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INTERNATIONAL BATACLAN REOPENS YEAR AFTER ATTACK One year after 90 concert goers were killed in Paris, the Bataclan music venue opened with a performance by Sting on Saturday, Nov. 12.

The concert opened with a moment of silence for the victims of the venue and Sting told the crowd,“We shall not forget them,” according to CNN. Around 1,000 people attended the concert and the proceeds went to organizations that support the victims of the attack and their families.

Members of the IS militant group coordinated attacks across Paris on Nov. 13, 2015, killing 130 people.

That night, Eagles of Death Metal, a U.S. rock band, was performing at the Bataclan when three gunmen entered the venue and opened fire on the crowd.

The Bataclan remained closed until the Sting concert.

People who were injured and the families of the people killed were invited to the concert and given seats in the balconies. Many remained empty.

On Sunday, Eagles of Death Metal and survivors of the attack unveiled a plaque with the victims’ names in front of the concert venue.

NATIONAL ‘MAKING A MURDERER’ SUBJECT SET FREE FROM PRISON After his murder case became the subject of a Netflix series, a judge released Brendan Dassey from prison on Monday, Nov. 14.

Dassey’s conviction was overturned in August by the same judge that released him, but prosecutors are appealing that decision. The judge ruled that his confession was coerced by investigators and Dassey was tricked into confessing to helping his uncle rape and kill a woman.

He was charged in 2007 with first-degree intentional homicide, second-degree sexual assault and corpse mutilation. He was 16 years old at the time of the conviction.

It is not clear how long his release will take, but he may be home by Thanksgiving. He has to notify federal probation officers of where he plans to live after being released by Tuesday. The officers then have to inspect and clear the location before they can release him from prison.

Dassey has to check in with a probation officer and live under strict probation terms. He can’t travel out of his home state of Wisconsin without permission and will not be able to receive a passport.

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Presidential election results incite protests, riots across country

By Madeline Purdue Since Donald Trump was elected president, protests of the election results have erupted across the country.

That includes Reno, where protesters gathered at Reno City Plaza under the “Believe” sculpture in front of the Truckee River Wednesday night. Over 100 people came to listen, pray and speak to the crowd. It was

officially named #RenoEmpathyIsPower by organizers.

“I know it’s been a really difficult 24 hours, and I know some of us had trouble getting out of bed,” organizer Aria Overli said.

“We’ve all had trouble thinking about how we are getting to tomorrow, so thank you all for showing up.”

People at the plaza celebrated their culture before the rally started. University of Nevada,

Reno, human development and family studies student Taylor Sawyer attended the protest because a friend asked her to after she and Sawyer felt discouraged about the election results.

“My favorite part was before the rally started when two Latin individuals set up a speaker and started dancing the salsa,” Sawyer said. “It was beautiful to see people embracing their

culture in response to Trump’s election.”

After Overli spoke and another woman sang a spiritual song, people in the crowd had a chance to share their stories and feelings about Trump’s victory.

April LaLone, a former regional organizing director for the Nevada State Democratic Party, spoke about Nevada’s success in electing Catherine

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LOCAL A car crash in east Reno left one man injured and in the hospital Monday, Nov. 14.

The man received critical injuries after his car was hit by a truck around 6:30 a.m. on South Rock Boulevard. He was pulling out of a business driveway when the accident occurred. He was then taken to Renown Regional Medical Center by emergency responders for treatment.

The truck driver is cooperating with the police as they investigate the crash. The street has been reopened after the cars were cleared from the street.

The Reno Police Department’s Traffic Major Accident Investigation Team was brought to the scene due to the severity of the crash and injuries sustained.

RPD released a statement asking drivers to be vigilant, especially while on the roads in the morning, and to yield to vehicles and pedestrians who have the right of way.

Cortez Masto to the U.S. Senate, but also expressed her disappointment.

“We have to move forward,” LaLone said. “Look around, this is not just Reno. This is across the nation. This is everywhere.

This does not end tonight. I am not dealing with the next four years; it is not over for me.

This is not my America. I’m not

By Rachel Spacek

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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, student newspaper, The Rebel Yell, faced budget cuts this semester and launched a fundraising campaign last week to help keep the newspaper afloat. The Rebel Yell recieved less than half of the funds this semester that they recieved last year.

UNLV paper faces budget cuts

By Emily Fisher The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, student newspaper, The Rebel Yell, launched a fundraising campaign last week to keep its paper alive after sustaining budget cuts earlier this year.

Instead of the $86,000 the independent student newspaper received last year, it was given only $31,000 from the Student Life Funding Committee. The $31,000 is barely enough to keep the Rebel Yell running for fall 2016, according to the paper’s

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Without at least another $30,000 in funding, the paper would have to shut down for spring 2017.

The Rebel Yell published its first issue in 1955 and over the years has been run through ad revenue and funding received by 8 percent of student fees from the Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, UNLV’s student government.

After the 2012 CSUN president wanted to have control over The Rebel Yell’s editor-in-chief posi-

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tion, the newspaper decided that in order to remain objective and informative, the paper had to split from CSUN, Cseke said.

“It actually became a conflict of interes ... and we cover our student government pretty intensively,” Cseke said.

Cseke also explained that the advisory board and the newspaper staff had a discrepancy with the application for funding and were under the impression that

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Throughout the nation on election night, Hillary Clinton campaign volunteers were shown with red faces and teary eyes.

Though Nevada Democrats lost the presidency, they gained several “little victories” in the state that have been attributed to the strong ground-game campaign volunteers brought to the state. Among those volunteers knocking on doors, arranging rallies and making phone calls was Courtney McKimmey, a Clinton campaign volunteer and student at the University of Nevada, Reno.

McKimmey, a senior economics and international affairs major and renewable energy minor, logged the most volunteer hours out of every

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volunteer throughout the state of Nevada prior to the Feb. 20 Nevada Democratic caucus.

“I’ve had the best volunteer experience out of maybe anyone on the campaign, and I was really lucky to have a lot of the opportunities that I did have,” McKimmey said. “I learned how to take ‘no’ really well, which is a really good life skill. I was really grateful for that. I got to see a lot of the campaign side of things. I gave a lot of speeches on behalf of the campaign; I did a lot of interviews. I got to meet a lot of awesome people like Tony Goldwyn and Jennifer Gardner. I got to meet Hillary twice and got to sit on a panel with her, which was absurd. The typical experience is that you get

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dent!” according to The New York Times. On the other side of the country in Los Angeles, over 8,000 people who shut down Highway 101 and 128 were arrested by California Highway Patrol officers.

In Portland, protests turned into riots over the course of the week after people threw bottles at police officers, damaged storefronts and smashed cars in the streets. Portland Police tweeted on Sunday that they arrested 71 people after riots ensued Saturday night.

They also tweeted Saturday that they used pepper spray and rubber projectiles while trying to control the situation and move the protesters back to Union Square.

Oakland Police arrested 11 people after similar riots developed in the city.

Students and teachers in high schools and colleges in cities such as Los Angeles and Omaha have staged walkouts during the school day where they refuse to go to class to show their displeasure of a Trump presidency.

Across the country, there have been reports of racially-motivated attacks and other incidents in the days since Trump’s election.

going to stop fighting; we can’t stop fighting. Trump is not my president.”

UNR neuroscience and philosophy student Jax Skye attended the rally with a few friends to make his voice heard against president-elect Trump.

“I wanted to join my friends and other likeminded people who are equally upset about him being elected,” Skye said. “It felt good to know I was making a stand against a man who has said very hateful things about minorities. I felt saddened though, seeing how upset people were and how truly scared my peers are of what is to come for our nation.”

Protests in the country started Tuesday night after Trump was officially announced the president-elect.

People in cities such as Oakland and Portland went to the streets to make their outrage known.

More protests followed in over 30 cities and other countries every day since, including states where Trump won the electoral vote. People gathered in cities such as Salt Lake City, ONLINE u Miami, Dallas, Berlin and more. u To read more, go to In New York City, thounevadasagebrush.com sands of protesters filled the Madeline Purduecan be streets and marched from reached at mpurdue@sageUnion Square to Trump brush.unr.edu and on Twitter Tower Saturday and Sunday, @madelinepurdue. crying out “Not my presi-

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were under the impression that they did not need to submit a new application each semester.

The $31,000 for the year is barely enough to cover costs of the Rebel Yell for one semester.

Printing only 1,000 copies of one issue costs $965, and even after downsizing their staff to the minimum amount of editors and staff writers needed to efficiently and effectively produce the paper, they need close to $2,000 every month for the staff stipend, says Cseke.

Over the last four years, The Rebel Yell has relied heavily on ads placed in their paper to keep them afloat, but after having to switch from being a bi-weekly paper to a weekly, the paper’s ad sales decreased.

Cseke said the paper can no longer rely on ad revenue.

“So far the paper has gotten only $1,580 in donations during the past week, but Cseke says she has high hopes that the paper will get the funding they need, especially after marketing their fundraiser to a larger amount of people.

Amid the funding issues, the paper has also been battling with a name change. After a comment was made by Sen. Harry Reid about the symbolism of UNLV’s nickname, The Rebels, and its symbolism of the Confederacy in June 2015, the paper began plans to change their name.

The “rebel yell” was a battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War and is often thought of as a rac-

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2016 ist title. Despite some resistance from alumni of the paper, Cseke said the staff and the advisory board is looking forward to re-launching their paper.

Steve Sebelius, the chairman of the newspaper’s advisory board said university officials wouldn’t help the paper seek outside funding unless its name was changed immediately.

The staff of the paper planned to reach out to the student body for ideas on the name change and planned to release the new name and paper on Nov. 28, the last issue of the semester, but if they don’t get more funding, the new name will not make any difference, said Cseke.

Along with the GoFundMe campaign, Cseke and the Rebel Yell’s staff are working with their advisors to develop more short-term solutions to keep the paper running, such as reaching out to personal contacts, alumni and independent news foundations.

The Rebel Yell staff and advisory board are working on a plan to pitch to the board of regents that would have every student at UNLV contribute $2 toward operating costs per semester.

The earliest this plan could be implemented would be fall of 2018, said Cseke.

In the meantime, she continues to stress the importance of an independent student paper on a college campus.

The Rebel Yell is the only independently produced news on the UNLV campus.

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what you put in it.”

As a swing state, Nevada was hit hard by both campaigns this election season.

President-elect Donald Trump held several rallies throughout the state up until election day and Clinton had surrogates in the state campaigning for her and for Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada’s newly elected senator.

“Watching the results [of the election] come in from Nevada was really nice because knowing that our work here made a lot of difference,” McKimmey said.

Cortez Masto, Nevada’s first Latina senator, won the state’s senate race after receiving 47 percent of the voter to her opponent, Joe Heck’s, 45 percent.

Nevada also passed Question One, a measure prohibiting the sale or transfer of a firearm without a federal background check. With the passage of Question One, all sales and transfers of firearms to another person must go through a federally-licensed dealer to conduct a background check on the buyer.

The measure barely passed with a 50.45 percent vote.

McKimmey said a lot of the volunteers she worked with throughout the campaign were very disappointed in Clinton’s loss but found some joy in celebrating the little victories that the party received in Nevada.

In her concession speech to Donald Trump last Wednesday, Nov. 9, Clinton thanked her campaign volunteers and supporters for their passion

SENATE RECAP NOV. 9

By Rachel Spacek

PUBLIC COMMENT NEW FITNESS CENTER DETAILS DISCUSSED The 84th session of the Senate of the Associated Students began with comments from Jim Fitzsimmons, the University of Nevada, Reno, director of campus recreation and wellness and the Lombardi Recreation Center. He discussed plans for the E.L. Wiegand Fitness Center. The 108,000 square-foot facility will include four floors. The first floor will contain weights and training areas, as well as administration offices and men’s, women’s and gender neutral restrooms, along with locker rooms. The second floor will have more office areas and multipurpose rooms.

On the third floor will be the gymnasium, a section with cardio equipment, and another area with more strength equipment and machines. The top floor will contain the 1/8 mile running track.

Fitzsimmons told the senators that the facility plans on using some equipment from Lombardi, but also plans on purchasing several new pieces of equipment that utilize new technology for a better workout. Fitzsimmons also said campus recreation will increase their staffing size by 21 to 25 percent with the installation of the new fitness center.

The E.L. Wiegand Fitness Center will be open Jan. 16, according to Fitzsimmons.

The new fitness center will be open weekdays from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Jennifer Gardner campaigns for Hilliary Clinton at the University of Nevada, Reno, on Monday, Oct. 10, in front of the Joe Crowley Student Union. Courtney McKimmey, Clinton campaign volunteer and UNR student, met Jennifer Gardner while working on the campaign.

and called her campaign “one of the greatest honors of [her] life.”

“I think the result is a wakeup call for a lot of people, for young women who supported Hillary it is a ‘what the heck happened’ and I think for a lot of people, they don’t think Trump is going to get done the things he has been saying, so a lot of it is a wait and see right now,” McKimmey said.

On election night, McKimmey joined the other Nevada Democrats at the Grand Sierra Resort for the Democratic watch party. As the results came in, McKimmy said, “I couldn’t believe it almost, disbelief was my first reaction and just a lot of the feeling that

someone had punched me in the gut. I had just invested so much into the campaign and it was something no one saw coming, at least on our end of things.”

McKimmey signed up to volunteer for the Clinton campaign the day she announced her candidacy.

“I was really excited about her candidacy, I hadn’t been following her career up until that point, but once I started reading more about her, I bought her autobiography and I just started learning about all the things she had accomplished and I was really excited,” McKimmey said.

McKimmey enjoyed getting out in the Reno community, knocking on doors and

talking to people. She said even given the result of the election, she would not trade her experience volunteering for the Clinton campaign for anything.

“At this time, the only thing we can do is come together and unite on ideals and reach out to the community who voted for Trump and understand why,” McKimmey said. “We shouldn’t blame anyone, we shouldn’t lash out at people. We really just have to be compassionate toward each other and come together to solve these issues.”

Rachel Spacek can be reached at rspacek@sagebrush. unr.edu and on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush.

As the senate meeting continued, Speaker Noah Teixeira read the resignation letter from Associate Justice Meikin Gasuad. In his letter, Gasuad thanked ASUN for the opportunity to serve as the Associate Justice of ASUN, but said he realized ASUN has become something he does not wish to participate in.

“For my own self-health, I have decided that I no longer want to be a part of ASUN. This decision was a personal one and I wish you and the rest of ASUN luck on your pursuits. I know that ASUN will continue to work in the best interests of the student body,” Gasuad said.

Teixeira told the senators to notify their college’s constituents about the resignation and to extend the invitation out to them to run for the open position of Associate Justice.

Rachel Spacek can be reached at rspacek@sagebrush. unr.edu and on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush.

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Nevada passes all ballot initiatives

By Rachel Spacek The decision of Nevada voters on some ballot measures in this election were close; others were voted in by a landslide. Nevertheless, initiatives to legalize recreational marijuana, close gun sale loopholes and to break up Nevada Energy’s monopoly were all passed. Washoe County voters also approved a sales tax increase to fund local public schools.

HOW DOES QUESTION ONE CHANGE GUN SALES?

With the narrow passage of Question One, Nevada chose to close a gun loophole that previously allowed gun purchasers to avoid background checks if they purchased the gun from a private individual at gun shows, on the internet or through a friend. The question passed by a 50.45 percent vote.

The question makes the same requirements necessary for private transactions of firearms as through licensed dealers.

Historically, state leaders have been against passing laws requiring background checks for the purchase of firearms. In 2013, the Nevada Legislature, controlled by Democrats, passed a bill that would require a background check for all firearm transactions. Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed the bill and said it was an “erosion of Nevadans’ Second Amendment rights under the United States Constitution and may subject otherwise law-abiding citizens to criminal prosecution.” Sandoval also said in 2013 the bill would have forced “unreasonable burdens and harsh penalties upon law-abiding Nevadans while doing little to prevent criminals from unlawfully obtaining guns.”

His main concern was that transferring guns among family members would have required a background check.

The current law, before the recent passage of Nevada Question One, states that people who purchase a gun from a licensed dealer have to go through a background check. Private sales are not regulated whatsoever.

The governor’s veto in 2013 against the law requiring background checks on all gun sales led to the question Nevada voters saw on the ballot last Tuesday.

Beginning Jan. 1, Nevada will require background checks on all gun sales, with reasonable exceptions for family, hunting and self-defense.

“This fight was in honor of all those killed by senseless gun violence, and today we are one step closer to making Nevada a safer place for all of us.

That’s something we should all be proud of,” said Elaine Wynn, co-chair of the Yes on 1 Campaign, a campaign dedicated to ensuring the passage of Question One, in a statement.

SO WHEN DOES THE POT PARTY BEGIN?

Yes, Nevada approved legal marijuana on Election Day, but do not be too quick to partake in the new law because it does not come into effect until after Jan. 1. Question Two, a measure to legalize recreational marijuana, passed in a close race with a 54 to 45 percent vote.

After Jan. 1, recreational marijuana can be used

and possessed by adults 21 years and older, but they may only possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana or an eighth of an ounce of cannabis concentrate.

However, it is unclear when the public will be able to purchase marijuana from a store because the Taxation Department has up until Jan. 1, 2018, to create regulations and licensing for stores wishing to sell legal marijuana.

State Sen. Tick Segerblom from Las Vegas told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he would like to use Oregon’s tactic for regulating marijuana after it was passed there. Oregon voted to approve retail marijuana in 2014, and the State Legislature allowed medical marijuana dispensaries the right to sell residents marijuana while lawmakers completed the full regulations. However, the state still has not confirmed how it will craft the regulations.

One regulation the state has in place is the number of retail marijuana stores that can exist in Nevada’s different counties. The number of stores allowed is based on each county’s population.

Clark County can have up to 80 marijuana stores, Washoe can have up to 20 and the other counties will only be allowed up to two stores.

Smoking and using marijuana in public will remain illegal in Nevada and is punishable by a fine up to $600. Driving while high is still a crime under the marijuana DUI law, and companies will still be able to drug-test employees and possible employees for marijuana and can terminate them for failing the test.

Nevada residents ages 21 and up, under the new law, can grow up to six marijuana plants per individual.

WHEN DO THE CHILDREN GET NEW SCHOOLS AND WHEN DOES YOUR SALES TAX INCREASE?

With the high amount of support for Washoe County Question One, Washoe County School District will receive money from an increased sales tax to fund projects to renovate existing schools and construct new schools in the district. District officials say $781 million are what they need to fund those projects. The vote passed with overwhelming support at 57 percent.

The district says the schools are overcrowded, with 64,000 students registered in Washoe County schools. It estimates that they need nine new elementary schools, three middle schools and three high schools over the next couple of years.

The WCSD will not see any of the money to start funding these projects until after June estimates Washoe County School District Chief Operations Officer Pete Etchart.

The Washoe County sales tax will increase from 7.725 percent to 8.265 percent, making Washoe County the county with the highest sales tax rate in the state.

Washoe County residents will not see the sales tax increase until April 2017.

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Out on the line

DATE: Tuesday TIME: 5 p.m.

LOCATION: Joe Crowley Student Union, Glick Grand Ballroom INFO: If you have heard all

those nasty little rumors surrounding your favorite pair of sneakers but you just don't buy it, then go to Jim Keady's speech.

Keady actually worked in a sweatshop with the people Nike employs. The speech will inform you about the nature of these working conditions. Free to all those who wish to be better informed.

GLOBAL MEDIA GIANTS DATE: Thursday TIME: 5:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Reynolds

School of Journalism, Studio A INFO: A panel discussion in which professors from the RSJ discuss how major media companies work globally and nationally.

The panel works to give students and professionals the means to re-evaluate media powers through the lens of economy, politics and culture. Free.

THE 5 AGES OF BURNING MAN DATE: Thursday TIME: 7 p.m.

LOCATION: Knowledge

Center, Wells Fargo Auditorium INFO: A lecture on the history of Burning Man, from its inception to the present day. The lecture will explore all the influences and changes Burning Man has undergone. Free to anyone who wishes to learn about the entity that is slowly taking over Reno.

'JASON BOURNE' DATE: Thursday

MFA exhibit offers fresh perspectives for today In the heart of the Jot Travis building on campus, specifically in the Student Galleries South, sits the work of seven students of the arts.

These students Blake contribNelson uted to the master of fine arts review exhibit for the 2016 entry to the show.

The Student Galleries South is an odd gallery, set up as a corridor and sectioned off into multiple rooms; the gallery does not necessarily lend itself to anything other than a group exhibit due to the setup.

This year’s exhibit displayed some interesting works by students who have reached the highest level of formal education in the field of art that UNR can offer. Although there are seven different entries, only a few will be found here; the best or most involved entries are to be reviewed.

Mark Combs: Presenting precarious fragility The first set of work the viewer is presented within the gallery is Mark Combs' three-piece entry, which was greatly influenced by his time spent as a soldier. The pieces are all made of wood, brass bullet casings and parachute

cord, which is common in both military and civilian life.

The work explores the tension put on the individual in high-stress situations.

The soldier is represented as flexible wood and is put in a constant state of tension, as seen in “Disenchanted.” The piece displays a piece of wood stretched backward, held in the position by the nylon parachute cord, a comment on the tension the military puts on soldiers in training and eventually the days spent on the battlefield. The piece of wood holds all the tension statically, always on the verge of breaking.

The piece “Battle Buddies,” as the name suggests, represents the bonds held between people who have fought alongside each other. The two pieces of wood, although under tension, seem to rest back to back, both holding each other up and together.

The last piece in the series, “Day Four,” shows what happens when the tension is too much for one to handle. A simple piece of wood is tacked on the wall, broken and with the inner fibers showing.

The series is highly personal and yet overarchingly general in its representation of stress and the interplay between tension and suspense experienced by those under heavy pressure.

If Combs can continue to produce introspective art that explores multiple avenues and perspectives, then there is

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Cullen Wegman's series sits at the Student Galleries South on Monday, Nov. 14. The series is part of the MFA review exhibit which is being shown at this time.

no reason his work shouldn’t flourish in a culture that respects interdimensionality in art.

Cullen Wegman: Representations of the state Tucked into one of the compartments in the Student Galleries South is Cullen Wegman’s triptych sculpture series. The three pieces each represent a branch of the United States government.

As the statement tacked on the wall states, the work is a criticism of the “Holy Trinity” of government, a criticism of a lack of secularism in government — a lack of separation of church and state.

The pieces are created from unfired clay and what appears to be weathered wood, a nod to the Western motifs that proliferated the U.S. during the last half of the century in media.

“Il Giudice (The Judge)” presents the judiciary branch as a vintage bathtub with clay soaking in the standing water in the basin. A Confederate flag stands behind the tub, suggesting the archaic prejudices of the people who could hold a position for a lifetime.

The Legislature is handled similarly; two unfired clay monoliths are hidden by an ouroboros represented on wood slats. In “Il Legislatare (The Legislature)” the image of the figures behind the slats suggests the corrupt dealings of politicians behind closed

doors. The ouroboros in this context suggests incestual cycles of limitless terms rather than the common definition of positive infinity and rebirth.

The crowning achievement of the series is “L’esecutivo (The Executive).” The pieces stand at the center of the series, a single figure in unfired clay. Rather than the masculine strength expected of the president, the figure looks garish and flaccid in this clay representation, an interesting criticism on what the presidency stands for in Wegman’s conception of the U.S. government.

Although the series has its high points, the artistic statement sometimes draws tenuous conclusions on the topic of government. Beyond that, the entry is fairly strong and bitterly political. Who knows what the current state of politics will bring out of Wegman.

Konah Zebert: Nevada's arms In the back room of the gallery hangs inkjet prints of Konah Zebert’s photography.

The shots are all studio scenes of collected materials from the Nevada desert. All of the pieces are related to guns in some way, whether a former target or shell casing. Zebert’s photography explores what the fascination with guns looks like in the Nevada desert.

Indicative pieces of the landscape are collected

and assembled into visually distinctive vignettes. All of them are the aftermath or the consequences of Nevada’s and the rest of the Nation’s fascination with guns.

“Obsessed” pictures an array of shotgun shells, arranged in rows, replicating military standing formations. All of the rounds have been fired except one; either being a misfire or simply being a discarded round is almost irrelevant to the aesthetic value evoked from the break in the order of the photo.

The most strikingly singular shot is that of “Sunset in the West,” a simply composed shot of a mannequin against a red light. The mannequin was used as a target, containing all the markings of one. The piece is a commentary not only on gun culture but also on the misogyny seen in America usually associated with masculine culture. It is a destroyed image of a standard woman in the desert by the violent action of a gun.

The rest of the series seems to hold abstract meanings that appeal more to the aesthetic rather than patently speaking to any social issues.

Altogether, the series works as a practice of form and function, achieving appealing compositionsand pertinent commentary on the culture we live in.

Blake Nelson can be reached at bnelson@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @b_e_nelson.

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Season one of ‘Hitman’ breathes new life into a faltering franchise

By Bailey MeCey For a long time, I would have described myself as a wayward Hitman fan. However, after finishing the first season of “Hitman” I could not be more excited for the future of the killer franchise.

“Hitman” has the player globetrotting to various exotic locations including Italy, Bangkok and Japan. In these different locations, the player is tasked with taking out one or more targets and rewarded for doing it in the stealthiest of ways.

My issue with previous “Hitman” games was they were too focused on telling an ultra-series narrative that butts heads with the comical methods of taking out targets.

The previous game in the series, “Hitman Absolution,” was the worst, having a story that had an active drag on a very dull set of levels.

“Hitman” solves that issue by keeping the story of espionage

and double-crosses in the background, which allows the game to not have to take itself as serious as the narrative does.

The opportunities system also guides the player to some of the more inventive ways of taking out targets.

I was very hesitant when Io-Interactive, the developers of “Hitman,” announced its piecemeal plan for releasing new content. Every month, a new location would release with a new set of targets to take out.

This release method played very well to the series' greatest strength — the different ways to take out targets. By releasing a new level every month, this makes the player more invested in trying out all the different ways to take out a target instead of just completing the level once then moving on.

Along with the new levels every month, the "Elusive" targets provide a change of pace to the Hitman formula. Only

available for a limited time, the player has to eliminate them in one life.

Not only does the danger of dying during a level give the player a reason to play smart and thorough, it also rewards those who have an innate understanding of each facet of a level. This system of having "Elusive" targets between the new level releases makes the wait for new content less draining than other games that use this episodic format.

While “Hitman” does a lot to bring up the series, there are some inherent flaws.

One mission type in the game offers a set of progressive levels that add more and more restrictions as you complete each level. For me, this is in opposition to the spirit of “Hitman,” which rewards unique problem-solving and thinking outside the box.

While the levels are still fun to explore, the series never

really topped itself after episode two, which takes place in the small town of Sapienza.

With a lot of detail and a wide area to explore, Sapienza gets better with every playthrough while each level afterward gets progressively more compact.

On the PlayStation 4, loading times are a hassle. Loading into a new level can take about a minute, plus reloading a save takes longer than it should.

This makes trying out different options more of an inconvenience, especially for a game that involves so much trial and error.

Overall, season one of Hitman is a great value at $60. For a newcomer to the series or a longtime fan, this could not be a better time to get into the world of assassination.

Bailey MeCey can be reached at bmecey@sagebrush. unr.edu and onTwitter @ NevadaSagebrush.

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Crimson Rose burns the ceremonial ribbon at the grand opening of the Reno Playa Art Park on Thursday, Nov. 10. Rose is one of the founders of Burning Man and also sits on the Reno Arts and Culture Commision board.

Former blighted area reopens as art park

By Blake Nelson

The Reno Playa Art Park had its grand opening Thursday, Nov. 10. The temporary exhibit of Burning Man art opened to a crowd of citizens, politicians and artists.

People began arriving around 4:30 p.m. to view the finished art park. The park is located between Fourth and Fifth Streets on South Virginia Street, near the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino and the Eldorado Resort Casino.

The lot in which the park is located was once the Golden West Motor Lodge and the Heart o’Town Motel. The two building complexes were demolished earlier this year with funds from the City of Reno.

The art park is part of the Gateway Project, a coalition of businesses and community members that work toward bringing public art to Reno.

The park has seven sculptures and a mural by Joe C. Rock. The sculptures are all over 6 feet tall and were all featured at 2016’s Burning Man. Attendees were invited to interact with some of the art pieces and even walk through some, such as “Trasperanza,” a large acrylic sculpture that replicates the appearance of a crystal crown.

Food trucks like The Wrap and local Burning Man figures like the “SS Nevada,” a truck converted to look like a ship, were at the opening to help add to the cultural significance of the event.

As the sun began to set, the sculptures in the park were lit by bright LED lights that elicited applause and excitement from the crowd. One particular sculpture was “Electric Dandelions,” which had the dual appearance of not only resembling dandelions, but once lit up, fireworks

as well.

At around 5:15 p.m. Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve invited politicians and artists onto the stage to announce the grand opening of the Reno Playa Art Park.

On the stage were well-known figures like at-large council member David Bobzien and Council Member Paul McKenzie. Also attending were member of the Arts and Culture Commission for the City of Reno, Maria Partridge, and one of the founding board members for Burning Man, Crimson Rose, who is also a member of the Arts and Culture Commission.

Schieve gave a short speech on the topic of Reno growth, especially in the realm of art and culture, a facet of Reno that has seen rapid growth in the past decade. The speech ended with a dedication on Schieve’s behalf to help grow the community’s arts and culture sector over the next few years.

To end the event, Rose, in true Burning Man fashion, delivered the ceremonial ribboncutting. Rather than using scissors, she burned the ribbon.

The art park will remain at the location on South Virginia for six months; after that the Reno Gateway Project plans on moving the park to a new location. Although Mayor Schieve gave no indication of what might go into the location in 2017, the spot will be ready for a new host, something other than the Reno Playa Art Park.

Blake Nelson can be reached at bnelson@sagebrush. unr.edu and on Twitter @b_e_nelson.

and nuanced role of the “Ancient One.” In the second act, the dialogue deteriorates into a lot of cerebral theoretics involving time and space. It can be all very convoluted, and at times it seems like the movie itself forgets what it’s talking about. Thankfully, it gets back on track.

Other than that, it hits all of its marks. Marvel has entertainment down to a science. The battle sequences are well-choreographed and thrilling.

The music is phenomenal. There is a Stan Lee cameo which is grin-worthy. There is a signature post-credits scene that (spoilers) features a discussion with Thor and teases Doctor Strange being introduced into the Avengers.

With Oscar season upon us, “Doctor Strange” may not be as challenging or rewarding as some of the other films being released, but in a sea of comic-book adaptations, it is one of the better ones.

It seems like every other week there is a new superhero movie released. Many have cited it as our generation’s Western genre. Fourteen years ago, “Spider-Man” was so successful because it was fresh and innovative. Now, from Netflix shows to features, it seems like Marvel is churning out material before it is able to count the money from the last project, not to mention competition from DC. So, with such oversaturation in the category, the greatest challenge is simple: to stand out.

“Doctor Strange” takes that challenge.

“Doctor Strange,” based on Marvel comics originating from the 1960s, is about an arrogant yet extremely talented surgeon who permanently injures his arms in a car accident. His search for restoration leads him to a mystic temple in the Himalayas. Strange becomes an apprentice of the “Ancient One,” learns magic spells and Joey Thyne can be reached at bnelson@sageeventually dons the “cloak of levitation.” brush.unr.edu and on Twitter @b_e_nelson.

In the film, Strange and his partner, Karl Mordo, have to combat Caecilius and his gang, who have stolen pages from a sacred text of the Ancient One’s in order to raise Dormammu, a powerful being in the dark dimension who will help them defy death.

Got all that?

“Doctor Strange” is able to stand out in two key ways: Benedict Cumberbatch and its visuals.

Cumberbatch, a classically trained theater actor best known for his Emmy-winning performance as Sherlock Holmes in “Sherlock” and the internet’s jest at his labyrinthine name, delivers a stellar performance. Although some of the lines may seem silly, he delivers each and every one with fully devoted integrity. His pompous genius swagger is reminiscent of Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man. Secondly, the visual effects in “Doctor Strange” are dazzling. Several times characters travel through dimensions, which inspires interludes of psychedelic imagery. This type of abstract art is rare in big-budget blockbusters, especially those owned by a conglomerate like Disney.

These kaleidoscopic stretches will definitely leave a distinct memory in any viewer’s head.

The movie, of course, is not innocent of pitfalls common in action movies. The humor is often forced and awkward. References to Drake and Wi-Fi passwords may induce eye rolls.

Rachel McAdams’ character is trivial and ‘DOCTOR STRANGE’ almost entirely superfluous to the plot, thrown in there only to add a romantic dimension. It is a prime example of how terrible Hollywood is at Release Date: Nov. 4 writing female characters. She looks even worse Genre: Fantasy, Sci-fi when contrasted with Tilda Swinton’s pivotal

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Don’t stop holding Trump accountable

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ne week ago, Donald J. Trump was elected president of the United States. It was a political sea change that virtually no one saw coming. Even so, it was a kind of inevitability. The conditions that elected Trump were not new, and in many ways have been simmering for at least eight years and probably longer.

But the people who voted for him did not, on the whole, cast their vote out of hatred or bigotry. It was not a white monolith that elected him, nor was it wholly the work of the “white working class.” It was a swath of millions of Americans who were able to look at Trump and see a change, see a shake-up for Washington or often just see a Republican.

Partisan bickering is more alive than it’s ever been, and to believe that a party that’s now won six of the last 10 elections couldn’t win again simply because its candidate was Donald Trump was a mark of blindness on our part and on the part of the broader mainstream media as a whole.

However, just because 60 million voters — about a quarter of the electorate — chose Trump to be president does not mean that Trump is allowed to sweep all of the things he’s said in the past year and a half under the rug, nor does it invalidate the views of the other 60 million voters who rejected Trump.

We must recognize both that this election was not normal and that there is as much worry and dread as there is elation.

For many people in Nevada, and especially on this campus, Mr. Trump’s election was not a welcome one. This much was made clear by President Marc Johnson’s letter last Wednesday, which praised the university’s diversity and reinforced it as a safe place for students of all stripes.

He had to say this because Mr. Trump — who did indeed appeal to a white working class, to an oftenignored rural vote, and to those sick and tired of Washington insiders — also appealed to the worst elements of American politics. He appealed to the racists and to the sexists, and he raised hate speech to the level of national dialogue. And all the while, he denied any of it ever happened.

This is not meant to be a tacit endorsement of the now-defeated

Secretary Clinton. Rather, this is and when he says a judge cannot be meant to be is a call of attention to the impartial because of his race, how abnormality of the situation we find can we pretend that none of it ever ourselves in today. happened or lie to ourselves and say Mr. Trump was not a normal he never really meant it? candidate. He is not a normal While we do hope for the best for president-elect. And we have no president-elect Trump, as his success reason to believe he will be a normal truly does translate to success for president. His speech has emboldened the country, it is also a time for us bigots, and not since the famously rac- all to study closely what a Trump ist campaign of George Wallace in 1968 administration will mean for America have we seen this level of denigration writ large. Whether or not his racism on a national political stage. is shared by his supporters does not And while we stress again that a vast negate the multiple times he was racist majority of Trump supporters are likely on the campaign trail, and a Trump not racist, Trump’s words and actions win does not give the man a free pass. normalize a set of behavior that should never be normal. When Trump flails The editorial board can be reached at his arms around to mock the disabled, jsolis@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter when he plays off talk of sexual assault @NevadaSagebrush. and harassment as “locker room talk,”

How to choose your career: advice from successful people

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or the most part, our lives are the direct result of every decision we’ve made up until this moment. We’ve chosen the university we attend, the friends we surround ourselves with and the daily rhythm of our life.

But the first really impactful decision we make in our lives has yet to be made: our career.

There isn’t a how-to guide or an owner’s manual that lays out the right way to choose a career. All we can do is look at others who have made those decisions before and ask them for advice. This is the essence Jack of good decision-making: Rieger acquire all of the relevant information available and use it to make the best decision possible.

I talked with four ultra-successful individuals about their professional lives and asked them how they ultimately chose their careers. The list includes a university president, a former Wall Street banker, a doctor and the founder of a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless youth. These four people have vastly different views of success, but they have all faced the same decision college graduates make every year and have proven to be terrific decision makers. Here are the subjects:

PRESIDENT MARC JOHNSON Marc Johnson is the president of the University of Nevada and has served as president since 2012.

President Johnson has worked as an administrator for five different universities in his career.

CARLOS RUISANCHEZ Carlos Ruisanchez is the current president and chief financial officer at Pinnacle Entertainment in Las Vegas. Ruisanchez worked as a senior managing director for Bear Stearns Companies on Wall Street for 11 years.

LYNETTE EDDY Lynette Eddy founded the Eddy House — a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Reno youth — in 2011. The organization has improved the life of countless youth, and the organization added a new drop-in center this year.

DR. THOMAS SCHWENK Thomas Schwenk is the dean of the University of Nevada’s School of Medicine. Dr. Schwenk is a family practitioner and the vice president of Nevada’s Division of Health Sciences.

Editor’s note: These interviews have been edited for length and clarity.

Where did you attend college, and what did you originally study?

President Johnson: I originally thought — as I was thinking about college — about being a dentist. I wanted to go to a pre-dental program. I had extremely good biology teachers in high school that were really my counselors. I went to Kansas State Teacher’s College in Emporia, Kansas.

They had a really good biology department and pre-dental program. After two years, my interests changed, so I worked with my adviser and veered off in a different direction. But I stayed with the biology degree and got an opportunity to go to North Carolina State University to study science and society.

Carlos Ruisanchez: I went to the University of Connecticut for undergrad and studied finance and a little bit of engineering. I was the first to graduate college in my family. If I’m being honest, originally business seemed like a field you could have success in if you were smart and had some common sense, and I was curious about the way Wall Street worked. The fact that you could make money and play markets, that was what originally attracted me.

Lynette Eddy: I got an undergraduate degree in hotel restaurant management from the University of Massachusetts. When I graduated, I was the food and beverage director for a couple of different hotels. Then I became the food and beverage director at Harvard and then was hired at the same position at MIT. Dr. Schwenk: I grew up in Michigan, and I was a math-and-science kid. My father had graduated

from business school and was a banker, but not too many other people in my family had much college background. I went to the University of Michigan where I eventually graduated in chemical engineering. Along the way, I decided that engineering wasn’t quite what I had in mind.

I started looking into medical school and got more and more interested and decided to attend the University of Michigan.

Did your interests change at all while in school or shortly after you graduated?

President Johnson: While in school, I got really interested in international development with lesser-developed countries. I went on from there and I got a master’s degree in international development, then earned a Ph.D. in agriculture economics at Michigan State. Along the way, I got to teach as a graduate student and really enjoyed teaching, so I decided to start my first job as an assistant professor at a university.

My decision to abandon dental school was largely a matter of interest. There were two steps to that decision: the first step was that I’m a farm boy, and in the latter years of high school and the early years of college, my father was gone a lot because he was selling farm real estate around the Midwest, so I got a great deal of management experience on the farm. We had an orchard, we hired lots of people, we had lots of customers and we had a retail business. I finally decided in my early years of college that I liked the variety of management as opposed to thinking about life in an oral cavity, so I got off the dental business and went looking for something broader. In the late 1960s there was a great deal of social upheaval, and I got particularly interested in poor countries and the environmental issues there, and that’s what drove me to move from science to policy orientation.

Carlos Ruisanchez: Out of school, I went to work at the insurance company Aetna in their employee benefits division as an underwriter. I took that job mostly because it was available. I graduated during a bad recession in 1991 and I had already worked for Aetna as an intern, and they put me through their out-of-school training program. I didn’t want to do that, but it was a job.

I was naive and didn’t have much perspective in the world.

I wanted to get into Wall Street because that was the first thing that attracted me to business. I knew nobody, and I didn’t know anything. When I called some of these firms, I imagine I was laughed at because I didn’t go to an Ivy League school. I was at Aetna for three and a half years, and from there I went to business school at Berkeley and got my MBA. The reason for that was to get into Wall Street.

Lynette Eddy: After my job at MIT, I moved out West and started in hospice work. I just like helping people, and I had a couple of friends that were doing hospice work and they were telling me how amazing it was to help someone at the end of their life. I wanted to be part of that, and I loved it.

It was amazing.

The problem was, if I really wanted= to step it up in hospice, I had to have a social work degree. I decided to go back to school and get my master’s in social work. I graduated in 2011, and I had some personal things going on. My husband passed away, and at that time I’m graduating and trying to figure out what I’m going to do. I decided I wanted to do something that would make a difference in my husband’s name.

I had a history of working with youth that were aging out of foster care, and I became aware of the serious gap in the system for these kids.

I just knew I had to help kids in this broken system. Within a few months of graduating, I got my 501(c)(3) — which is required for nonprofit organizations — bought a house and we filled it with some kids that were coming out of the foster-care system.

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A man holds the flag that represents the LGBTQ+ community outside of the Supreme Court.

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Don’t hate, educate

t took everything in me not to burst into tears last Wednesday after the election. While driving in my car I saw a “Yeah, Trump!” bumper sticker, and I got sick to my stomach. I walked onto campus in a rage, vowing if I saw one Trump supporter yelling at me, I’d probably punch them.

Then I realized what I was doing. I was feeding into the hatred that they — meaning the racist, misogynist, queerphobic crowd that Donald Trump has seemed to attract — wanted me to feel. I found myself taking a step back to evaluate my own Sam character, and in the midst of Johnson all the social-media madness surrounding the election, I’d like to bring this to everyone’s attention.

There are arguments floating around that the protesters have no right to do so, seeing as their rights have not been violated. There are people telling us who are grieving over the results to “stop whining,” to “quit complaining” and to otherwise silence our concerns. I have already had people send me video clips of supposed Clinton supporters beating up Trump voters under the statement that both sides are just as violent as the other. With all of this negativity spreading rapidly across our mobile phones and computer screens as well as in person, there’s something I feel we need to remember: Trump supporters are human.

I’m pretty sure half of my own family voted for Trump, even when they knew I was LGBTQ+ and out publicly. They’ve seen my Facebook posts about queer rights. I’ve engaged in countless discussions with them about it, yet they still decided to cast their votes for a xenophobic, ableist, homo/transphobe.

This information hurts, but what I had to recognize is that it didn’t mean my family loved me less; it just meant I failed to educate them properly.

It’s no secret the LGBTQ+ community has experienced all kinds of discrimination for decades, but there is a group of people out there that believes our fight for equality ended with the legalization of same-sex marriage. The hard reality is that our struggle continues. Here are some statistics gathered within the past few years: According to the National School Climate Survey conducted by the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network in 2013, 85 percent of LGBTQ+ students reported being verbally harassed in school. Thirty-nine percent were physically harassed and 59 percent reported being sexually harassed.

The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs released a report in 2014 documenting an 11 percent increase in homicides against LGBTQ+ people, with 80 percent of those victims being people of color.

The FBI released its most recent hate-crime statistics in 2014 as well, stating there were 1,178 reported hate crimes based on sexual orientation, with 109 based on gender identity.

Why am I telling you to consider these facts?

Because they aren’t even current. I’ve done the research, and I’ll say it’s difficult to find numbers for 2015, much less 2016, and the work of digging through the long lists of sexual assaults, homicides and suicides is a daunting, disheartening task. This isn’t taking into account the antiLGBTQ+ legislation passed in North Carolina this year either that prohibited transgender people from relieving themselves in the bathroom they identified with or the Orlando shooting we of

the queer community will not soon forget. We’ve taken a giant step backward in our collective psychology toward the LGBTQ+ community, and if the statistics I’ve cited don’t worry you, here’s a little glimpse into what it’s like to be queer right now.

You walk outside with your partner to get into your car. You hurry because you can already feel your neighbor in apartment 3 staring you two down through her window. You start the car and leave. You roll the window down for some air but quickly roll it back up at the stoplight because the last time you did that, the person next to you shouted slurs at you. You get to the bar for your date night and upon sitting down, you notice a man at the counter glaring at you two. He approaches your table and attempts to flirt with both of you but ends up saying vulgar things about what he’d like to do to your bodies instead. When you tell him you’re not interested and that you’re taken, he responds with “that’s hot” and asks for a threesome. You both get up to leave and he follows you outside. Your partner realizes they forgot their phone, so you both scramble to retrieve it inside. He’s still there when you come back out and tells you you’re cute together, to which you smile, nod and run to your car. Breathing a sigh of relief, you go home, trying to laugh it off the entire way back, although you both know the interaction could have taken a much darker turn.

Now rinse and repeat.

Those events are not fabricated either. For many of us, this is a daily reality we have to face when we wake up in the morning. The stares, the slurs, the harassment — it’s a constant battle to survive, mentally and physically.

What I’ve realized in light of the election and the rise of hate crimes within the past week is that the hate I’ve had to endure isn’t a consequence of politics; it’s a result of poor education. If you voted for Trump, I commend you for doing your duty as a citizen of the United States. Even if you abstained from the vote, I don’t hold anything against you.

What I am urging everyone to do is listen.

We are afraid, and our feelings are valid. Some of us have experienced hatred our entire lives, and with someone who has spewed that same hatred throughout the majority of his campaign rising to the most powerful position in our government, we have every reason to be afraid.

Instead of bashing protesters for taking to the streets, take a moment to try and understand why they are protesting. It’s not because our rights have been violated; it’s because we’ve never had those rights in the first place, and I’m not just talking about marriage equality. I’m talking about the right to be ourselves, openly and unashamedly, without the fear of getting assaulted or murdered for it.

But I also am encouraging everyone, not just the LGBTQ+ community, to respond to hate with understanding as well. If we don’t educate people, they will never know the reason why our fight is so important. Even Michelle Obama said, “It’s easy to see this country as ‘us’ versus ‘them,’ and it’s easy to dehumanize them — to treat them with contempt — because you don’t know them.”

We need to take a stand, not only for equality but for understanding. We need to be reaching out to our fellow Americans on opposite sides of political parties with a desire for empathy. Let’s take these next four years to get to know each other again and to learn how to walk in one another’s shoes.

I know we can do this. So who’s with me?

Sam Johnson studies journalism. They can be reached at alexandraschultz@unr.edu and on Twitter @NevadaSagebrush.

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Pack led by LOOKING BACK Oliver, Marshall

By Jack Rieger

Nevada lost the first game of the season to 17th ranked St. Mary’s by a final score of 81-63.

St. Mary’s comes into 2016 as one of the most complete teams in the country, with impressive shooting, skilled big men and a stout interior defense. The Gaels were led by Jock Landale, a 6-foot-11 Australian center, who scored 33 points, collected nine rebounds, and shot 75 percent.

Nevada struggled to establish an offensive rhythm throughout the night, and the team relied heavily on sophomore Cameron Oliver to play both ends of the court. Oliver finished with 13 points and five blocks, and seemed to be the only dangerous Wolf Pack player the entire night.

Transfer guard Marcus Marshall had 25 points after a disappointing first game, and D.J. Fenner finished with 12 points. Nevada has struggled to establish a half-court offense, primarily because they don’t have a playmaking point guard in the starting lineup.

Nevada beat Loyola Marymount on Monday night by a final score of 79-64. The Wolf Pack was led by guard Marcus Marshall, who scored 18 points, including four three-pointers.

Elijah Foster continues to impress offensively, as the 6-foot-7 sophomore made seven of eight shots and added 10 rebounds. Lindsey Drew had a good all around game, scoring seven points on two shots and dishing out seven assists. Drew came off the bench for the first time this season.

Nevada goes 1-1 to begin the year

LOOKING ahead Nevada has another tough test in game three when they host Oregon State on Friday, Nov. 18.

The Beavers finished last season 19-13 overall and 9-9 in a very competitive Pac-12 Conference.

The two teams played last season in Corvallis, with Nevada losing a wire-to-wire contest, 62-66. Oregon State was led by point guard Gary Payton II, the son of legendary basketball Hall of Famer Gary “The Glove” Payton. Payton graduated last season and went undrafted.

Oregon State is 2-0 this season, as of Nov. 15. The Beavers won its first two games of the season by a combined 28 points, but both games were against subpar opponents. Oregon State is led by Tres Tinkle, who’s averaged 23 points, 14 rebounds and three assists per game so far. Tinkle is a

6-foot-8, 220 pound forward and will most likely be matched up against Oliver for most of the game.

Nevada can redeem the one-sided loss suffered against St. Mary’s with a win against Oregon State.

The Beavers are Nevada’s second toughest nonconference opponent in 2016, with Washington looming Dec. 11.

On Nov. 20, Nevada hosts Iona in the Gael’s second game of the season. Iona will face off against Florida State on Nov. 15 in Tallahassee.

Iona is led by senior forward Jordan Washington, redshirt sophomore Tyrell Williams and junior guard Deandre Turner.

Jack Rieger can be reached at jrieger@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @Jackrieger.

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Nevada forward Cam Oliver (0) goes up for an easy lay in basket against St. Mary’s on Friday, Nov. 11 at McKeon Pavilion. Oliver finished with 13 points, four rebounds and five blocks.

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Nevada loses big at St. Mary’s

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Nevada boxer Garrett Felling (left) winds up to throw a right hook at the body of Air Force fighter Den Tati-Mackaya at Eldorado Resort Casino on Friday, Nov. 11. Felling would go on to win the fight via split decision.

Felling avoids loss

By Neil Patrick Healy

Nevada’s Garrett Felling, one of the program’s most decorated fighters, narrowly avoided disaster on Friday but came away with his first win of the season by decision and the 12th of his career.

Felling went up against Air Force’s Den Tati-Mackaya, who he faced to win the 195-pound national championship last year, to headline the evening’s season debut for Nevada boxing.

The fight was an awkward one for Felling. With Tati-Mackaya holding throughout the fight, it was hard for Felling to get into a rhythm.

“It’s just frustrating when you’re fighting against a guy that won’t give you the opportunity to throw any punches due to holding,” Felling said. “From my point of view it was excessive holding, and I probably let it get to me a little too much. I was trying to get big shots off because I knew I wasn’t going to get many because I was being held so much. I couldn’t throw combinations together. I could only throw one punch and he’d immediately grab.”

It wasn’t until the third and final round when drama ensued. Felling was given a standing 8-count by the referee midway through the third and it seemed as though the fight was decided.

“It’s up to the ref. It’s his call,” Felling said about the 8-count. “If he feels that one boxer is slightly

less capable of defending himself at the moment, the ref’s going to make that call. And [the ref] made that call and I usually don’t question an 8-count call from a ref and that’s definitely one case where I wouldn’t. He’s doing what he can to protect the fighters. I have no gripes against that.”

But Felling came out and attacked the body, which resulted in some headshots becoming open to him. The final decision ultimately came out in his favor.

Nevada’s one loss on the main card was Britt Brown losing to Air Force’s Landon Tamacho in the 147-pound division via TKO in the third round.

Coach Dan Holmes says he doesn’t disagree with the decision to end the fight in the third.

“You know we’re all about safety here,” Holmes said. “I’d rather have a TKO called so our kid goes home, studies and his brain works.”

The third fight had Nevada’s Zach Smith beating Air Force’s James Porter via decision in the 160-pound division.

The undercard for Nevada included wins from Dustin Congdon (132 pounds) and Nestor Ortiz (145 pounds) and losses from Dillon Maguin (139 pounds), Nate Strother (160 pounds) and Kennan O’Neill (180 pounds).

Neil Patrick Healy can be reached at neil@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @NP_Healy

SDSU running game bowls over Nevada

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Cam Oliver has a look of dismay as he sits below the score table waiting to be checked into the game. Nevada lost by 18 to

By Javier Hernandez

points with around eight minutes left in the first half. But when Cameron Oliver picked up his second foul, which forced him to sit on the bench, the Gaels capitalized on his absence and went on a 16-6 run. The Wolf Pack was held scoreless for six minutes in that stretch which allowed for all momentum to shift to Saint Mary’s. This helped pad their lead to 13 heading into the intermission.

Nevada did not fare better in the second half as the Gaels shot at a 64 percent clip from the field and ran away with the game in the waning moments. Jock Landale continued to score at will in the paint and finished the game shooting 15-of-20 from the field.

The Wolf Pack had three double digit scorers led by guard Marcus Marshall, who had a slow start to the game (1-of-9 in the first half ), but scored 20 in the second half to keep the score manageable. Oliver, despite his foul trouble, was able to chip in 13 points. D.J. Fenner scored 12 as well. The Wolf Pack shot well from the field (22-of-47, 46. 8 percent).However, the Wolf Pack were unable to slow down the Gaels’ offense and ultimately lacked the firepower to keep pace.

Heading into the game, coach Eric Musselman wanted to mitigate Saint Mary’s attack from long range. Saint Mary’s led the nation last year in field goal percentage (50.9 percent) and was seventh in 3-point percentage (41.3 percent). However, in Friday night’s season opener, Nevada was dominated in the paint by center Jock Landale, who posted a career-high 33 points and nine rebounds. Shooting guard Joe Rahon was a maestro with the ball and complemented Landale in their pick-and-roll-heavy offense. He tallied 11 points and eight assists.

Point guard Emmett Naar also carved up the Wolf Pack defense as he contributed six points and eight assists. The Gaels shot 60 percent (on 33-of-55 shooting) on the night, eclipsing their season average from a year ago, en route to a 81-63 victory.

Nevada started the game off with three costly turnovers in the first four minutes. This allowed for Saint Mary’s to slowly build their lead. Landale and Rahon set the tone early on, connecting on multiple baskets off the pick and roll. Nevada struggled to deny the entry pass to Landale, which led to multiple easy baskets and an early lead.

Javier Hernandez can be reached at neil@sageThe Wolf Pack was able to stay within two brush.unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports.

NEVADA

By Neil Patrick Healy Coming into Saturday’s game against San Diego State, Nevada had extremely slim chances to qualify for a bowl game. Those slim chances were obliterated by the Aztecs’ running game as the Wolf Pack fell 46-16.

SDSU came in with one of the nation’s best rushing attacks and used it to great effect against Nevada’s incompetent run defense.

The Aztecs had a combined 474 yards on the ground, which came in large part from Donnel Pumphrey and Rashaad Penny. Pumphrey and Penny had 198 yards with one touchdown and 208 yards with two touchdowns, respectively.

The 474 rushing yards are a new-school record for SDSU. The previous record was 454 yards in a 45-0 win over Mexico Poly on Sept. 17, 1966.

The Aztecs have had at least two players rush for 100-plus yards for the fourth straight game and have won 19 of its last 20 games.

“I couldn’t imagine it being any worse than it was,” said Nevada head coach Brian Polian of his team’s run defense. “We gave up 470-someodd yards rushing. We didn’t tackle very well at all.”

Nevada entered the game with three straight losses that were decided by single digits, but this game was over rather quickly thanks to two first-half interceptions by new starting quarterback Ty Gangi. Nevada’s loss Saturday was the most one-sided defeat of the season and the biggest loss at Mackay Stadium since a 38-7 defeat to Boise State on Nov. 25, 2006.

SDSU got the game going with a 40-yard touchdown run less than three minutes in.

Nevada did get on the board after Hasaan Henderson recovered Jarred Gipson’s fumble in the end zone to tie it up at 7-7, but it was all Aztecs from that point on.

Gangi’s two interceptions in the half led to touchdowns for the Aztecs courtesy of a 3-yard touchdown run by Pumphrey and then a 6-yard pass from Christian Chapman to Mikah Holder.

SDSU hit a 31-yard field goal to end the half and went into the locker room with a 26-7 lead.

Gangi came out in the second half and completed 21-of-36 for 276 yards and two touchdowns, including a 40-yard touchdown catch-and-run to Wyatt Demps, who hauled in his eighth touchdown of the season, but it wasn’t enough to make up for his turnovers.

He would finish with three interceptions in the game and is up to six in the last three games.

“Turning the ball over, especially in our own territory, that can’t happen,” Gangi said. “There are some positives and we can build off those. I just forced it too much, trying to do too much, a couple of times we should tucked it and run.”

The Aztecs poured it on in the second half with a 17-yard pass to David Wells, a 72-yard touchdown run by Penny late in the third quarter and

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Nevada safety Asauni Rufus (2) is blocked downfield by a SDSU offensive lineman. Nevada was gashed by SDSU’s running game and gave up 474 rushing yards in the process.

a Juwan Washington 45-yard touchdown run in the fourth. Along with the Aztecs’ 474 rushing yards, their offense combined for 620 yards and six touchdowns.

SDSU is now 9-1 and 6-0 Mountain West, and the win Saturday makes it 17-straight victories in the MW. Nevada falls to 3-7 overall and 1-5 in conference. The Wolf Pack has lost its fourth straight game and has lost six out of the last seven games. Nevada’s chances at becoming bowl-eligible now rest on the hopes that it wins the final two games of the season against Utah State and UNLV and that there are not enough bowl-eligible teams to fill all the bowl spots, which occurred last season.

“I understand we’re most likely not in a bowl game right now,” Polian said. “I’m frustrated by that. I would not have imagined that would be the case at the beginning of the year, but that’s where we are. I told the team I’ll do everything I can within my power to guide them in the next two weeks.”

The Wolf Pack hosts Utah State next week on senior day before playing at rival UNLV to end the season.

Neil Patrick Healy can be reached at neil@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @NP_Healy

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