Outrigger Resorts Volleyball Challenge. They played three games in three days starting with the Baylor Bears on Thursday, the BYU Cougars on Friday, and the host team, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors on Saturday. BYU, who is currently ranked 10th in the nation, Baylor, and Hawaii all made the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

Below is a game-bygame recap of the week.

VS. BAYLOR Last year, the Bears made their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011. The club overachieved as they lost three starters to graduation and their best player to injury before the season even started. Their youth in the starting lineup allowed for the emergence of a star in Katie Staiger who became a unanimous All-Big 12 player last year.

This past Thursday, Staiger, now the senior veteran leader, presented matchup problems all night for the Wolf Pack.

Staiger, who recorded 19 kills and 16 digs, was complimented by freshman setter Hannah Lockin who tallied 52 assists on Andrea Wilkinson/Nevada Sagebrush the night.

The Nevada Volleyball team huddles after a successful point during a home game against the University of San Francisco The duo sparked a Dons on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017 at the Virginia Street Gym. After a series of road tournaments, the team will host the Wolf Bears offensive attack Pack Tournament this upcoming week.

that dominated in the first two sets. In the first set, Baylor jumped out to an early 8-1 lead as five out of those eight points came from kills from either Staiger or Lockin. The Wolf Pack failed to bounce back following the blazing start as Baylor closed out the first set 25-10.

The second set followed the same script as the Bears were able to create separation with an early 10-3 lead, which eventually ended in a 25-13 set for Baylor.

Nevada showed signs of life in the third set. With the Bears leading 15-14, an error by Staiger and three consecutive kills by freshman Sam Hayward gave Nevada the lead and the momentum toward the home stretch of the set. Following a timeout by head coach Lee Nelson, the Wolf Pack secured the set with two key kills

by Shayla Hoeft and a setending block by Hayward.

In the fourth set, Nevada tried to ride the momentum as they went point-for-point with Baylor. Deadlocked at 24, Hoeft scored a kill to take the 25-24 lead. However, they were unable to close out the set as Staiger was able to swing the momentum by scoring three kills to take a 29-27 set and match victory.

to the second round of the tournament before being ousted by fourth ranked Texas. This year, the undefeated Cougars are primed to make a deeper round and are currently ranked 10th in the nation.

The Wolf Pack played a much better game in the second game of the Outrigger Tournament.

However, they lost the game in straight sets.

After a fast 6-2 start for the Wolf Pack, the Cougars weathered the storm and tied the game at eight. Later in the set, BYU went on a 7-3 run to take a 21-14 lead, eventually securing a 25-18 set win.

In the second set, both teams scored back and forth, with the game being tied at 15. A 4-1 run created the necessary separation for the opposing team to pull away.

The Cougars won the set 25-22.

The final set presented was much like the second wherein the Wolf Pack was able to keep pace through the middle part of the set.

However, BYU was again able to pull off a 6-2 run to take a 21-15 lead that eventually led to their victory in the set and match.

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GAME PREDICTIONS #3 CLEMSON AT #14 LOUISVILLE Clemson and Louisville will display some of the best offensive talent for all of college football on Saturday.

Reigning Heisman winner Lamar Jackson will try and put themselves in the College Football Playoff picture with a marquee win. Clemson will have other plans though as their defense has been solid this year. It’ll be a good one, and I’ve got Clemson coming out on top.

SCORE PREDICTION: Clemson 42 Louisville 34

SMU AT #20 TCU These two Dallas universities will battle it out this Saturday, with both teams coming off solid victories. TCU held Arkansas to just one TD last weekend while putting up 28 points. SMU put up an impressive display of offense as they rocked North Texas 5432. I think the Horned Frogs of TCU will be a little too much for SMU to handle.

SCORE PREDICTION: TCU 42 SMU 31

NOTRE DAME AT BOSTON COLLEGE Notre Dame coach Brian Kelley is on the hot seat, and it didn’t help by losing to Georgia last week. Boston College is looking for answers for their season.

Coming off of an ugly loss to Wake Forest. Boston College is looking to turn their season around. But they’ll have to wait because I have Notre Dame bouncing back this week for a win.

SCORE PREDICTION: Notre Dame 27 Boston College 14

ARIZONA STATE AT TEXAS TECH Last year when these teams met, the score resembled a basketball game, but it won’t happen this year. Arizona State is looking to bounce back from a tough loss at home against San Diego State, but they’re going to have to wait another week because the Red Raiders are coming off a bye week and have an edge on the defensive side of the ball over the Sun Devils. Wreck ‘Em Tech!

SCORE PREDICTION: Texas Tech 38 Arizona State 30 Henry Travland can be reached at bcruz@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT The Nevada soccer team hosted the Thunderbirds from Southern Utah University.

Both teams entered the game with a 1-5 record.

Within the first five minutes of the match, the Thunderbirds tacked on their first goal of the game. The Wolf Pack played solid defense the rest of the half as they held the Thunderbirds to only three more shots.

The Pack offense showed up in the second half by putting up 10 shots and adding a penalty kick-goal from freshman Rachel Gensch to tie the game up at one apiece.

However in the last few minutes of the second half, Nevada turned the ball over on their side of the field giving the Thunderbirds an easy goal to put the game away. Nevada will try to bounce back as they travel up to Eastern Washington University for Friday’s

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By Brandon Cruz Wolf Pack football’s home opener did not go as planned, with the Toledo Rockets topping the Pack 37-24 with a relatively balanced attack picking a part Nevada in all facets of the game.

FIRST QUARTER

Nevada began the game with a six-play 20-yard drive that resulted in a punt. Pack QB Ty Gangi connected on two of his four passes for a loss of seven yards.

The lone first down of the drive came on an 11-yard burst from Jaxson Kincaide.

Following the Pack punt, the Rockets had favorable field position, starting its drive on Nevada’ s 45-yard line. Toledo QB Logan Woodside and running back Terry Swanson combined for a few good plays, until the Rockets’ drive stalled at the Nevada seven, as they settled for a field goal

3-0 TOLEDO

Down three to nothing, Nevada looked to even the score on its next drive as it began on its on 25. After a 1st down pick up from Kelton Moore and a huge 32 yard connection between Gangi and McLane Mannix for 32 yards, the Pack lost its momentum. Pack Kicker Spencer Pettit brought out the big guns, knocking in a field goal from 47 yards out.

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The next two drives featured two unwavering defenses as neither Nevada, nor Toledo gave up any ground, with both offenses going three and out.

Toledo was not fond of being stuffed on its previous drive. With a short field ahead of the Rockets, the team drove 50 yards down the field leading to a touchdown toss from Woodside to Diontae Johnson. Nevada also lost junior defensive back Asauni Rufus for the rest of the game on this drive as he got flagged for targeting.

10-3 TOLEDO

Nevada failed to muster up any type of offensive consistency over its next two drives gaining a whopping 13 yards over nine plays.

SECOND QUARTER Rockets running back Swanson led the Rockets to another score following a punt in the second quarter from Nevada. With optimal field position once again, Swanson gathered 20 yards on four attempts for a Toledo touch down, spreading the gap.

17-3 TOLEDO

The Pack’s next drive would replicate much of what the team’s offensive unit did for most of the first half, three plays and quickly off the field.

The Rockets did not falter when given the opportunity to add to the lead as they moved 60 yards down the field, ultimately settling for a chip shot of a field goal.

20-3 TOLEDO

With pressure mounting for the Wolf Pack’s offense to do something worth noting in the first half, Nevada knew it was time to answer back with something after Toledo put up 17 unanswered points. With a 75 yards ahead of the Pack and five minutes on the clock Nevada’s best drive of the first half almost didn’t get off the ground after Gangi recovered his own fumble on the first play of the drive. After the initial slipup Nevada moved smoothly towards the endzone through the air and a couple of penalties on Toledo. Gangi capped the drive off with a 19yard toss to Daiyan Henley.

20-10 TOLEDO

THIRD QUARTER After half time something must have been said to both offensive units because neither defense had an answer for what their opponent brought to the table this half.

Toledo started the quarter with a lengthy 75-yard drive, chewing nearly six and a half minutes off the game

clock.

With a relatively run heavy attack, Nevada got lulled into protecting the run and Woodside connected with receiver Cody Thompson for a 27yard gain, putting Toledo just 3 yards from pay dirt. After three attempts, Swanson finally broke through for a Rockets touchdown.

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27-17 TOLEDO

Just as fast as Nevada got closer to evening up the score, Toledo’s offense became nearly unstoppable. After a touchback, another 75-yard drive loomed for Woodside and the Toledo offensive unit. Woodside and the Toledo offense had no problem dicing up the Nevada secondary, topping off the drive with an 8 yard touchdown pass to Thompson.

34-17 TOLEDO

With just four minutes left in the third Nevada was getting used to playing catch up, and a quick paced one at that. Leaving no time for second guessing, or allowing the Toledo defense to get a beat on them, Gangi connects with Mannix on a streak that goes the distance. Nevada wraps up a 75-yard drive in just one play.

With the clock working against them, Nevada needed its next drive to result in a precise, speedy touchdown. The air raid offense was in full effect during this drive as Nevada went 75 yards for a score in a minute and a half. After converting a nerve racking fourth and one on its own 49, Gangi completed a 31yard pass to Wyatt Demps to put Nevada at the Toledo one. This week Gangi ran the QB sneak, scoring a TD Javier Hernandez can be reached on first and goal. @bcruz.sagebrush.unr.edu and online @SagebrushSports.

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Wyatt Demps leads the Wolf Pack out of the tunnel during their game last Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017 at Mackay Stadium. Nevada will try to get its first victory next week against Idaho State.