Issue 6 10/3/2018

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UNR President Marc Johnson delivers the State of the University Address on Wednesday, Sept. 26. The speech addressed the university’s growth, increased innovation and diversity issues.

‘OUR BEST IS YET TO COME’ President Marc Johnson addresses increased graduation rates, innovation at State of The University Address By Olivia Ali President Marc Johnson gave the annual State of the University address in the Glick Ballrooms at the Joe Crowley Student Union on Wednesday, Sept. 27. Johnson addressed goals of the University of Nevada, Reno, for the upcoming years regarding expansion, innovation and more. President Johnson highlighted three themes necessary to university success — people, partnerships and the power of big ideas. Johnson defined people as university graduates that “modernize and diversify the economic,

agency and cultural base of Nevada.” He defined partnerships as the university intentionally opening “its doors to work alongside businesses and cultural groups to create new opportunities in Nevada”. Lastly, he defined the power of big ideas as the “university’s capacity to create new ideas, knowledge and innovation” as being a “cornerstone of the entrepreneurial transformation we are witnessing in our community.” “Intentional university investments in people, partnerships and big ideas over the last several years are maturing and generating dividends,”

Johnson said during the address. “All of this impact is a result of the efforts and creativity of the people at our university and in the community.” Johnson announced that enrollment had flattened for the 2018-2019 school year due to the record number of graduates in the 2017-2018 school year — 4,930 in the last academic year. However, the university currently has more than double the number of minority students that it did 10 years ago. Nearly 20 percent of the student body is of Hispanic or Latino background. “The undergraduate population reflects the

demography of Nevada with more than 38 percent associated with underrepresented ethnic groups,” Johnson said. “These 8,200 students from underrepresented groups are more than double the number of a decade ago. This increased diversity of our student body provides a rich opportunity and responsibility to adjust university staffing and operations to reflect the changing composition of our student body.” At the 2017 State of the University Address, Johnson announced that a goal of the university was to become a Carnegie R-1 institution. At the 2018 address, Johnson announced

that the university was working toward this when it saw a 6.9 percent overall increase of graduate students. In addition, new master’s students are up 7.6 percent, total doctoral students are up 13.5 percent with new doctoral students up 29.8 percent. “With 951 doctoral students, we are rapidly closing in on our 2021 strategic plan goal of 1,000 doctoral students,” Johnson said. Other than the number of graduate students rising, the university is working toward the Carnegie R-1 classification by increasing innovation

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Schieve, Marshall encourage students to vote in local elections By Andrew Mendez Mayor Hillary Schieve was on campus Tuesday, Sept. 25, National Voter Registration Day, helping students register to vote in the upcoming Nevada elections on Nov. 6. After four years of serving as the Mayor for the City of Reno, Hillary Schieve is running for reelection. The Associated Students of the University of Nevada held events around campus to encourage students to vote, understand the importance of voting, learn about candidates and register to vote. The University of Nevada, Reno has also partnered with NexGen America and Washoe County Registrar of Voters to help students register. National Voter Registration Day was first observed in 2012, and is meant to help citizens vote in the upcoming elections. The day allows volunteers around the country to register citizens

in their county at public events, schools and workplaces. Despite 750,000 people using National Voter Registration day in 2016, voters aged 18-29 had the shortest turn out rate in the 2016 presidential election despite a 1.1 percent increase in voters of this age group, according to the United States Census Bureau. Schieve said she is concerned with students lack of voting. “I’ve seen candidates lose by seven votes, and that can be instrumental when young people get out in vote,” Schieve said. “Once they [youth] get involved they don’t stop. They are really passionate about it. I never want them to think their vote doesn’t matter because I’ve seen first hand where it does.” Lieutenant Governor of Nevada candidate Kate Marshall explained the reason why students are less likely to vote is

See VOTE page A2

Football narrowly escapes with win See FOOTBALL page A8

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ASUN members discussing university concerns at the ASUN Town Hall on Sept. 27. The Town Hall allowed students to bring up their concerns to ASUN members.

ASUN hosts Student Town Hall By Jayme Sileo

Roughly 20 students attended the first ASUN town hall of the school year in the Knowledge Center Rotunda on Wednesday, Sept. 26. Students brought up issues relating to the new My-

Nevada website, transportation and discussed the relationship between ASUN and the university’s students. Students took turns expressing their concerns over various issues in more of a

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Our Town Reno hosts live event to highlight homeless youth By Olivia Ali In light of an extreme housing crisis and homelessness rise, Our Town Reno hosted a live event on Thursday, Sept. 27, to highlight homelessness in Reno. Where Will We Sleep Tonight? was hosted by Our

Town Reno at the Eddy House. The event featured live testimonies from residents of the Eddy House, video and audio postcards produced by Our Town Reno and a question and answer session with the

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