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VOLUME 124, ISSUE 11
NEWS in REVIEW By Karolina Rivas
INTERNATIONAL
TYPHOON DAMREY STRIKES VIETNAM
On Saturday, Typhoon Damrey made landfall in several parts of Vietnam and has since dissipated. However, The Vietnam Disaster Management Authority reported that widespread flooding has caused great destruction and multiple fatalities. The Vietnam Disaster Management Authority said in a statement that more than 116,000 homes have been destroyed or damaged due to flooding. According to ABC News, 19 people have been reported missing, including nine crew members of cargo ships that sank off the coast of the Khanh Hoa province. Flooding is expected to worsen and more heavy rainfall is expected in the region.
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26 DEAD IN TEXAS SHOOTING
On Sunday, Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, walked into First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas and opened fired on what would become the deadliest shooting in the state’s history. 26 people died, and about half were children. CNN reports that as Kelley was exiting the church, an individual engaged with the gunman, causing Kelley to flee in his vehicle. The individual chased Kelley alongside another civilian until Kelley hit a stop sign and lost control. The police found Kelley with a selfinflicted gunshot wound to the head. According to BuzzFeed News, Kelley served in logistics readiness at Holloman Air Force Base from 2010 to 2014. On Monday, The Air Force said it failed to alert federal authorities of Kelley’s 2012 domestic violence conviction against his wife and stepson. The failure to report Kelley’s domestic violence conviction could have prevented him from purchasing the firearm he used on Sunday.
LOCAL ERIC MUSSELMAN BUYS FOOTBALL TICKETS FOR LOCAL HEROES Wolf Pack basketball coach Eric Musselman has purchased 2,500 tickets to Saturday’s Nevada-San Jose State football game for Nevada’s local heroes. The gesture comes as a result of Veterans Day that will be observed on Saturday. “Our family feels that it is extremely important to give back to the community of Northern Nevada, especially to those that have served in the military, our first responders, and teachers in the community,” Musselman said in a news release. “These individuals are the backbone of our community and it is an honor to recognize them for everything that they do for our community. It should be a great day for football Saturday afternoon – let’s all support the Wolf Pack. ” To receive a free ticket, a first responder, military member, or teacher can call the Wolf Pack ticket office at 775-348-7225 while supplies last. Karolina Rivas can be reached at mpurdue@sagebrush.unr.edu and
Laxalt enters governor’s race, adds to growing group of hopefuls Jacob Solis/ The Nevada Sagebrush
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt speaks to the press after a campaign announcement in Sparks on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Laxalt is the third Republican to jump in the race to replace termed-out Gov. Brian Sandoval.
By Jacob Solis To the surprise of few, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt announced last Wednesday he would launch a bid for governor in a weeklong, 17-county campaign tour that kicked off with events in Las Vegas and Sparks. At both events, he delivered a personal speech that focused as much on his personal struggles and family ties as it did on policy positions, and it seemed to immediately
cement his position as a GOP frontrunner. The announcement makes Laxalt the fifth hopeful to toss a hat in the gubernatorial ring, and the third Republican to do so far this year. These five are all looking to replace a term-limited Gov. Brian Sandoval, a Republican, who is among the most popular governors in the country. Polling from Morning Consult puts Sandoval at sixth most popular nationwide, with an approval rating of 61 percent
University holds Diversity Dialogue
and disapproval of just 21 percent. For the GOP, he joins state treasurer Dan Schwartz and activist and bike shop owner Jared Fisher. On the Democratic side, a battle of Clark County commissioners — commission chair Steve Sisolak and district E commissioner Chris Giunchigliani. Perhaps predictably for a race that is still about a year away, there hasn’t been all that much campaigning done so far. Even so, that’s not to
say campaigning has been non-existent, especially by some of the state’s more wellfunded candidates. Notably, there’s that statewide tour still being undertaken by Laxalt, in addition to a $1 million ad buy for Laxalt from the Freedom Partners Action Fund superPAC, a group with ties to the GOP mega-donor Koch Brothers. That campaign money — from both inside and outside the state — tied with a family name that is perhaps more
Student artwork sparks social media outrage
endemic to Nevada politics than any other, means that Laxalt is and likely will remain the favorite going into next summer’s Republican primary. However, Laxalt’s stock in the Republican Party has yet to isolate him from occasional intra-party strife, most notably with the sitting Sandoval. Just last month, Sandoval took Laxalt to task at
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UNR Med School offers free clinics
By Gabriel Selbig
By Madeline Purdue
University of Nevada, Reno, students, staff and officials gathered Thursday, Nov. 2, in the thirdfloor heart at the Joe Crowley Student Union for a Diversity Dialogues session hosted by The Center, a university organization that implements programs to promote an open, safe and inclusive environment on campus. Diversity Dialogues is just one of their initiatives to better prepare students for systemic racial issues outside the university that do not lend themselves to clear solutions. See DIVERSITY page A3
The University of Nevada, Reno, Medical School is offering free health clinics through the months of November and December for members of the community and university who are uninsured as part of UNR Med’s Student Outreach Clinics. The medical school hosts these clinics monthly as a way to “give back to the community and prepare medical students as future physicians” according to their website.
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See FLAG page A2 Karolina Rivas/Nevada Sagebrush Artwork by Marc L. Combs is on display at the Jot Travis Building Student Galleries. The gallery will be open until Thursday, Nov. 9.
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Blind Onion 3rd Floor of the Joe For more information please contact Ryan Beckerat at senatorbecker@asun.unr.edu