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UNR increases parking permit rates, changes PackTransit hours of operation

By Taylor Johnson The University of Nevada, Reno’s Parking and Transportation Department will increase parking permit rates by three percent and is changing PackTransit’s hours of operation for the 2019-2020 school year.

“At the time, I committed to an annual review of the University Parking and Transportation budgets to evaluate the need for smaller, incremental increases each year,” President Marc Johnson said in an email sent to university faculty, acquired by the Nevada Sagebrush. “I have completed this review. Because the unit is self-supporting, it does not receive any state funding and must cover the increases in operational expenses through the revenue raised from permit sales. Due to increases in routine operating expenses and rising construction costs, additional funding is needed.”

The new parking permit fee will be between $60 to $700.

The Parking and Transportation Department reported they will only be selling around 600 parking permit passes compared to the 1,336 currently available.

Some of the new revenue will go toward the new Parking Complex, which will be available in summer 2021. The garage will house 700 to 1,000 cars.

“Because the Parking Department is a self-supporting unit, we do not receive any state funding and must cover the increase on our operational expenses through the revenue raised from permit sales,” said Director of Parking and Transportation Services Michelle Horton.

“During the Great Recession we were opposed to raising rates because people weren’t getting raises and … because of inflation and bond payments and the deferred maintenance, it’s now time to implement a permit fee increase. I understand that any kind of permit increase is tough for students.”

Horton said the permit fee increase is going toward deferred maintenance, including replac-

ing asphalt, filling potholes, getting new lighting and investing in new bumper blocks.

PackTransit is also reducing its hours of operation due to insufficient funding. PackTransit’s hours of operation will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday in August. Two shuttles will have 12 stops in 30-minute loops. Students will have to wait 15 minutes before being picked up by the shuttles.

In February 2018, the Nevada Sagebrush reported the PACKTransit shuttle system was in debt by more than half million dollars and was projected to lose another half a million dollars.

At an Associated Students of the University of Nevada Senate meeting last year, one plan was proposed to decrease costs by around $385,000. The plan was denied by ASUN and the Graduate Student Union. In 2019, Horton confirmed PackTransit is still in debt.

Johnson said the revenue which is produced from transportation services is not enough to cover expanded hours. The

transportation department reached out to student organizations to see if they are willing to pay a fee for the services but students decided not to fund the expanded hours.

Horton said PackTransit receives limited funding. Horton has a contract with the Highlands Apartments, East Campus Residents, Younion Apartments and the Sterling Summit. They provide annual funding for the SilverLine to pick up students living there. The BlueLine was funded by permit holders but Horton said the permit holders were not reliable for funding.

Currently, BlueLine is now funded only by the Parking and Transportation Department.

President Johnson approved an increase of parking permit fees in spring 2018 for the 20182019 academic school year.

There was also an increase in parking permit fees in 2011.

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Hillel of Northern Nevada educates students on hate, bias at town hall

By Jesse Stone The Resident Hall Association and Associated Students of the University of Nevada held a town hall on Monday, April 15, in Great Basin Hall to discuss anti-semitism and bias on campus and in the residence halls.

The meeting featured a presentation from Director of Hillel of Northern Nevada Atty Garfinkel-Berry.

Leaders at the town hall aimed to educate students on antisemitism after swastikas were drawn and carved in Peavine Hall and Juniper Hall .

“We’re really trying not to be reactionary,” RHA President Serena Phen said. “We’re trying to be proactive with our town halls.”

The town hall began by asking participants to create an “iden-

tity web,” an activity where participants wrote their names and a few words, which highlighted their identities. Afterward, students discussed the reasoning behind what they wrote then listened to a presentation from Garfinkel-Berry.

Garfinkel-Berry’s discussion featured tips, which can be applied to combat anti-semitism or other forms of hateful action.

Garfinkel-Berry said hateful people are often in mental hurt and empathy can be a tool to reach them.

“Isolated individuals who are in pain must be treated with compassion and it’s not always easy,” Garfinkel-Berry said.

Garfinkel-Berry’s discussion emphasized the need for bystanders to identify, report and

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Cadets,” said ASUN President Anthony Martinez. “ASUN believes Continued from page A1 in affordable higher education, so the raising times limited, but I of the parking passes is think this will also allow not something we are in students to use other re- favor of, but this is also sources such as Campus something we do not leEscort and the Campus gally have control over.”

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It is unclear how Campus Escort and Campus Cadets will fill in for PackTransit due to the time changes.

Horton advertised the new U-Pass system, which will begin operating in July. Any student, faculty and staff mem-

ber will be able to ride an RTC Bus for free by showing their Wolfcard.

The U-Pass will be free for the first year due to funding by a pilot program.

“I do think that is a big incentive with my service being reduced

and their service bumping up, I think it will be helpful for students,” Horton said.

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The University of Nevada, Reno’s housing department is restructuring their data system so students are identified by their preferred name — a name that refers to a first name chosen to use instead of a legal first name.

According to Jasmine Harris, the Operations Manager of Residential Life, Housing, and Food Service, the department will continue using Symplicity, a system used to manage student and staff housing on campus, but will have an updated way to display the data. Residents will need to add their preferred name through MyNevada. The system has already changed and it will be used in three weeks, but the frequency and rate of name changes are still unknown.

“Our department is committed to respecting our residents/employees’ identity and supporting self-expression,” Harris said in an email obtained by the Nevada Sagebrush.

“We are working with the Office of Information Technology and Symplicity developers to change all employees/resident names to their preferred names indicated in MyNevada 2.0…”

Students’ preferred names will be shown on their student profile for room assignment producers, payments, room changes and meal plans.

There have also been changes on administrative profiles.

Currently, the preferred name system will only be in the housing department.

“I feel so much safer about this change, it makes me feel happier when getting emails and also having to sort of reintroduce myself when I get assigned roommates,” freshman Coley Beau said.

“Being more inclusive is always something that needs to be worked on but just reiterating that all types of expression is valid and normalizing the usage of pronouns is something that can make a huge impact! If all websites and university systems use my preferred name and pronouns I will feel a lot safer and happier about being a student here. By normalizing the usage of stating your pronouns and making it known that people can identify as anything they want to be would make me feel safer.”

The Associated Students of the University of Nevada have discussed resolutions supporting a preferred name system but there is no legislation at this time.

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Association President Serena Phen believes this change will allow all students to be accepted and included. President Phen said since the Nevada Sagebrush article, RHA is trying to be more conscious of allowing students to express their preferred names on RHA’s application, at General Council meetings and to representatives on Leadership Councils. President Phen thinks this change is beneficial to a welcoming culture and she wants more educational opportunities for students to learn about the preferred name system.

“It was an incredibly relieving change to see implemented,” freshman Logan Kisner said. “The ‘chosen name’ system change is greatly appreciated as it was greatly needed, but of course the housing department still needs to be careful with the trans kids in its care. I think on top of the gender-inclusive housing option, asking all prospective students if they would be open to having a trans roommate would be beneficial; minimally, it opens eyes to that being a possibility, as well as helps identify safe places for trans students as well as potentially dangerous ones.”

Kisner believes the implementation of the preferred name system throughout the university will be beneficial. He also said more gender-neutral bathrooms could be a first step toward making his community feel safer on campus.

“Not deadnaming trans people is the simplest and easiest thing that cis people can do for us, and it immediately makes us feel more comfortable and accepted,” said freshman Ozzy Hayes. “The university as a whole needs to do better at normalizing the existence and presence of trans students. We’re here and we’ve always been here and it’s disappointing to see how far the university still has to go in cultivating acceptance and normalization of our existence both officially and in the culture the campus cultivates.”

Hayes feels the preferred name system should be spread throughout the university and can begin culturally cultivating an environment on campus to make transgender students feel safe.

“It’s frustrating to talk about what’s needed for progress, safety, and inclusion when it feels like first steps are just barely being made,” Hayes said.

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prevent hate or bias when they see it and wanted students to seek strength in numbers and clearly define the morals they share. She suggested student groups should form alliances to create unity and support for each other.

“If you recognize something, call it out,” Garfinkel-Berry said.“If you don’t act, you are complicit in everything that person does. If everybody says ‘this is the line in the sand,’ everybody sees that its the line in the sand.”

The discussion outlined the difference between advocacy and activism.

Garfinkel-Berry defines advocacy as supporting a group without being personally involved and activism as supporting a group through direct or indirect action.

“All of the greatest movements in history have involved coalition building,” Garfinkel-Berry said. “When you are an ally to another group, you are actually engaging at looking at those

people and respecting their identity.”

Garfinkel-Berry said that ending hateful speech or bias is a fight that is never over, but students must continue to display, promote and teach acceptance.

The town hall concluded with a discussion between attendants on the ways hate or bias on-campus could be prevented.

The town hall comes after multiple incidents of anti-semitism on campus.

A swastika was found drawn on the wall of Juniper Hall on March 8. On Oct. 27, 2018, a swastika was found carved on the wall hours after the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. In October 2017, swastikas were found painted in the Church Fine Arts graffiti stairway.

Students can report bias or haterelated incidents at https://www.unr. edu/bias-reporting.

Jesse Stone can be reached at oali@ sagebrush.unr.edu or on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush.

Jacky Rosen hosts event to discuss Hire Student Veterans Act

By Olivia Ali Jacky Rosen hosted a roundtable talk to discuss the Hire Student Veterans Act (S. 537) on Tuesday, April 16 in the Joe Crowley Student Union Great Room.

Among those at the event were veteran students, Director of Veteran Services Terina Caserto, President Marc Johnson and members of Wolf Pack Veterans, the student-led veteran club.

The event allowed Rosen to share details about the bill and for students and faculty to ask questions about Rosen’s bipartisan legislation.

The bill aims to incentivize businesses to hire student veterans for jobs and internships to get “real world experience” while still in school.

“The Hire Student Veterans Act would expand the existing Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to ensure that all student veterans using their GI benefits can take advantage of valuable paid internships or work opportunities while in school,” said a post on Rosen’s website.

The Hire Student Veterans Act is a modified version of the G.I. bill, as Rosen felt the G.I. bill was too restrictive to be utilized by student veterans.

“It would allow businesses to hire people while they’re going to school on the GI bill, but it was very restrictive,” Rosen said. “You had to work 400 hours or be at this level of disability … there was so many restrictions the average student couldn’t take advantage of it.

What we did was modify the bill after these kinds of discussions. Now you only have to work 120 hours a year, which would be a summer internship if you’re able to do one of those.”

The bill was first introduced in February 2019 alongside senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND). Rosen introduced the bill after speaking with veteran families and organizations in Nevada.

“I do a lot of roundtables and as an elected official, I’m only as strong as the stories I hear,” Rosen said at the event. “I’m gonna take the stories of the people in Nevada and those stories are going to guide my work and guide what I fight for ...They may not make it on the news, but they make it back to people.”

President of Wolf Pack Veterans A’keia Sanders feels the legislation would be

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Sen. Jacky Rosen discusses the Hire Student Veterans Act with the roundabout table on Tuesday, April 16. Currently, there are around 200,000 veterans in Nevada.

helpful to student veterans when looking for work opportunities.

“Her legislation will provide incentives for businesses to hire student vets and help them find employment in their fields of study,” Sanders said.

Currently, there are around 200,000 veterans in Nevada, according to Rosen. As of 2017, Nevada was home to 5,259 student veterans, according to the Nevada Veterans Comprehensive Report.

“I am honored to represent our heroes in Congress, and I appreciate having the chance to speak with our student veterans to hear their needs,” Rosen said. “I will continue to work to make sure we’re doing everything possible in Congress to help them through their educational journey.”

While in Nevada, Rosen also visited and hosted events at Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce and Richards Crossing Housing Complex in Carson City.

For more information about resources for student veterans, please visit the unr.edu/veteran/contact-us.

Olivia Ali can be reached at oali@ sagebrush.unr.edu or on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush.

SENATE RECAP APRIL 17

By Taylor Johnson The president, vice presidents and senator-elects of the Associated Students of the University of Nevada were sworn into the 87th session on Wednesday, April 17.

President Anthony Martinez, Vice President Nicole Flangas and 23 senators took an oath of their respective offices.

REPORTS SEN. SAVANNAH HUGHES ELECTED SPEAKER OF THE SENATE Sen. Savannah Hughes was nominated by Sen. Connor Doyle of the College of Liberal Arts for the office of Speaker of the Senate. Sen. Madalyn Watt nominated herself for the position.

The Speaker is required to manage Senate meetings.

Two of Sen. Hughes goals for this position are to implement a project tracker and promote decorum and professional growth. Sen. Hughes previously served as the Speaker Pro-Tempore on the 86th session.

Two goals of Sen. Watt’s for this position were to keep senators accountable for their jobs and open channels of communications for students, faculty and community members.

Sen. Hughes was voted into office.

SEN. MURPHY ELECTED SPEAKER PRO-TEMPORE

Sen. Hayley Collins, Sen. Keegan Murphy, Sen. Doyle and Sen. Watt were nominated by their fellow senators for speaker pro-tempore of the Senate.

The speaker pro-tempore is required to run the ASUN internship program and prepare for the next session.

Sen. Collin plans to work with NevadaFit to promote the ASUN internship program. Sen. Doyle plans to pair senators and interns who have similar goals together and college. Sen. Murphy plans to reform the ASUN internship process. Sen. Watt plans to hold interns and senator mentors accountable for their jobs.

Sen. Murphy was voted and approved into office.

SEN. WATT APPOINTED PARLIAMENTARIAN

Sen. Izzy Westerman nominated Sen. Watt to the position of parliamentarian.

The Parliamentarian of the Senate is required to advise and interpret Robert’s Rules of Order.

The position is appointed by the speaker.

Sen. Watts plans to keep senators accountable for their positions and has some knowledge of Robert’s Rule of Order from high school.

Sen. Watts was appointed into the position.

SEN. HARVEY VOTED ACADEMIC COMMITTEE CHAIR

Sen. Collins nominated Sen. Lauren Harvey for the Academic Committee chair. Sen. Harvey said she was qualified because she participated in the ASUN executive internship for the 86th session and was salutatorian of her high school.

Sen. Harvey wants to give more research opportunities to different majors, implement a 24-hour study area in the Knowledge Center and encourage the Tutoring Center to expand their topics.

Sen. Harvey was voted into the position.

Taylor Johnson can be reached at tjohnson@sagebrush.unr.edu or on Twitter @NevadaSagebrush.

‘Campus Hunger’ panel discusses food insecurity, Pack Provisions

By Taylor Avery LeadMN President Frankie Becerra and Vice President Oballa Oballa joined students and University of Nevada, Reno, officials in a discussion about hunger on campus during the ‘A Conversation on Campus Hunger’ event on April 18.

The event was hosted by previous ASUN President Hannah Jackson.

Panelists Becerra and Oballa were joined by ASUN’s previous Director of Legislative Affairs Katie Worrall, Karissa Mendaros, Student Director of Pack Provisions and former ASUN senator Blane Merkley.

“Our recent civic engageTaylor Avery/ Nevada Sagebrush ‘Campus Hunger’ panel gives presentation on food inse- ment survey showed that 22% of our students self-reported curity found at college campuses on Thursday, April 18.

Around 22 percent of UNR students self-reported with a some form of food insecurity,” said Jackson. form of food insecurity.

The panelists discussed the improvement of university institutions.

Mendaros said institutions on campus could be improved through “stronger connections between resources.”

“I think to show that a university is really invested in food insecurity on their campus is for university institutions to have a university garden that helps to supplement,” said Merkley.

The university food pantry Pack Provisions was also discussed.

“At Pack Provisions, one of the biggest things we also like to address is waste on campus,” said Mendaros. “One of the things that we do, our partnership with food and dining, is that we go to the food places that you see around campus.

Our volunteers pick out all

those foods that are supposed to be thrown out that week and we get them ... Instead of all that being thrown out, we redistribute them to students.”

Worrall shared her concerns about Pack Provisions’ location.

“One thing that I’ve heard from students and staff about Pack Provisions specifically is not about the operations but more about the placement of it and it being in the middle of ASUN,” said Worrall. “A lot of times it’s intimidating or embarrassing to walk by a group of people.”

Many solutions were shared by the panelists and attendees of the event.

“When you’re talking about food security and addressing this, I don’t think, for the very large majority of the population, especially student

populations, no one is going to say no to supporting this issue,” said Becerra. “So how do you make it very easy for them to support the issue?”

Attendees also raised concerns about mandatory student fees.

“I don’t know the feasibility of this, but finding a way for students to opt out of student fees, certain student fees, such as the fitness center,” said Merkley. “If you’re working 20 plus hours a week and you’re a full-time student, you’re probably not going to access the fitness center anyways and that’s $45 you don’t have anymore.”

Some students echoed this idea.

“Yes, the fees are there to help benefit all students,” said Andres Ingram, a student at the university. “We would like to encourage students to

use these resources, however, there are certain situations and circumstances in place where students can’t access those resources there meant to benefit the student. But if they can’t actually use it, is it fair to still charge them that service fee if they’re not able to access them due to their circumstances?”

Other ideas were shared, such as food baskets with instructions on how to prepare the food, a system where students can more easily share their needs and concerns, a meal swipe sharing app, and the possibility of working with the City of Reno to get a grocery store built close to the university.

Taylor Avery can be reached at oali@sagebrush.unr.edu or on Twitter @NevadaSagebrush.

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Por Taylor Johnson Traducido Por Andrew Mendez Periodista libio-americano Noor Tagouri habló en el sexto anual Cumbre de Diversidad en el Norte de Nevada (NNDS por sus siglas en inglés) el jueves, 11 de abril en el Joe Crowley Student Union.

El objetivo del NNDS era presentar desafíos a la unidad en el mundo y proponer soluciones potenciales a estos desafíos con la meta de crear un espacio para facilitar estas conversaciones.

“El cumbre es importante porque les da la oportunidad a los que van a aprender sobre las diferentes temas que nos son discutidas cada día; fomenta conversaciones significativas y respetuosas”, dijo Asistente de Posgrado en Diversidad de Iniciativas Matthew Aguirre en un correo electrónico al Nevada Sagebrush. “ El cumbre sirve como un lugar donde los asistentes aprenden y exploran puntos de vistas diferentes. Las temas pueden variar de salud mental, experiencias LGBTQIA+, el privilegio, inmigración, igualdad del género, habilidades y discapacidades y mucho más”.

Tagouri es una activista y fue el orador principal en el evento.

Tagouri habló sobre su principio en periodismo y cómo ella empezó ser una activista.

Como un americana de primera generación, Tagouri fue creído en una pequeña ciudad en West Virginia. Cuando era niña, le encantaba contar historias y hacer preguntas, pero nunca planeó ser una periodista.

Mientras estaba creciendo, realizó que tiene un derecho más grande que contar historias, pero que era su derecho a enseñar luz a ciertas temas. Cuando Tagouri estaba trabajando por un medio

de perriodismo, ella llevó a la atención al maltrato a personas con discapacidades mentales.

Se rumoreaba que dentro del hospital tenía graffiti en los paredes y documentos médicos fueron encontrados en el piso.

Su editor lo nego y resulta que Tagouri dejó su trabajo y reportó la historia de su propia manera en un documental en 2015, “The Trouble They’ve Seen: The Forest Haven Story”. El proyecto le inspiró contar más historias.

“La mayoría de la gente se enfoca en las diferencias”, dijo Tagouri. “La gente toma muchos ejercicios saltando a conclusiones. Me gusta pensar que nosotros podemos usar nuestras diferencias para construir puentes de lo que tenemos en común y nuestras historias. Hay una falta de conocimiento. Hay una falta de comunidad… y yo reconozco que en el momento que yo me siento con alguien y hago una conexión con ellos detrás de sus historias, sus experiencias, yo puedo mirar a la gente de una manera diferente”.

En 2015 Tagouri inició la campaña “#LetNoorShine” después de tratar de ser la primera presentadora de noticias con un hijab. En 2017 ella estrenó una serie en Hulu llamado “A Woman’s Job”, que mostró mujeres en trabajos dedicados para hombres. En 2018 estreno el documental llamado “Sold in America”, que discutió el tráfico sexual en los EE.UU. Ella fue presentada en South

by Southwest Festivals, TEDx, Create and Cultivate y New York Fashion Week.

“Yo hice la pieza [“The Trouble They’ve Seen: The Forest Haven Story”] para servir como una pieza de justicia para la comunidad y cuando yo estaba estudiando periodismo, todos mis profesores fueron mayores

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Noor Tagouri interactúa con la audiencia en el Cumbre De Diversidad del Norte de Nevada el martes, 11 de abril. Tagouri fue la oradora principal y habló sobre sus experiencias de diversidad en la industria de periodismo. de edad y anglosajones y no tuvieron la misma experiencia que yo tenía al respeto cómo es ser malinterpretado a través de los medios de comunicación”, dijo Tagouri. “Me enseñe yo mismo a preguntar las historias: ¿De qué manera voy a cubrir este historia va a impactar a las comunidades de las que estamos hablando?”.

Tagouri cree que la universidad puede tener conversaciones sobre la diversidad

con estudiantes, facultad y la comunidad que han expresado preocupaciones. Ella cree que amplificando y validando las voces de los alumnos que se sienten inseguros en el campus, la universidad empieza a ser más diversa. De acuerdo con Tagouri, la diversidad no debería solo ser al “nivel de la superficie”.

“Para empezar, la diversidad, es un concepto; para decir, es como la diversidad es enten-

dido, como es experimentado, que problemas son pertinentes, etc. tiene absolutamente que ver con el contexto”, dijo la Oficial de Diversidad e Inclusión Dra. Gordon-Mora en un correo electrónico al Nevada Sagebrush. “Esto es el caso porque la diversidad abarca tanta riqueza de identidades, ideales, problemas que no está habitada de la misma manera en diferentes entornos. UNR está

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en el Norte de Nevada y por eso es sumo importante tener estas conversaciones como el cumbre lo ha tenido por seis años. Era para fortalecer el entendimiento y la coexistencia, para “construir puentes”, la tema de esta año”.

El evento fue patrocinado por la universidad, la Asociación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Nevada, el Colegio Comunal de Truckee Meadows, JCSU, el Instituto de investigación del desierto, el Colegio del Oeste de Nevada y el estacionamiento del colegio de Great Basin.

“Estudiantes universitarios no viven en el vacío de un campus, o al menos, ciertamente, no deberían”, dijo Gordon-Mora.

“Desafortunadamente, universidades residenciales en los Estados Unidos tienen una tendencia a la existencia intramural, es decir, ‘dentro de las paredes’.

Sin embargo, una parte crítica de enseñanzas es dependiente de la comunidad al arrendador de la universidad: la comunidad y los estudiantes necesitan aprender de unos a otros. Por lo tanto, es muy recomendable que la comunidad alrededor de UNR participen en estos eventos. En el caso de UNR, yo miro que es parte de nuestra misión: “La importancia de la diversidad es en la preparación de los estudiantes para la ciudadanía global y su compromiso con una cultura de excelencia, inclusión y accesibilidad”.

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While these situations can be stressful or even scary, it’s important to stand up against bias!

Register online for this event at https://odi-2019. eventbrite.com.

WOLF PACK COMMUNITY HOWL

DATE: Tuesday TIME: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

LOCATION: Glick Ballroom C INFO: This Wolfpack Community Howl will focus on the political system we have vs. the system we want. Join ASUN and the Center for Student Engagament on a night of conversation facilitated by topics students selected in the Spring 2018 CampusWide Civic Survey!

FINANCIAL CAPABILITY MONTH CELEBRATION DATE: Wednesday TIME: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

LOCATION: Gateway

Plaza in front of The Joe INFO: Nevada Money Mentors and Financial Aid will be answering questions about financial literacy this Wednesday!

Also, make a free tie-dye t-shirt!

RENO JAZZ FESTIVAL DATE: Thursday through Saturday TIME: 7:30 to 10 p.m.

Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 7:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday LOCATION: UNR Campus INFO: UNR’s annual jazz festival will be taking place this Thursday through Saturday. Thursday features Walter Smith III & The Collective, Friday features student competitions and the Melissa Aldana Quartet and Saturday fatures student competitions and the Festival Showcase with an Awards Ceremony. Get your tickets at https://www. unr.edu/rjf/tickets.html.

HERBAL TEA TASTING AND BOTANIC GARDEN WALKING TOUR DATE: Saturday TIME: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m..

LOCATION: UNCE Cooperative Extension Botanical Garden. Las Vegas INFO: If you’re in Las Vegas this weekend and are an avid teaand-flowers lover, stop by the UNCE Botanical Garden this Saturday for an afternoon of herbal tea tasting and botanic garden walking tour!

Educational demos and prizes will also be given!

Carla Suggs can be reached at csuggs@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @carla_suggs.

captures the cultural significance of Beychella, sets the standard

By Rylee Jackson “Coachella, you ready?

Let’s go get ‘em.”

A slew of dancers in Flo-Joinspired, one-legged leotards strutted off the pyramid stage as Beyoncé made one of the grandest entrances in music history. Standing among over 200 of some of the most talented musicians and dancers, her fierce stare and captivating presence left festival attendees in awe. No one was ready for what was about to unfold.

It has been one year since Beyoncé’s career-defining performance at Coachella, or as the BeyHive prefers to call it, Beychella. To celebrate this monumental anniversary, Netflix teamed up with Beyoncé to release “Homecoming” on April 17. The film was directed by the Queen herself and gave viewers an intimate, in-depth look at the concert that became a cultural movement.

“Homecoming” showcases glimpses of both weekends of the festival as well as anecdotes about the creative process in between. Since 2013’s documentary “Life Is But a Dream,” Beyoncé hasn’t opened up much about her artistry. From the birth of the concept to long nights of overseeing every little detail, she lets the audience in on the eight arduous months of preparation for the show of the lifetime.

The entire vision of Beychella revolved around the Historically Black College and University experience.

Beyoncé’s connection to HBCUs was genuine, as she revealed she used to spend her earlier years rehearsing at Texas Southern University in Houston. Inspired by attending Battle of the Bands as a kid, she knew she had to embody the spirit of these young creatives. From the immaculate footwork of the steppers to the infectious energy of the marching band, the performers brought a completely different experience to the typically flowercrown filled festival.

As an artist with an immaculate discography, it must be extremely difficult to come up with a setlist that intertwines classic hits and fan favorites. From starting off the show with “Crazy In Love” to bringing out the instrumental of the underrated “Green Light,” Beyoncé catered to everyone. The show included appearances from Jay-Z, Solange and Destiny’s Child. It was simply the perfect representation of her over 20-year career and paid tribute to those who

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Netflix released a Beyoncé concert film with behind-the-scenes footage on April 17, celebrating the one year anniversary of her groundbreaking performance at Coachella.

Beyoncé also released a live album of the performance on the same day.

supported her along the way.

For those who lived off the grainy live stream of Beychella for an entire year, it was exciting to see the gloriousness of the entire concert in high quality. The back-and-forth editing between the first weekend and the second weekend must have taken a large amount of

even admitted to the fear of her strength and endurance never being the same. Showcasing the balance between long days of rehearsals and being a mother of three, it was apparent that the road to Beychella wasn’t as glamorous as it seemed.

What was most impressive about this film was the hard

the importance of creating moments that will stand the test of time and it shows through this film. Social media has exploded in a culture of people deeming every hit song as “iconic” or “legendary”, without recognizing the power those words hold. Like many of the great artists and visionaries that came before

Beyoncé still values the importance of creating moments that will stand the test of time time to perfect. The impeccable transition between the yellow and pink Balmain outfits during the “drop it” section of “Crazy In Love” is a sight that will take one’s breath away.

Known as one of the most private public figures –– and rightfully so — Beyoncé opened up about her difficult pregnancy and returning to the stage after giving birth. It was refreshing to see her be so candid about the struggles she had while reconnecting with her body and mind. She

work Beyoncé, dancers, the band and the rest of her creative team put into the show.

Every day, she went back and forth between three enormous spaces separated between the dancers, the band and the stylists. Every single detail — from the sewing of the patches to the beadings of the sweatshirts — was intentional and filled with purpose.

In an era of music where being trendy and going viral is seen as the pinnacle of success, Beyoncé still values

Anderson .Paak reminiscent of seductive 70s soul singer in “Ventura”

By Carla Suggs It would come as absolutely no surprise if Anderson .Paak turned out to be a timetraveling soul singer from the 20th century.

His latest album, “Ventura”, dropped earlier this month on Friday, April 12, and features several soul, R&B and hip-hop moguls like Smokey Robinson, Andre 3000 and Brandy. The wavy rhythms are perfect for night drives or evenings with a lover, and are heavy on funky guitar sonics and background vocals. The album features only 11 tracks, centering on topics like falling in and out of love, sex, women, adultery, his rise to fame, racism and xenophobia, giving back to the community and .Paak’s own wife. .Paak has been making waves in the soul and R&B scenes as

an impressively versatile artist, drawing inspiration from the Motown era and 1970s soul and funk music. The artist regularly switches between vocalization, rap and ad libs, but always stays true to his soul-inspired roots, making him adored by old and young music lovers alike.

The first track, “Come Home”, is what really establishes the album as an ode to soul music. Featuring Andre 3000, the song uses the most reputable topic of all ‘70s soul tracks: begging a lover to come back. With lyrics like “I’m begging you please, come home/ No one even begs anymore,” .Paak comments on the way love songs have changed over time. This reference to changing times is also felt during

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her, Beyoncé sees herself as a student first and holds the desire to keep evolving after all these years.

At the end of the day, music is all about unity and speaking to the human experience. “Homecoming” proves more than ever before that Beyoncé will continue to use her platform to inspire people all around the world.

Rylee Jackson can be reached at csuggs@sagebrush. unr.edu, or on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush.

By Karolina Rivas After making a splash internationally with their music, BTS has generated a worldwide fanbase referred to as the ARMY, and has broken a number of records along the way. From the first Korean group to debut at number 1 on the Billboard 200, to having the most views for a music video in the first 24 hours of its release, BTS can debatably be considered a household name. Their latest album, “Map of the Soul: Persona”, was released on Friday, April 12.

With a plethora of accomplishments under their belt, members RM, Jin, J-Hope, Suga, Jimin, V and Jungkook do not stray far from their beloved artistry when it comes to their latest record. Just like the number of members in the group, the album produces seven flawlessly mastered tracks with symbolism that goes deeper than your usual hit pop song. One doesn’t have to know Korean to understand the message BTS is trying to convey.

Prior to the album’s release, BTS released the music video for the first track on the record, “Intro: Persona” continuing the BTS Universe — a franchise concentrated on BTS’ music videos that, when laced together, tell a story of seven characters that are each inspired by the members. Within this universe, the storyline addresses hardships including grief and depression.

Behind “Intro: Persona,” lies allusions to the novel “Jung’s Map of the Soul: An Introduction” — a psychological text centered on the psychoanalytical theories of psychologist Carl Jung. Jung’s theory is centered on the archetypes that make up our personality. In other words, a persona. Carl Jung has many theorized archetypes, yet three distinct ones appear in the comeback video for this song: persona, shadow and ego.

The self-reflective track is laced with rockinspired beats, as member RM raps about battling with self-identity. “Who am I? The question I had my whole life,” he raps. “The question which I probably won’t find an answer to my whole life.”

In the music video, one can watch RM shuffle through different versions of himself — Kim Namjoon, idol, rapper and leader.

Following the intro track is the debut single of the disc, “Boy With Luv,” is a song called “A Poem for Small Things.” The spirited track featuring pop singer-songwriter Halsey is a reference to their track “Boy in Luv” from their second album “Skool Luv Affair”. While “Boy in Luv” sings of teen love, RM described in a radio interview with the Elvis Duran Show that the single, “Boy With Luve”, speaks more to what actually makes up love. “[Love] comes from tiny little things,” RM said.

“We wonder what your day is, what you eat, we wonder what you’re doing right now, how you guys spend your day. It’s about the tiny little petty things, that’s what we found the love’s about.”

Halsey is not the only famous talent featured on the album. The track “Make it Right” was produced in collaboration with “Shape of You” singer Ed Sheeran. The pop-funk waves of the tune make Sheeran’s contribution evident.

One of the catchier tracks on the album, “HOME”, brings the R&B flavor to a tune that pays homage to ARMY. Sprinkled with a few Spanish and English words, BTS sings about how “home” is where the fans are.

Tracks with titles like “Mikrokosmos” and “Dionysus,” are something you’d expect to read in a book pulled from the Beast’s library, but it’s titles like those that entice listeners to search beyond the play button. Tracks that tap into Greek mythology themes and philosophical terms are just one part of what makes BTS different from the rest.

While “Map of the Soul: Persona” radiates a sleek and infectious assemblage of melodies, the album retreats from the purposefully structured storytelling that took place in the group’s previous two albums part of the “Love Yourself” era. Therefore, “Map of the Soul: Persona” receives a four out of five stars.

You can watch BTS premiere “Boy with Luv” with Halsey on the Billboard Music Awards May 1 on NBC. Karolina Rivas can be reached at csuggs@sagebrush.unr.edu, or on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush.

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Andre 3000’s verse, as he talks about his lover getting older and embracing her body’s changes.

“Make It Better”, released a week before the album dropped, features one of soul music’s greatest icons, Smokey Robinson. Between Robinson and .Paak, there’s a large emphasis on how soul has kept its reputation as a romantic and heartbreaking vehicle for expression throughout the decades, especially for black artists. “Make It Better” centers on lovers who become strangers over time, and the process of trying to fall back in love with one another. It also references other ‘70s icons like the Bee Gees, Al Green and the Sugarhill Gang.

This song is in direct opposition to the last track on the album, “What Can We Do?”, which is about falling out of love with someone and feeling like there’s nothing left to hang on to. “What Can We Do?” features late rapper Nate Dogg, who passed in 2011 after complications from multiple strokes. At the end of the track, a conversation between .Paak and Dogg is heard, in which .Paak reassures Dogg’s insecurities over his singing voice.

One other song, “Reachin’ 2 Much”, is a two-part track featuring Lalah Hathaway, and also explores the falling-out-of-love theme and finding a lover’s quirks unbearable.

Other tracks like “Winners Circle”, “Chosen One”, “Jet Black” and “Twilight” fixate on sex and relationships.

“Winners Circle” samples a scene from the film “A Bronx Tale”, when one of the characters explains there are three important women a man will meet in his lifetime. This song centers on one of those women, who makes .Paak work harder for her attention than other women normally do. “Chosen One” and “Twilight” both reference .Paak’s wife,

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Jae Lin, who stayed with him during dark periods in the artist’s life, like being homeless toward the beginning of his career.

“Good Heels”, the shortest track on the album, is about nearly getting caught in an affair. R&B singer Jasmine Sullivan plays .Paaks lover, and the song acts as a conversation between the two when Sullivan accidentally leaves all her belongings at .Paaks place. With his girlfriend nearly home, .Paak tells Sullivan to climb in through the window, get her things and leave before they get caught.

While most of the songs on “Ventura” are about sex, love and adultery, others focus on success and giving back to the community.

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journey as an artist, and “King James” pays homage to rich black folk giving back to their communities. In the track, .Paak comments on racism, xenophobia and gentrification, and gives props to athletes Lebron James and Colin Kaepernick, for standing up for disenfranchised black folk by donating money.

While the album is incredibly well produced and collated, many of the repeating themes make it easy to favor a few select tracks and ignore the others. Overall, this album deserves 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Carla Suggs can be reached at csuggs@sagebrush.unr. edu, or on Twitter @carla_ suggs.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019

STAFF EDITORIAL

The Nevada Sagebrush asks you to #SaveStudentNewsrooms

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or context, The Nevada Sagebrush is joining #SaveStudentNewsrooms, a nationwide movement to highlight the challenges student publications face, taking place Thursday, April 25. While the Sagebrush is fortunate to be an independent student newspaper free from the retaliatory acts publications at other schools face, it is not exempt from the effects of the declining print business and has downsized the past few years due to budgetary constraints.

In the last three years, the Sagebrush budget has declined by 30 percent, and will likely continue that trend unless a viable solution is found. The Sagebrush is funded solely by advertising revenue. Less money means a smaller staff unable to cover everything happening at the university, a lack of submissions to student journalism awards and the inability for students to travel to journalism conferences to network with professionals and learn best reporting practices.

The Sagebrush is a place for students to practice the skills learned in journalism classes and apply them. Our paper holds a legacy at the university and is a respected publication for students to publish bylines, photos and other forms of media. In doing so, students are set up for success, and often our staff has access to high-profile internships which not only improve their media literacy, but

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also assists in employment after graduation. The Sagebrush has long been a training ground for some of the best journalists in the country, and hopes to remain that way.

The Nevada Sagebrush has been around for 125 years, and this is how you can help it stay around for 125+ more.

1. Donate to the Nevada Sagebrush The Nevada Sagebrush takes donations year-round to fill the gaps in our budget. Donations can be made through the university’s donation page: unr. edu/giving. Under “universitywide initiatives” then “ASUN clubs”, a donation form can be found. Follow the link or visit nevadasagebrush.com to find out how you can donate to the paper.

If you’re like Reynolds School of Journalism professor Patrick File, you can set a monthly recurring amount as a subscription to the Sagebrush.

“It can be pretty easy to “subscribe” to your favorite student news org by setting up a monthly directed donation. For example, I pay $10 monthly for my @ NevadaSagebrush subscription.

A bargain!”

Any and all donations are welcome, and the Sagebrush thanks all of our readers and supporters.

Without you, there would not be a paper.

2. Advertise with the Sagebrush If you own a local business or are hosting an event and want to reach university students,

advertising with the Sagebrush is the best way to do that. Visit our website and view our online media kit to determine what advertising solution is the best fit for you. Thank you to our advertisers for supporting student media and student journalists.

The Sagebrush is fortunate to only have budgetary issues when student publications are dealing with budgetary restraints on top of administration deterring or punishing the publication for its reporting.

Earlier this school year at the University of North Alabama, the Flor-Ala student newspaper’s adviser was unceremoniously fired from his position after the paper published a story about the university’s vice president.

Despite the condemnation from national First Amendment watchdog groups, UNA denied the firing had to do with the article and has not taken action to reinstate the former advisor to his position.

At the University of California, Los Angeles, an editor-in-chief was appointed to the Daily Bruin against the current staff’s recommendation without explanation as to why their decision was overturned.

“This decision sets a dangerous precedent for the independence of the students’ newspaper,” said a letter published by the Daily Bruin to its readers. “The Communications Board is in part appointed by students who sit on the Undergraduate Students Association Council, and this

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The staff of the Nevada Sagebrush poses for student journalists’ day of action on April 16, 2018 in the Sagebrush office on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.

decision raises serious questions regarding the judgment of the board.”

At Colorado State University, all of the Rocky Mountain Collegian newspapers were stolen off the stands in response to their cover story about the student body president’s potential misreporting of financial documents.

Although a report was filed with

university police, the papers were not returned.

These are just a few of the horror stories that have happened just in the last school year at different universities. Every day there is a new story at another publication where universities and administration attempt to harm honest and well-reported student stories. We are honored

Nurses deserve respect

n the television premiere of Grey’s Anatomy, there’s a line that Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) says that still rings true to this day. She tells her interns on their first day of clinicals, “Don’t piss off the nurses.”

But that’s exactly what Senator Maureen Walsh of Washington state did when she spoke in the Washington state senate on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Washington State Senate was considering Jacey passing a bill, SHB Gonzalez 1155, that would provide nurses with uninterrupted meal and rest periods. Walsh opposed the bill by criticizing how she believes that nurses don’t really need mandated breaks.

“By putting these types of mandates on a critical access hospital that literally serves a handful of individuals, I would submit to you those nurses probably do get breaks. They probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day,” Washington state Senator Maureen Walsh said on Tuesday during a debate on the Senate floor.

Nurses are the backbone of healthcare and Senator Walsh should be ashamed of herself.

Whether you’re a hospital regular, or have never broken a bone in your body, there’s a good chance you’ve come in contact with a nurse before.

Clinical nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses, registered nurses — the list goes on. There are over 20 different specialties nurses can go into, and as a profession, nurses are known

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Post-anesthesia care unit nurse, Tina Cerruti reads to a patient after their operation on April 22, 2005. Nurses are the backbone of health care and without their love and support, patients would be severely underserved.

for being flexible and accommodating throughout their 36 to 48 hour long shifts.

Nurses work tirelessly for hours on end to make sure their patients have the best care, and their doctors have easier jobs. Nurses are the people who check up to make sure a patient is taken care of every hour of the day.

They draw blood, monitor vitals and that’s just their hourly duties. If a patient stops breathing, a nurse is most likely going to be the one to notice first

and then be the person starting CPR. Their jobs are ever-changing but they adapt to everything they’re thrown in to because they want to help people and save lives.

The death and disparity nurses see every single day will make anyone want to curl into bed and sob the day away. These incredibly strong men and women watch patients take their last breaths, help family members cope and then have to deal with their own emotional struggles as well. It’s

not a job to be taken lightly.

Their lives don’t start and end at their offices and hospitals either. Nurses have families, spouses, pets and are still responsible for making sure they’re all taken care of too. Nurses are caregivers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, not only to those who are ill but to everyone around them.

Not all nurses are saints, and I’m sure that people have had less than excellent encounters with nurses, but this isn’t an “easy” profession.

There’s nothing easy about dealing with death, illness and suffering for a living. But these incredible people chose to dedicate their lives to helping others. They practically kill themselves during school and clinicals to ensure they are extracting every last drop of knowledge from their teachers so they can have the best chance at helping the most people.

Nurses aren’t considered first responders. They aren’t grouped in with police officers, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel. But they are second responders, and they deserve all of the merit that goes along with being someone who has placed themselves within the chaos only to help those around them.

Nurses deserve the utmost respect and Senator Walsh should probably take a step back before she wants to slander another noble profession.

Opinions expressed in The Nevada Sagebrush are solely those of the author and do not necessarily express the views of The Sagebrush or its staff. Jacey Gonzalez is a student at the University of Nevada and studies journalism.

She can be reached at jaceygonzalez@ sagebrush.unr.ed and on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush.

Be more compassionate about all tragedies

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his past week was tumultuous for society.

The beloved Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France caught on fire. No one was injured and there were no reported deaths but this event received around the clock news coverage.

Sri Lanka Jacey was the Gonzalez target of multiple suicide bombings in churches and hotels on Easter Sunday which resulted in the deaths of over 290 people. According to CNN, there were three reported bombings in three separate

hotels and three bombings in churches in Sri Lanka’s capital city, Colombo. This tragedy didn’t get much major news coverage, and was insufficiently supported compared to that of Notre Dame’s burning.

Many people were outraged about Notre Dame’s burning and many pledged their monetary support in the rebuilding. Notably, the United State’s contribution on President Trump’s behalf was not well-received by the general public. Many people voiced their opinions about how the president should focus his rebuilding efforts on more domestic issues like historically black churches being burned in the south, or the Flint, Michigan water crisis. While these people were right with their outrage and protests,

there wasn’t a huge reaction from people who were supporting the other causes.

The Sri Lanka bombings went almost unreported until after Easter Sunday had passed. Whether it was because of the holiday, or because people weren’t concerned with an act of violence a world away, the lack of reaction and compassion from people is concerning.

Events like this happen often in our modern society.

Violence fills the news, our countries and everything in sight. But that doesn’t mean that each tragedy doesn’t deserve their own moments of reflection.

Almost every person that had been to Notre Dame posted a photo on social media about their devastation about the historic

cathedral. While there was history lost, the cathederal was going through renovations and most of the historic parts of it were preserved. There were no deaths, and while this was a historical tragedy, it doesn’t amount to the lives lost in Sri Lanka.

Almost 300 people lost their lives when they woke up on Sunday morning.

There wasn’t outrage, there weren’t multiple GoFundMe accounts trying to support this country. People went on about their Sundays like it was any other week and didn’t think twice about what had happened.

Compassion and empathy are free. They don’t cost anything and can be used and executed for nearly nothing.

It doesn’t hurt to care. It doesn’t hurt to mourn for

a country facing a tragedy they had been warned about for month. You’re not going to lose anything by caring about all things. But when you pick and choose what to be outraged about, you’re really only putting yourself in a box about what you should or shouldn’t support.

The world is a scary place, a place that’s only getting scarier. Be empathetic and care, the world needs it.

Opinions expressed in The Nevada Sagebrush are solely those of the author and do not necessarily express the views of The Sagebrush or its staff. Jacey Gonzalez is a student at the University of Nevada and studies journalism. She can be reached at jaceygonzalez@sagebrush. unr.ed and on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush.

to stand with other student media publications across the country, on April 25 and everyday, to #SaveStudentNewsrooms.

If we are facing adversity, we are doing something right.

The Editorial Board can be reached at mpurdue@sagebrush.unr.edu or on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush.

How to recycle properly, efficiently

By Faith Delfin

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new study by Commercial Cafe looked at wage disparities in a different way; across occupations instead the usual household income. They looked at the gap between the highest and lowest earning professions in all 50 states and the top 50 major U.S. metro areas. We’ve all been there. Standing, staring at the recycling bin. It’s daunting, really. None of us walk away from a recycling bin confident that the item we placed in there is actually recyclable, but at least we made the effort. That should count for something, right?

The truth is, improper recycling habits are just as bad as not having any recycling habits at all. One non-recyclable item placed in a recycling bin can spoil an entire batch of otherwise recyclable materials.

If you ever reach a moment of confusion at a recycling bin, remember these three things: Food and liquids cannot be in recycling.

Plastic grocery store bags and loose plastic bags, along with flexible plastics cannot be placed in recycling.

Paper, cardboard, empty cans and bottles can be recycled.

Okay, maybe recycling doesn’t sound too exciting. What reward does recycling provide?

Usually, there’s no one there to pat you on the back or give you a high-five when you recycle correctly. On the other hand, there’s no one there to sound an alarm if you improperly recycle. Truly, you’re left with your own conscience and how either the action or inaction sits with you.

Making a small effort to understand the dos and don’ts of recycling can go a long way.

On average, each person generates around four pounds of waste per day. One and a half pounds of that waste is usually recyclable. If we multiply 1.5 times the amount of students there are on the university’s campus (20,194 to be exact), that’s around 30,291 pounds of recyclable material produced by people on campus each day. Those numbers are miniscule compared to the vast amounts of waste and recyclable waste produced on a national and global level.

Nothing we use for a couple of minutes should pollute our environment for years.

The harsh truth is that nearly one in four items placed in every recycling bin aren’t actually recyclable. If proper resources and education is available to us we can help to ensure that all recyclable material winds up in a recycling plant and later reused or remade into another product.

Neglecting our responsibility to become educated and aware of how to recycle properly will have negative effects on our local and global environments. Though individualism is essential, no single recycling properly can make up for all of those who don’t. We need as many people as possible actively involved in proper recycling habits to make a change.

Opinions expressed in The Nevada Sagebrush are solely those of the author and do not necessarily express the views of The Sagebrush or its staff. Faith Delfin is a student at the University of Nevada. She can be reached at jaceygonzalez@sagebrush.unr.ed and on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush.

Sports

TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019

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‘Golden Arms’ Anderson, Sharts headline Wolf Pack rotation

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No. 25 Colorado State pummels Nevada Softball

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Starting pitchers Ryan Anderson and Owen Sharts are the aces for the Nevada Baseball team. The two hurlers have been at the forefront of the Wolf Pack pitching staff all season and combined for 107.2 innings pitched and seven wins in the process.

“Having two guys like that in your rotation is tremendous,” said Nevada Head Coach T.J. Bruce earlier this season. “Both have played well off each other and it’s translating to wins for us. They [both] have what I call the ‘golden arm’.”

Anderson’s impressive junior campaign has earned him the spot as the Wolf Pack’s go-to starter this season. The southpaw sports a 4-2 record with a 4.15 ERA and a team-high 53 strikeouts in 56.1 innings. Anderson’s career-high 11 strikeouts against Long Beach State on Feb. 22 are the third-most in school history since 2000.

He was named the Mountain West Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 25. Anderson’s aggressive nature on the mound has gained the attention of his opponents, as well as his teammates.

“Once he gets out there, it’s a Ryan not many people see,” Sharts said. “He really puts on that competitive face and goes to work and doesn’t really care who is on the other side.”

The 6-foot-6 left-hander was given the nickname “Rhino” with the rest of the team in the clubhouse, but Anderson chose a different animal to describe his game.

“I just try to pitch out there like a bulldog,” Anderson said.

“Just try to kind of be pissed off and attack the zone, by not letting up and being the aggressor on the mound.”

Anderson pounds the strike zone with a low-to-mid 90s fastball, but his off-speed changeup keeps opposing teams chasing with deceptive movement. The lanky pitcher has also developed a sweeping, mid-80s slider that breaks away from left-handed batters and forces ground balls. He’s held opposing batters to a team-low .227 batting average this sea-

Nevada Softball took the opening game of their three-game series against 25th ranked Colorado State, but were outscored 18-1 in the final two games.

The Wolf Pack fell to 23-18 overall and 8-7 in conference, which is tied for third in the Mountain West Conference with Fresno State and Boise State.

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Ryan Anderson winds up for a pitch against SDSU on Saturday, April 6, at Peccole Park. Anderson is 4-2 on the year with a 4.15 ERA.

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Owen Sharts delivers a pitch against Air Force on Saturday, March 30, at Peccole Park. Sharts was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 2018 MLB Draft.

“My fastball-changeup combination has been working all season,” he said. “If I land my slider and it’s clicking, it really keeps the batters off guard. I have confidence throwing any of the three in whatever count, so it’s taking my game to a new level.”

A native of Sparks, Nevada, Anderson made the short 12.3 mile trip from Spanish Springs High School to carry on the family tradition of representing the silver and blue. His sister, Lisa Anderson, played volleyball for the Wolf Pack from 2013-16.

Following a stellar high school career as a starter with the Cougars, posting a 2.10 ERA and 181 punchouts in three seasons, Anderson transitioned to the bullpen in his first two seasons with Nevada.

He totaled seven starts in 36 appearances from 2017-18

Now the no. 1 starter in the rotation, Anderson is putting together a stellar season for his hometown team.

“It’s really cool, I’m enjoying it,” he said. “Just being able to come out and racking up wins is something special and I want to keep doing that.”

While Anderson is the rhino, Sharts takes a smooth and calm approach to each of his starts.

The freshman right-hander is slotted in as the team’s no.

2 starter and has improved off a rocky portion during the middle of the season.

“I’m a little more self-aware when I’m on the mound,” he said. “I’ve been calming down. I control my breathing, my thoughts and just refocus before I get back out there and throw a pitch.”

Sharts picked up two-straight wins to begin his college career but went 0-6 over his last six

starts. He has a 3-7 record on the year. Back-to-back solid outings have lowered Sharts’ ERA to 5.97 on the season with 30 strikeouts in 50.1 innings pitched. He tossed two shutout outings on Feb. 16 and April 13.

“I just need to put a stop to a couple of things,” he said. “I’ve been getting into some trouble when I’m one-to-two pitches away from getting out of the inning with zeros on the board.

It’s about making that one pitch to get out of some jams.”

Sharts has flashed the stuff that made him a 32nd round selection in the 2018 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers. His fourseam fastball touches the low90s and he compliments it with a changeup that ties batters at the hands. His 12-6 curveball is becoming his putout pitch, as it breaks from the lower half of the strike zone towards the dirt.

“As a staff, we’re really fastball heavy, so I can cross-count guys with my curveball or changeup,” he said. “It just gives the batter something else to pay attention to and it makes my fastball a bit more effective out there.”

Coming from Simi Valley, California, Sharts lettered all

four years at Simi Valley High School. The 6-foot-1 righthanded pitcher was named 2018 League MVP and Ventura County Pitcher of the Year. His dominance on the mound translated to league championships for the Pioneers in 2016 and 2018.

Sharts Accumulated a 1.91 ERA and 92 strikeouts in his senior season with Simi Valley.

He turned down the chance to go pro and joined the Wolf Pack and won’t be draft eligible until his junior season.

Sharts’ emergence in his freshman season has caught Anderson’s eye, as well.

“At the end of the day we’re both competitors just striving to get better,” he said.

Both pitchers will be heavily relied upon as the Wolf Pack head into a crucial stretch of the season with just over a month left of the regular season.

Nevada is 10-11 in conference play this season, good for fifth place in the Mountain West.

Isaiah Burrows can be reached at dstrugs@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports.

Nevada equipment management helps keep Wolf Pack Football together

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Kaleb Daws, Shannon O'Hair and Kristi Wirtz pose for a picture in their office on Monday, April 1. The three form Nevada Football's equipment management team.

By Isaiah Burrows While the Nevada Wolf Pack prepare for the 2019 football season, behind the scenes it’s the Nevada equipment management team that keeps the program in one piece.

Kaleb Daws, Shannon O’Hair and Kristi Wirtz work 12-hour days, seven days a week during the football season to ensure the Wolf Pack’s equipment is at the top of its game for the players on the field.

“A lot of people don’t know about the stuff we do,” Daws said. “But it’s something we love doing, knowing the guys are out there playing with the equipment we set up and clean and organize is cool to see.”

Equipment management is relied upon on a daily basis from the start of spring practices until the end of the season. They show up to the facility fourto-six hours early to fix jerseys on shoulder pads and make sure each helmet is assigned to the correct uniform. Once the equipment is figured out, towels are handed out to players before the game.

“We’ll be here early to get a headstart on the day,” O’Hair said. “We make sure we’re ready to handle all of the equipment, accessories and stuff. It’s to make

sure everything is neat and sound. It’s a bit tedious at times, but it must be done.”

The team doesn’t take a break once the game starts, either. They stay on call in case a piece of equipment breaks and must be repaired during the contest.

“Theoretically, if we did our job properly that’s our downtime to relax,” Daws said. “But if something went haywire, we’re doing some helmet repairs or something that keeps us busy. For the players, all they’re focused on is getting back on the field, so we fix things as quickly as we can.”

Once the halftime whistle sounds, equipment management has already set up several whiteboards for coaches to illustrate second half adjustments. A row of chairs and tables also are placed in the locker room for players and other members of the team.

No matter the outcome of the game, Daws, O’Hair and Wirtz stick to a routine for the post-game cleanup.

By splitting into three separate roles, the team gets work done faster. One staff member picks up loose equipment and trash on the field. Another member takes the jerseys off the shoulder pads and puts cleats, helmets, face masks and accessories safely away in shelves and bins.

Wirtz relies on three industrial-sized washing machines to clean jerseys, pants and other accessories in large quantities. Once everything is washed and placed into two separate driers, she organizes and folds the uniforms for the next home game.

As a whole, the team stays an extra two-to-three hours after the game.

“We use the bigger-sized washers to get almost 80 loads in after the practices and even after the games,” Wirtz said. “It makes it easier for us to just throw it in there in bulk and then to dry them all out when they’re finished...When all is said and done, we probably stick around for a while longer.”

When the Wolf Pack hit the road, equipment management is responsible for sending equipment for both the coaches and players before their upcoming game. They pack the team’s standard away uniforms in duffel bags and send it to the specific stadium they’re playing at.

“On the road we dress around 65 guys, which is like a travel party,” Daws said.

“We dress 24 coaches on staff as well, so we get to set up their stuff like it’s a home game. That takes some preparation because we’re not right there to fix anything that went wrong.”

While the workday is jam-packed throughout the year, the job does come with its perks. They build a relationship with the rest of the team by working first-hand with the players and staff. As a result, O’Hair has built some long-lasting friendships with the players on the team.

“I’ve made lifelong friendships with some of the players on the team,” O’Hair said. “That’s one thing I’ll always appreciate working here.”

To cap-off a long season, the ultimate reward for both the team and equipment management staff is Nevada hoisting its first-ever Mountain West Conference championship.

“Winning the Mountain West, that’s the main goal for us,” Daws said. “It’d be a culmination of our hard work on and off the field and the same goes for the rest of the team. We put in a lot of time and effort and winning it would put it all together.”

They may not be seen on the field, but the Nevada Football equipment management team does plenty of work away from the action.

Isaiah Burrows can be reached at dstrugs@ sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports.

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A still photo of the three "industrial-sized" washers used to wash all the players' jerseys after games and practices. They wash around 80 loads of clothes every time they are used.

The Pack were down but had to persevere in Thursday’s game versus the Rams.

Down one heading into the seventh inning, Sierra Mello led off the inning with a walk. Sandria McAlister doubled down the left field line, putting two runners in scoring position with no outs.

Dallas Millwood hit a one-out RBI, followed by an intentional walk issued to Ashley Salausa that loaded the bases. Kwynn Warner came up to bat, driving a 3-2 pitch into left field that scored the winning run from third to earn a 4-3 victory in the seventh inning.

Starting pitcher Kendall Fritz put together another dominant outing. She struck out two in seven innings, allowing three runs and earned her tenth victory on the season.

The lead up to the exciting end was preceded by eight back-and-forth innings of softball.

Offensively, Nevada laced nine hits led by Millwood, Mello, McAlister and Warner who all recorded multi-hit performances.

Colorado State got on the board in the second inning after a delayed steal home.

Ashley Salausa put Nevada on the board in the following frame with her fifth home run on the season — and her second in as many games.

The Pack loaded the bases in the fifth inning.

Millwood drove in her 39th RBI on the season giving Nevada a 2-1 advantage.

The lead was short-lived, as Amber Nelson hit a leadoff home run to begin the top half of the sixth inning. Tara Shadowen led off the seventh inning with a leadoff shot to center, putting the Rams up 3-2.

The Pack rallied in the ninth. Millwood singled, driving in McAlister and tying the contest at three. Salausa was intentionally walked with two runners in scoring position, loading the bases for Warner’s walk-off single.

APRIL 19 VS NO. 25 COLORADO STATE Colorado State fell in love with the long ball in a 9-0 victory over Nevada on Friday. The Rams tied a season-high with three home runs in the shutout win in a contest that only lasted five innings.

Kali Sargent allowed six runs over three innings, losing her seventh game on the season and increasing her ERA to 3.83 on the season.

The senior right-hander struck out five in her first appearance since March 30. Julia Jensen came in for relief, allowing one hit and three unearned runs in 0.2 frames. Rachel Rodriguez pitched 1.1 hitless innings to seal the game.

Mello, Lauren Gutierrez and Haley Burda were the only Pack members to record hits on the afternoon. Gutierrez had the only extra base hit on the afternoon, hitting a two-out double in the third inning.

A three-run home run in the opening frame

by Shadowen, her second in as many at-bats dating back to the previous game, put the Rams on the board early. Isabella Navarro added a solo home run of her own in the second inning, giving the Rams a 4-0 lead.

Colorado State opened the floodgates with a five-run fourth inning loading the bases with no outs. A sacrifice fly and costly error from the Pack gave the Rams a 7-0 lead. The final blow came on a two-run home run from Nelson.

APRIL 20 VS NO. 25 COLORADO STATE Colorado State struck for nine more in their 9-1 victory over the Nevada Softball on Saturday, earning the series victory over their conference foe. The Rams have not dropped a conference series this season, earning their sixth series victory.

The Pack offense struggled for a second consecutive game, tallying just six hits. The only player with multiple hits was Millwood, going 2-3 with a solo home run in the second inning which accounted for the only run on the afternoon.

After pitching a complete game on Thursday, Fritz pitched only five innings in Saturday’s outing. She struck out three, walked two and allowed eight runs in the losing effort. Sargent, coming off a 63-pitch effort Friday, relieved the final two innings. Sargent surrendered two hits, allowing one run to pass.

The Rams jumped out of the gate for the second straight day, tacking on two early runs on three hits in the first inning. Millwood’s home run in the second cut the lead in half. Colorado State tacked on two more runs in the following frame on a solo shot by Nelson — her third in as many days — followed by an RBI double by Ashley Ruiz.

Colorado State added five total runs in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings — highlighted by their three-run fifth inning. Nevada was only able to accumulate two hits in the final four innings.

Nevada Softball hits the road for a four-game road trip, starting in Berkeley to take on California on Tuesday, April 23.

Matt Hanifan can be reached at dstrugs@sagebrush. unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports.

On Deck

TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019

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A8 | SPORTS

UPCOMING GAMES LAST GAME’S SCORE

5-16

Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T

UNLV

vs Oregon State

vs Oregon State

April 22 6:05 P.M.

April 23 12 P.M.

at Air Force

April 26 2 P.M.

Two 16-run games lead Wolf Pack past rival Rebels

NEVADA

5

6. Texas A&M 7. Louisville 8. Arkansas 9. Mississippi St. 10. UC Santa Barbara

29-12-1

11. Georgia Tech 12. East Carolina 13. LSU 14. NC State 15. Arizona State

27-13 29-10 26-15 31-10 30-8

16. North Carolina 17. West Virginia 18. Texas Tech 19. Ole Miss 20. Tennessee

30-11 24-14 25-13 27-14 30-11

21. Baylor 22. Oklahoma State 23. Indiana 24. Miami 25. Auburn

26-12 25-13 27-13 27-14 26-14

Over the weekend, Nevada, who entered the series 19-17, won two out of three games against UNLV. Nevada had their bats to thank as the Wolf Pack were able to get 16 runners to cross the plate in two separate games, which tied their season-high in runs per game.

28-18-1

27-6 33-8 31-9 31-9 30-10 32-9 30-5

APRIL 18, GAME ONE The bats jolted alive for Nevada on Thursday night when the Pack took on in-state rival UNLV beating the Rebels 16-8. The Pack tied their season-high in runs, largely due to two home runs from junior Dillan Shrum who now leads the Mountain West with 10 on the season.

It was a busy day for the Wolf Pack having eight out of nine Pack starters recording at least one hit — five players recorded multi-hit games.

Ryan Anderson got the nod to start for Nevada, pitching 4.2 innings while striking out three batters. Shane Gustafson picked up the victory, pitching two innings and allowing only three hits and one unearned run.

Both teams started off with runs in the first before Nevada exploded in the fourth inning putting up four runs, largely in part to a 2-run home run by Shrum.

From then on it was all Pack offense, Marco Valenzuela and Shrum both had four RBIs which helped contribute to the Pack’s total of 15 on the day.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Women’s Golf In the final tournament of the season, Nevada Women’s Golf placed second in the Mountain West Conference Championship tournament. Nevada’s secondplace finish ties the program’s best finish at a MWC championship and their best finish since 2003. Freshman Victoria Gailey was the top finisher for the Pack, placing fifth after three days of play in a field of 45 athletes.

APRIL 19, GAME TWO The Wolf Pack dropped the second game of the series Friday night, falling to the Rebels 7-4. The bats carried over into Friday night’s game, resulting in three home runs for the Pack including Conor Allard’s first career home run.

Freshman Owen Sharts got the start for the Pack, giving up six hits and four earned runs in four innings. Nevada pitched great down the stretch thanks in part to Cooper Powell and Josh Congress only allowing two hits through the final 3.2 innings.

Nevada started hot as Weston Hatten smashed his sixth homer of the year to put the Pack up 1-0 in the first. Both offenses were quiet until the third when UNLV was able to score two runs on a single and a groundout.

The tournament was held in Rancho Mirage, California at the Mission Hill Country Club at the Dinah Shore tournament course. Dinah Shore is known for its tough scoring conditions, specifically a 646-yard, five-par 18th hole. The course challenges professional golfers and is one reason why the Pack finished the day with a combined team score of 305.

Senior Kaitlin Collum represented the Wolf Pack for the final time of her collegiate golfing career and was a leader in the opening round of the tourney. Collum finished the first day tied for third, with only one over par. She went without a birdie until the 13th hole, but once she found her stride she was set, carding twice within the final three rounds.

Before the first day came to a close, Gailey was another finisher inside the Top 10. She found success in the early to midrounds, shooting four birdies in holes 5-11, but failed to replicate her success in later in the day.

Gailey recorded four bogeys in four of her last six holes. Nevada ended their first day in third place, five shots ahead of rival UNLV. Collum and Gailey once again led the Pack in the second day of play, helping shave two strokes off of the team’s day one score.

Ryan Freeberg can be reached at dstrugs@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports.

NEVADA 2019 SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Result Feb. 15 #24 Missouri State Feb. 16

at Texas State

Feb. 17

Utah

Feb. 19

at UC Davis

Feb. 22

at Long Beach St

Feb. 24

By Austin Paschke

TOP 25 COLLEGE BASEBALL

30-7

April 28 11 A.M.

Feb. 23 at Long Beach St

1 2 4 X 16

1. UCLA 2. Oregon State 3. Stanford 4. Georgia 5. Vanderbilt

April 27 12 P.M.

NEVADA BASEBALL FINDS OFFENSIVE RHYTHM AGAINST UNLV

0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 3

at Air Force

at Air Force

The Rebels were able to extend the lead to 7-1 in the sixth but was quickly silenced by Conor Allard’s first home run in the seventh to put the Pack to within five.

The Pack put together a late push behind sophomore Joshua Zamora’s eighth home run on the year in the ninth inning to bring the Pack within three. Unfortunately, the rally fell short as the Pack lost 7-4 to the Rebels.

The Wolf Pack turned their sights to the rubber match on Saturday.

APRIL 20, GAME THREE Nevada took care of business on Saturday in the final game of the series against the Rebels. The Wolf Pack recorded a season-high 17 hits and blasted three home runs as Nevada took the series and ends the season 3-3 in the Silver State Series against UNLV. The pitching for the Pack was solid as Jake Jackson took the mound to start against the Rebels. Jackson pitched 4.1 innings giving up four runs on nine hits. Grant Ford was able to close the rest of the game out, surrendering only one run on four hits.

Weston Hatten stood out for Nevada, going 4-4 with three RBI’s and one home run. Freshmen Matt Clayton and Nick Seamons also contributed with three RBI’s on the day.

Early on it was all Pack, led by Clayton who hit two home runs to give Nevada an early 2-0 lead in the fourth.

Seamons extended the Wolf Pack lead to four as he singled to left and was able to hit in Jaylon McLaughlin and Tyler Bosetti.

The Rebels were able to tie the game thanks to a four-run fifth inning. The tie was short lived as the Pack exploded for eight runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, making the game 12-4 with two innings remaining.

Nevada was able to hold on to the lead and beat UNLV 16-5,

improving to 21-18 on the season and 10-11 in the Mountain West. Currently, the Pack are sitting in fifth place in the Mountain West standings.

The Pack now turn their sights to Oregon State, the No. 2 team in the AP Poll. The series against Oregon State will be a quick two-game series that will be held at Peccole Park Monday, April 22, at 6:05 p.m. and Tuesday, April 23, at noon.

Austin Paschke can be reached at dstrugs@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports.

at Long Beach St

Feb. 28 vs. Washington State March 1 vs. Washington State

W, 16-4 W, 4-0

L, 3-6

W, 5-4 W, 1-0 W, 5-3

W, 3-2

L, 2-16 W, 8-1

L, 1-3

March 2 vs. Washington State March 6

at GCU

March 8

at SDSU

March 9

at SDSU

March 10

at SDSU

March 12 at #25 Santa Barbara March 15 vs. New Mexico March 16 vs. New Mexico March 17 vs. New Mexico March 19 vs. Saint Mary’s March 22

at UNLV

March 23

at UNLV

March 24

at UNLV

March 26 vs. San Fransico

L, 2-3 L, 1-3

L, 5-8

W, 6-5 L, 1-2

W, 5-3 L, 3-9

W, 6-4 W, 6-5

L, 6-7 L, 5-8

W, 7-6 W, 7-3

L, 2-8

March 27

vs. GCU

March 29

vs. Air Force

March 30

vs. Air Force

March 31

vs. Air Force

L, 1-4

April 3

vs. Sacramento St

W, 6-2

April 5

vs. SDSU

April 6

vs. SDSU

W, 4-3

L, 2-8

April 2 Reno Aces (Exhibition) L, 1-13

April 7

vs. SDSU

April 9

at Saint Mary’s

April 12

vs. New Mexico

April 13

vs. New Mexico

April 14

vs. New Mexico

April 16

at San Fransico

April 18

at UNLV

April 19

at UNLV

April 20

at UNLV

April 22

vs. Oregon State

April 23

vs. Oregon State

April 26

at Air Force

April 27

at Air Force

April 28

at Air Force

April 30

vs. UC Davis

May 3

L, 2-6

L, 3-11 L, 5-6 L, 4-6

W, 3-0

W, 14-8 W, 8-1

W, 16-8 L, 4-7

W, 16-5

vs. Fresno State

May 4

vs. Fresno State

May 5

vs. Fresno State

May 7

at Sacramento St

May 10

at San Jose St

May 11

at San Jose St

May 12

at San Jose St

May 14

W, 8-7

vs. Pacific

Mountain West Tournament

MWC STANDINGS

Team

Conference Overall

Fresno State

11-6

24-12

SDSU

10-7 24-17

San Jose State

12-9

UNLV

10-11 23-18

18-22

Nevada

10-11 21-18

New Mexico

7-11

18-21

Air Force

7-12

17-22

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Daniel Perry swings at a pitch against San Diego State on Saturday, April 6, at Peccole Park. The Wolf Pack have won five of their last six games, after a four game losing streak.

BASEBALL GOOD

Nevada Baseball ranks in the upper-half in the Mountain West Conference on both sides of the ball. Offensively, they lead the conference with 38 home runs at a .423 slugging percentage. On the mound, the Pack’s 4.33 team ERA raks second in conference.

Their .977 fielding percentage leads the Mountain West, as well.

BAD

The Wolf Pack have struggled at home games this season. Nevada is 10-9 at Peecole Park on the year, compared to an 18-4 home record last season. Throughout this span, Nevada has surrendered four or more runs in 13 home games this season.

They have given up double-digit runs twice at home thus far.

UGLY

Nevada’s 119 walks ranks dead last in conference. The Pack are sixth with a .263 team batting average and 343 hits on the season. Nevada launches the home run ball with the best of them, but they’ve struggled at putting runners on base consistently. As a result, the Pack have recorded two or less runs nine times this season.

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