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REFUGEES IN JEOPARDY
INTERNATIONAL CHANCE OF FAMINE RISES IN SOUTH SUDAN
The United Nations tweeted on Monday, Feb. 20, that the Republic of South Sudan is facing a famine crisis and almost 5 million people are in need of help. “#Famine hits parts of #SouthSudan: 100,000 [people] facing starvation. 5 mil [people] need food, #ag & nutrition assistance,” said the UN’s twitter account on Monday morning. The UN’s World Food Programme also said that 1 million people are on the brink of famine and that people are already dying of hunger. Another million children are facing acute malnutrition. “Our worst fears have been realized,” said Serge Tissot, of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to CNN. “Many families have exhausted every means they have to survive.” The UN is attributing this crisis to the years of civil war that has led to a refugee crisis and economic collapse since South Sudan gained independence in 2011. Uganda is taking in most of the refugees that are fleeing South Sudan. The UN estimates 1.5 million people have crossed the Ugandan border in search of help.
NATIONAL EMPLOYEES FIRED AFTER IMMIGRATION PROTEST
People around the country participated in “A Day Without Immigrants” on Thursday, Feb. 16, a nationwide protest to show how the economy would be affected if immigrant workers were deported. When they returned to work the following Friday or Monday, some were fired. Colorado’s Jim Serowski told CNN that he warned his employees they would be fired if they did not show up for work on Thursday. Over 30 didn’t, and Serowski followed up on his promise, insisting the decision wasn’t political. “They were warned: ‘If you do this, you’re hurting the company, and if you go against the team, you’re not a member of the team,’” Serowski said to CNN. Serowski said he has known his employees for over 20 years and has always been in support of immigrant labor. Employers across the country reacted the same way, some citing that their workers never told them they wouldn’t be at work. However, other employers told CNN their employees were welcomed back after the protests and will continue to be supported.
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The Washoe County School District announced Friday, Feb. 17, that it will end the early release program on Wednesdays to make up for school days lost due to weather conditions. This will start Wednesday, Mar. 1. Schools in Washoe County release students 45 minutes early every Wednesday in order to make time for professional development for teachers. State law requires that schools must have 180 days of instruction during the school year. WCSD has canceled school four times this year. The school district puts three days in their schedule every year to make up for lost academic time due to unforeseen cancellations. The 13 Wednesdays between Mar. 1 and June 7 will now make up for the lost time. Madeline Purdue can be reached at mpurdue@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @madelinepurdue.
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New ban could threaten Reno refugees By Rachel Spacek Hadia Kalsoom’s immigration story is similar to many stories of immigrants who anxiously wait for years as their immigration visas are processed, unsure of what might await them in the United States once offered permanent residency. Kalsoom waited three years before she and her four siblings were offered permanent residency in the U.S. Kalsoom and her family moved from Pakistan,
her home for the last 19 years to Reno, Nevada last year. Before coming to the U.S., Kalsoom heard from her fellow Pakistani people that Americans had a tendency to be rude and negative toward them. Those comments added to her unease about making the trip. Kalsoom was also expecting to pursue her Associates Degree in psychology, having to learn in a completely different language than she was used to. Shortly after arriving in Reno, Kal-
soom enrolled at Truckee Meadows Community College. “I was excited and a little bit nervous,” Kalsoom said. “You spend 19 years in one culture and then suddenly you have to change your culture and learn a new language and all of this stuff. I was worried that maybe people wouldn’t like us and that maybe they would not respect us. After I got here and [I did have problems with the] culture and language, but I didn’t think that people were negative toward us at all like we were
told in Pakistan.” In recent years many immigrants have made Reno their home; Kalsam is but one. The Northern Nevada International Center has settled 63 refugees since Oct. 2016. Their goal was to resettle 75 to 100 refugees by Sept. 30, 2017, however, President Donald Trump’s travel ban put a halt on all operations to resettle refugees in Reno.
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Student helps others overcome homelessness By Rachel Spacek It was a morning like any other. Susy Ramirez woke up in her car in Reno, Nevada and began to get ready for her day. As she drove to work, Ramirez looked into the rear view mirror to see a police car following behind her. She felt uneasy. The officer pulled her over just as she could see her workplace in the distance. He accused Ramirez of driving with expired registration, even though she had just renewed it. Ramirez begged the officer to let her go, saying she was already late for work and needed to get there as soon as possible. Eventually he agreed let her go, and she breathed a sigh of relief. Ramirez had spent over a month living in her car and showering at friends’ houses when she could, the last thing she needed was to be delayed by police and end up late for work. Susy Ramirez prefers to go by her Nawat name, Xōchítl Pāpalōtl Ramirez, because she takes pride in her indigenous culture. Ramirez’s family is from Mexico City and she grew up in Washoe County where she lived in various locations in the Pyramid lake and Lake
Tahoe areas. When she was 8-years-old, Ramirez moved to Reno after a divorce between her mother and father. Shortly after moving to Reno, Ramirez’s mother ran out of money as maintaining a home, working two jobs and taking care of two children became too much to bear. “When I was in high school, my mom remarried,” Ramirez said. “But her relationship became abusive, so my mom had a divorce and after that we were homeless again and ended up moving back in with my grandparents.” Ramirez moved out of her family’s home when she was 19 and began taking classes at the University of Nevada, Reno. At the time, she was living with a partner who quickly became abusive. She left the relationship and, once again, her home. When she finally had enough money, Ramirez began renting an apartment on Third Street and took the bus from her neighborhood to downtown Reno and from downtown to the university to attend classes. Once her lease was up, however,
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Noah Teixeira listens to constituents on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the weekly senate meeting. He heard from student supporters and those opposed to his candidacy as president.
Speaker answers tweets By Meaghan Mackey
After several old tweets containing derogatory language from Speaker of the Senate of the Associated Students of the University of Nevada Noah Teixeira resurfaced earlier this month, Teixeira took the time to respond to the backlash from these tweets. The ASUN presidential hopeful posted a brief statement on Twitter addressing the old tweets, but students still had questions about his leadership as Speaker and campaign for presidency.
Last Wednesday, Teixeira sat among his fellow ASUN senators in front of a crowd of about 50 students at the weekly senate meeting. Teixeira began the meeting by publicly apologizing to the student attendees. His comments were followed up by the reading of a letter from former ASUN President Caden Fabbi. “To those hurtling insults at Noah, I’m sorry to tell you that your understanding of him is misguided. Noah is not only a
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UNLV, UNR athletic departments report opposite FY17 projections By Madeline Purdue
The University of Nevada, Reno, athletic department is projected to make a small profit at the end of this fiscal year, a report released on Thursday, Feb. 16, showed. Conversely, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, athletic department’s report stated it is expected to rack up a $5 million deficit. UNR’s athletic department made a $140,000 profit at the end of fiscal year 2016. They are expecting
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to make a similar profit at the end of fiscal year 2017, which helps decrease the deficit the athletic department has. Athletic director Doug Knuth inherited a $3.2 million deficit when he was hired in 2013. After ending fiscal years 2013 and 2014 in the red, and with the added surplus of fiscal year 2016, the deficit remains at around $3 million. The report states that Knuth has requested $400,000 of student fee revenue in order to help
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pay off this debt. Additionally, any surplus from the 2017 fiscal year will be added to help reduce the deficit. “For the current year, football season ticket revenues did not meet projections; however, Men’s basketball is exceeding budget estimates,” said the UNR report. The report also states that the athletic depart-
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Ramirez did not have the money to renew her lease or find a different place, so she again ended up living with friends. Unfortunately, while Ramirez was attempting to find a permanent home, she found herself failing the three classes she was taking that semester at UNR. “During that time, I really had to think if I wanted to continue school. I was really depressed at the fact that I had failed three classes, but I believed that somehow I
would pull through,” Ramirez said. “The time I was living in my car, I told myself that I love myself enough to live a decent life. I remember telling myself I’d rather be on the streets than living in a toxic environment.” Shortly after failing the three classes, Ramirez found herself on the doorstep of the Committee to Aid Abused Women, a non-profit organization in Reno dedicated to ending family violence and providing individuals with services to lead them to a healthier lifestyle. Ramirez said she would never forget one woman she met at CAAW, a mother, recovering addict and former sex worker.
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“She would come home to made me coffee that morning where we were staying and and my mom gave me a ride to she would bring me a coat and Carson City. I will never forget say ‘this is for you,’” Ramirez that day. I got the job.” said. “We didn’t have money. After about two months It was either a donation or she of working in Carson City, liberated it from a place. That Ramirez found herself with her was powerful to me, she really own place and a new car. taught me humbleness.” “I was living the life,” Over the summer, Ramirez Ramirez said. was staying at CAAW, and got u the opportunity to interview for a job with Nevada Clean u Energy in Carson City. “When it came time for the big day, all the women there helped me prepare for Rachel Spacek can be reached at my interview,” Ramirez said. rspacek@sagebrush.unr.edu and “One did my hair, one did my on Twitter @NevadaSagebrush makeup, one got me a suit, one
SENATE RECAP FEB. 15
PUBLIC COMMENT STUDENTS COMMENT ON SPEAKER’S TWEETS
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The Senate of the Associated Students of the University of Nevada had expectations that a large amount of students would come to the public comment section of the senate meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 15, to voice their concerns about tweets sent out by Speaker of the Senate Noah Teixeira. However, only three students stood up to speak to the senate body. Wednesday’s public comment section began with the reading of a letter from former ASUN President, Caden Fabbi. Fabbi’s letter was in support of Teixeira and praised him for his apology about the tweets. Fabbi also addressed the people, “hurtling insults at Noah,” by saying their opinions of him are misguided and Teixeira is a caring person with everyone’s interests at heart. “While there is no question in my mind that this is a calculated attack by a political opponent, it does not excuse the things that [Teixeira] said,” Fabbi said. At the end of the meeting, Parliamentarian Alex Crupi spoke up in the public comment section to say that the surfacing of the tweets was not an attack on Teixeira by his campaign. “In former President Fabbi’s letter, one of the remarks was, “a calculated attack by a political opponent.” Seeing as I am Noah’s only political opponent, I just want to put on record that it is not in any way, shape or form, a political attack, personal attack, or any direct hit put out by myself or my campaign,” Crupi said. Teixeira responded to Crupi’s comment by explaining that there were several things in Fabbi’s letter that he did not agree with, one of them being the comment that the resurfacing of the tweets was “a calculated attack by a political opponent.” Other public commenters were Jack Olender and Conner Mathews, who both spoke up in support of Teixeira. The only public comment in opposition to Teixeira came from Emmanuela Gore, a student in the College of Liberal Arts. “Why do you continue to feel that you are qualified to represent the student body as our potential president, despite the backlash that you have heard from such a large body of students?” Gore said. “Do you think that this rhetoric of victimization undermines the emotions and experiences of people that your words affect?” Gore also said that by continuing his campaign, Teixeira is showing disregard for the students who feel he does not represent them.
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friend of mine but someone I’ve mentored since his freshman year,” Fabbi said. The meeting proceeded with public comment from students both in support and opposition to Teixeira. Emmanuela Gore, a liberal arts student at UNR, voiced her opposition toward Teixeira by questioning why he and the other senators believed he was still qualified to serve in the ASUN and potentially as the ASUN president if such a large group of students feel marginalized and victimized by his past tweets. When asked for his comment toward Gore’s question in a post-meeting interview, Teixeira said, “I want to continue to serve the students of this campus. I have served the students to date and I will continue to serve them. As an individual, I have been able to listen to others to ensure that their feelings and their emotions are taken into account in my everyday life. Since those tweets have been posted, I have been able to accept everyone.” On social media, some students have been calling for Teixeira to drop out of the race, however, Teixeira did not make any indication as to whether he planned on suspending his campaign. “One of my campaign goals as president is to make students feel safer with their identity,” Teixeira said. “In that, I want to give students a seat at the table; I don’t know how it would look but I want to create a board in which all student leaders from all different backgrounds and all different communities can come down and start the conversation.” The next student after Gore to speak at the senate meeting was Conner Matthews, a student from CABNR.
“First of all, Noah lived with two African American men in a 20-foot by 20-foot room for an entire year as a sophomore in college,” Matthews said. “Secondly, many of Noah’s best friends, some of whom will speak here tonight, are homosexual or of a different race. He campaigned for Bernie Sanders and voted for Hillary Clinton and as a senator fought for gender neutral bathrooms on this campus.” Matthew then said Teixeira could not be racist or homophobic because of the reasons he listed. In Teixeira’s statement on Twitter, he said that, while there was no excuse for the language in the tweets, they no longer represent who he is today. “I don’t want to make excuses for what happened and I hate that that’s the way it came off in my statement,” Teixeira said. The tweets that surfaced were from 2013 and 2014 and included both the n-word and a slur derogatory to the LGBTQIA community. “I would rather address it and take ownership because I understand that these words affect people… affect people in a way that I will never be able to understand,” Teixeira said. In his statement, Teixeira said he grew up in a small town and has changed since he came to college. Teixeira lived in Carson City, Nevada, and graduated from Carson City High School before coming to the University of Nevada, Reno. Teixeira is an active member of the fraternity Alpha Tau Omega, the Recruitment Director for St. Jude’s ‘Up ‘till Dawn’ and has been actively involved in ASUN since his freshman year. Teixeira’s career with ASUN began his freshman year when he was an intern. He then became a Policy Analyst for the Department
of Legislative Affairs and is currently serving as Speaker of the Senate, after being elected as a senator for the College of Business. Throughout his time serving in ASUN, Teixeira said one of his biggest contributions was when he spoke in favor of a gender-neutral bathroom bill as an intern. The bill passed, resulting in various genderneutral bathrooms being placed on campus, including the most recent addition in the E.L. Wiegand Fitness Center. Teixeira recently launched his campaign for presidency with Sebastian Atienza running as his vice president. Their campaign launched just one day prior to the tweets surfacing on social media. When asked about how he has been dealing with the backlash from his peers, Teixeira responded by explaining that it is a student’s right to have an opinion and he likes seeing how many students want to hold their ASUN officers accountable. “I really want to serve these students and show these students that is not me,” Teixeira said. Alex Crupi, the current senate’s Parliamentarian is the only other candidate running against Noah Teixeira in the 2017 ASUN presidential election. Crupi is running on a ticket with Trenton Jackson as his vice president. Jackson currently serves as one of the senators for the College of Business. The ASUN Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates are on Tuesday, Mar. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the JCSU, Ballroom C. The polls open March 15 at 8 a.m. online via WebCampus. Rachel Spacek can be reached at rspacek@ sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush
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Protesters gathered in Downtown Reno on Sunday, Jan. 30, to protest President Trump’s executive order on immigration. President Trump said he will be releasing a new immigration ban this week that could threaten Reno refugees.
Refugee After Trump’s travel ban was put on hold in the courts, the NNIC resettled one refugee from Afghanistan. Carina Black, Executive Director of the NNIC, said they expect the program may halt again after expectations that an executive order will be issued. “Currently the program is temporarily on track, but tomorrow or Wednesday there is going to be a new executive order halting the program,” Black said. “That is the expectation by most people that he is just going to issue a new order to have the same effect. The expectation is that we will not be resettling any new refugees until further
notice.” [Trump’s] is that [the ban] is right for the According to CNN, the Trump adminis- country. If it was really right for the country tration is expecting to sign a revised execu- then I’d be all for it, but [the U.S.] is an tive order on immigration. immigrant country, so it is really weird “The new order is going to be very much banning people from coming in,” Kalsoom tailored to what I consider to be a very bad said. decision,” Trump said in a White House According to CNN, those opposed to the press conference last Thursday, referring to original executive order are expected to the court’s halting of the earlier version of raise issues with the upcoming ban. the ban. u A source told CNN that the new order is likely to address religious discrimination u issues by removing or modifying a section of the original order. While Kalsoom made it to the U.S. before the travel ban ensued, she has heard the news and said she didn’t understand the Rachel Spacek can be reached at rspacek@ sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter point of the ban. “Everyone has their own opinion, I think @NevadaSagebrush.
STUDENT NOMINATED TO ASSOCIATE JUSTICE After the public comments and ASUN officer reports, the senators heard from Cameron Mixon, a student nominated to be an Associate Justice. In his speech, Mixon discussed his desire to be of service to the students at UNR and his plans for the future of the judicial branch of ASUN. The senate expressed their approval of Mixon before unanimously voting “yes” to him becoming an Associate Justice. Rachel Spacek can be reached at rspacek@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @NevadaSagebrush.
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Fitness center first of many new projects By Gabriel Selbig With the completion of the E.L. Wiegand Fitness Center on campus at the University of Nevada, Reno, the university looks to new capital improvement projects. The fitness center opened its doors to the community and the media last Wednesday, Feb. 15, during an open house showcasing nearly every room of all four floors of the $47 million project. “There’s something for every person on every floor,” said Sheena Harvey, the sports and events coordinator at the Wiegand Center. “I don’t think we missed anybody. People still have to go up to Lombardi and swim, but other than that I think we’ve covered everything here.” Upon entrance, one stands immediately adjacent to a towering “fitness stairway,” leading from the bottom floor to the top. Trudging upward, one passes a field of weightlifting machines that eventually fade into a wide-open CrossFit area. On the second floor, there are exercise-specific rooms: yoga, pilates, rowing, Zumba, and others. The third floor consists of three full-length basketball courts near a
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cardio area equipped with treadmills and stationary bikes. The staircase ends at the foot of a one-eighth mile running track that overlooks nearly all 108,000 square feet of the facility. In the 2013-14 school year, University of Nevada students voted on and passed a referendum that allowed each undergraduate be charged $15 per semester for the facility and $30 per semester for operations once it opened. “The students particularly chose this funding mechanism so that every student is paying for it up front and each additional activity doesn’t cost any more,” UNR President Marc Johnson said. Ian Reh, a junior at the University of Nevada, has already visited the new facility five times in its opening week. “I would say the lighting and the space,” Reh said regarding major differences between the new Fitness Center and Lombardi Recreation Center. “I think it’s fine [students] still pay for it because they still have the ability to use it anytime. I mean it’s the same thing as signing up for a gym membership. You’re paying for it and you usually won’t go, so I think that every kid ought to see it’s not a
big price to pay for having a state of our parking demands for the next the art gym accessible at any time.” five years,” Johnson said. “We are Johnson echoed this sentiment likely going to build another parkand gave disillusioned students and ing garage and it needs to be on the staff a cause for hope. south side of campus.” “We’ll be looking at a groundThe University of Nevada, Reno breaking in late spring for a new arts campus is swelling. High rates of building. It’s about 37,000 square incoming freshmen have increased feet of new facilities with practice funds for capital improvements. rooms for band, a bigger museum Bruce Shively, the university’s budand a recital hall of 300 seats,” John- get director, and his department son said. released a report that estimated an Johnson also disclosed that the additional 3,200 students by 2020. university has legislation before the Governor Sandoval’s budget recomNevada Legislature asking for a new mendation for the 2018 fiscal year engineering building. Johnson said is $222 million, just over $17 million Gov. Brian Sandoval has proposed more than that of 2017. the state would pay for half the cost Beyond more large-scale capital of constructing the potential new improvement projects, UNR also building. looks to hire hundreds more faculty According to the UNR College members by 2020. Shively’s report of Engineering, the University has calls for improvement of studentcommitted $12 million in renova- to-faculty ratio, aiming at a change tions out of an expected $80 million from 22:1 to 18:1. Of the future posineeded to completely fund the com- tions, 272 will be tenure-track. plex. Johnson said he hopes they can The landscape of the Univerbreak ground sometime in 2018. sity of Nevada, Reno, will continue On-campus parking is a common to change over the coming years. dilemma for University of Nevada students. One of the larger lots was Gabriel Selbig can be reached at mpurexcavated for the Wiegand Center’s due@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter groundbreaking in June 2015. @madelinepurdue. “I’ve just got a report this week on
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Left: A student lunges away from a punching bag in a specialized boxing studio. Center: The E.L. Wiegand Fitness Center as it stands on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Right: Students participate in a bar class in a studio looking over the campus. The new gym is one of the many projects UNR has planned to improve campus.
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tment will receive $500,000 for the Nevada vs. Wyoming football game being broadcasted on ESPN2 and more money is expected to be coming in based on donations and fundraising. They expect the money raised will offset the $800,000 cost of hiring the new football team. The football team will play Northwestern in the 2017 season, which will offer a $1.3 million buyout. The UNLV athletic department is projecting a $4.9 million deficit at the end of fiscal year 2017. The projection has increased since the beginning of the fiscal year when they expected a $3.4 million deficit, reports the Reno-Gazette Journal. “We understood that FY17 would be a down financially because of not having a big football payout game, and incurring costs from the transition of the basketball program and a projected decline in ticket revenue,” said UNLV’s report. “UNLV will continue to work on the athletic budget through the end of the fiscal year with the goal of decreasing the deficit as much as possible.” The report says the UNLV athletic department hopes the football program’s ticket sales will increase to what they were only a few years ago and they will become more competitive. They are also working on finding new sources of funding. UNLV men’s head basketball coach, Marvin Menzies, inherited a “sticky situation,” according to the RGJ. After UNLV fired head coach Dave Rice in the middle of the last basketball season, the athletic department had a hard time finding a coach that would stay and recruit. Texas Tech head coach Chris Beard took the job after last season ended, only to return back to Texas when they offered him an increased salary. UNLV then hired New Mexico State’s head coach, Menzies, with only four returning players and a limited time to recruit. The UNLV basketball team is 10-17 in this season’s play and is ranked second to last in the Mountain West Conference. UNLV just recently extended their football head coach Tony Sanchez’s contract to 2021 despite the team’s lack of success in the 2016 season. They will play Ohio State in the 2017 season and receive a school-record $1.3 million. The two programs will present their fiscal year reports to the Nevada Board of Regents on Thursday, Feb. 23. Madeline Purdue can be reached at mpurdue@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @madelinepurdue.
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pack n the events Things to watch out for this week By Joey Thyne
Atilla DATE: Tuesday TIME: 7 p.m. LOCATION: Cargo Concert
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Info: Atlanta’s metalcore band is coming to the Cargo Concert Hall. Come and mosh your head off. Opening acts are New Years Day, Bad Omens and Cane Hill. Presale tickets are $18, tickets purchased on the day of the show will be $20. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.
throwback movie night DATE: Thursday TIME: 9 p.m. LOCATION: Joe Crowley
Student Union Info: Instead of showing a new movie, the Joe is tapping into your nostalgia and showing “The Breakfast Club.” Munch on some free popcorn and revel in the genius of John Hughes. Plus, if you have never had a crush on Molly Ringwald then there’s something wrong with you.
chris rock DATE: Friday TIME: 8 p.m.
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Different pieces of art are photographed at "La Cultura De Los Tatuajes" in the Sierra Arts Foundation
Tattoo artists make their mark
LOCATION: Reno Events
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The Sierra Arts Foundation is currently showing “La Cultura De Los Tatuajes,” an exhibit presenting artwork from local tattoo artists. “La Cultura De Los Tatuajes” investigates tattoos as their own form of art and celebrates Hispanic culture. The artists include Jorge Pintor, Alberto Rivas, Brian Chambers, Canyon Webb, Matthew Fernando Carrol Madrid, Shaun Hanna, Ramon Moncho Lopez, Jay Gonzalez, Tony Medellin, Jonnie Evil and Mike Curatello. These artists work at a variety of different local tattoo parlors, such as the Reno Tattoo Company and Lasting Dose Tattoo and Art Collective. Madrid’s work will be presented posthumously. “We had been in discussions with a couple different tattoo artists who sent in proposals,” said Sierra Arts Foundation’s Gallery PR Marketing Associate Eric Brooks. “Our scheduled artist
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up needs no introduction. The SNL alum is touring for the first time in nine years, and he couldn’t pass on performing in the Biggest Little City. The famously outspoken comedian will surely comment on the political turmoil of late. Tickets are starting around $54.
oscar shorts DATE: Friday TIME: 2 p.m. LOCATION: Joe Crowley
Student Union Info: Calling all cinephiles! In preparation for the Oscars on Sunday, the theatre on the third floor of the Joe is presenting all of the nominated short films. They are playing on Friday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Advance tickets are available.
low morale DATE: Saturday TIME: 8 p.m. LOCATION: The Holland
Project Info: Reno's very own
low-fi rock band Low Morale is throwing a party at the Holland Project and you’re invited. Opening for them is Beautiful Dudes and Octophonix. Tickets are $5.
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had to cancel his exhibition and we decided to move forward with a contemporary tattoo exhibition featuring Hispanic-themed work. I located the artists and we worked together to have a balanced room that would give insight and understanding to every level of visitor, regardless of their personal connection to the subject matter.” Much of the art contains traditional Aztec imagery, including the rose, serape, skulls, day of the dead and snakes. Each artist incorporated these with his own interpretation and style. Visitors can learn about different symbols and the meanings behind them. “A quarter of Washoe County is Hispanic,” Brooks said. “This rich, vibrant culture isn't represented in our arts as much as it should be...This exhibition allowed us to explore the importance of tattooing in the Hispanic culture.” Canyon Webb, one of the contributing artists, has been tattooing for ten years. After growing up in Reno, he
moved to Oregon five years ago to work with his mentor Jeff Gogue. There he got to work with hundreds of guest artists from around the world, exploring new styles and learning a lot about himself and what he had to offer the medium. Now, he has returned home to Reno to share his expertise. “Reno has a diverse group of artists and tattoo artists and we should reach out more to the community and art community because we are relevant to the changing culture,” Webb said. “The unique perspective of a tattoo artist should be explored because of our reach toward so many types of clients, cultures and people.” According to Statistic Brain, 36 percent of all U.S. adults ages 18 to 26 have tattoos. What was once perceived as taboo is not only seeing widespread popularity but is becoming revered as its own form of aesthetic expression. “As with any of the disciplines of art, tattooing takes time, practice, dedica-
tion and the fundamental knowledge of line work, contrast and color,” Brooks said. “It is an incredible skill to transition this through a vibrating needle gun and into someone's skin. And unlike painting and so many other genres, you can't make a mistake and start all over again” “Tattoos are becoming more approachable,” Webb said. “Tattooing and the art of it is becoming validated by fine artists. Many of the new generation of tattooers are broadening their horizons by learning many mediums, letting fine art spill into the craft of an imperfect art like tattoos. Artists are digging deeper into older, more timeless cultures so that tattoo designs are staying more relevant and timeless.” “La Cultura De Los Tatuajes” runs at the Sierra Arts Foundation until Feb. 24 Joey Thyne can be reached at jsolis@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @joey_thyne.
Flashback Review: My first SnowGlobe By Will Compton “SnowGlobe is like, so cold, but like, so worth it.” That all too familiar quote is something I have heard ever since I was a sophomore in high school. All of my friends were going to this festival in South Lake Tahoe that they claimed was the “best time of their lives.” I never really believed it until I decided to go for myself this year and really evaluate what the festival is all about. If you’re like me and have had mixed thoughts about going to SnowGlobe or just wanted to know what it’s like as a whole, then this article is for you. First off, what is SnowGlobe? SnowGlobe is a three-day music/EDM festival held in the heart of South Lake Tahoe every year for the past five years, ending on Dec. 31. The festival grounds are on the South Lake Tahoe Community College activities field. Notorious for pulling crowds from all corners of the globe, as well as for being cold as hell, it’s becoming one of the fastest rising independent EDM fes-
tivals of the last decade. What makes SnowGlobe so cool is that it is independently run, and not by Insomniac Events (IE). IE is the biggest and really only EDM festival coordinating company, owning Ultra Music Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival, Beyond Wonderland, Outside Lands and much more. The fact SnowGlobe stands strong by themselves is something I admired from the start. Now that you know about the festival, let’s break it down. Getting to and from the Festival: Shuttles went back and forth between the festival and pick up grounds every 20-30 minutes, taking loads of passengers at a time without delay. If you decided to walk, the pathway to the festival was extremely scenic and wellkempt. There was no harsh ice to slip on or steep hills. The flat concrete pathway to and from the festival created a safe passageway for everyone going. SG was also good at helping their attendees find places to live by partnering with local hotels, inns and renting companies to give people the best
experience possible. Getting In: In an otherwise stellar performance, this was one of the hiccups. I nearly wanted to cry when I saw the line for will call. The line stretched for what seems like half a mile, and when you got closer people were packed into an extremely overheated tent, sweating and waiting for their tickets to be handed to them over a white folding table. When I got my ticket, I walked down a small fenced passage way to get patted down. This walk was a little scary, as the grounds were marshy and muddy and black ice covered the corners of the walk down. When I finally made it a little ways down, I was met by seven different lines of security members, who asked mr to come forward to get a simple pat-down. Once I was patted down, I walked up to the entrance gate, scanned your wristband, and went in. Security during this festival on the other hand was stellar. They were top notch, treated people with respect and got rid of anyone fighting or creating a scene. The security at
SnowGlobe was genuine and froze their ass off to help out. I absolutely tip my hat to your security team SnowGlobe. Well done.
Inside: The festival layout could not have been more beautiful or professional. Right in between all the tall Tahoe trees and fresh air, it was refreshing at its finest. Right as you walk in, the main stage nestles on your left hand side, and on your right faces the other two stages (The Igloo and Sierra). Vendors for beer, food, snacks and merchandise are sprinkled all over the festival grounds, attracting people to always have something to do. The vendors and food were delicious and various, having choices from Chinese take out to cheesy fries. The food was a little pricey but that’s understandable. Alcohol was served throughout and was pretty cheap, which didn’t surprise me. SnowGlobe also gave attendees a test for their wallets with merchandise and apparel booths on the back right hand side of the festival, with the Sierra Stage
facing them directly across. The stages were extremely well spaced out, and access to each one was very easy to get to. (If you think otherwise, its probably cause you got caught in the last minute swarm to the Sierra stage.) SnowGlobe security and staff were well involved, helping people get to where they needed to and answered and questions I asked them. Like I said before, extremely professional.
The Stages The Igloo: If you are that guy at parties who wears his shirt unbuttoned three holes down and has a little bit of face sweat 24/7, the Igloo is the place for you. Filled with the smell of marijuana and sweat, this deep house tent is almost like hanging with Will Ferrell during a Night at the Roxbury. Honestly, it was pretty fun.
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People were always jumping with the DJ, and it got pretty loud in there as well. If you are a deep house kind of raver, the Igloo is all you.
Sierra: I fell in love with the Sierra stage. Something was always happening. Whether it was Party Favor, Whethan, Lil Yatchy or even Snails, the Sierra stage was one of the loudest and craziest stages to be at. If you wanted a party, you were at Sierra. Occasional mosh pits and pushing occurred toward the front, which I’m not a fan of, but I know it happens from time to time regardless. This mayhem and party stage lived up to its name, and I have high hopes for it in the coming years.
Main Stage: The Main Stage was no question the highlight of SG2K16. The massive stage gathered crowds of awesome proportions. This was the stage you visited to just jump to the music or to go with your best buddies and girlfriend/boyfriend and feel the best feelings in the world. It was always loud and energetic, there was a never
a dull moment (except Echoes. Sorry, the timing for the set was just really off, beautiful voice, though). Overall, the main stage was phenomenal.
The Lineup: You saw that lineup on Instagram. Oh my god, that was insanity. The chaos of day one’s Vincent to RL Grime to The Chainsmokers to Flume to Snails was an absolute ludicrous experience, as well as Whethan & Ashe on the Sierra stage. Day two started pretty well with JoyZu opening, but lost its momentum until Brasstracks took over the Sierra stage. After him came amazing performances from Lido, the Knocks, Big Gigantic, Party Favor, Big Wild, and of course, Major Lazer. Day three, with all the eyes on Odesza bringing in the New Year, seemed to overshadow some pretty amazing performances from Illenium, Hotel Garuda, Manilla Killa, Baauer and Bleep Bloop.
Last and Most Important: Weather:
layers of comfy warm clothing to stay nice and cozy in the crowds, but do not overdress, cause it sucks to carry around layers you don’t want to wear anymore. If you get too cold, there are heaters all around the festival for you to gather next to and stay warm. I wore Nike compression tights with wool socks, heavy sweats, snow pants over those, and a sweater and a hoodie, and I was golden. You will be too. SnowGlobe was a festival I expected not to enjoy, but god I couldn’t have been more wrong. From the genuine service to the incredible music, the amazing people to the outstanding experience, SnowGlobe was without a doubt one of the best music festivals I have ever been to. If you don’t believe me, hear it from the guys who played it. “SnowGlobe! Been dying to play this festival for the longest!” – The Chainsmokers “Speechless” (In regards to post-performance) - Vincent “It’s a good vibe out there, like it’s truly one of a kind. We’ve never done anything like this.” – Sofi Tukker
Overrated. The cold is not even a factor when you’re in a crowd of over 2,000 people belting “Don’t Let Me Down” by The Will Compton can be reached at Chainsmokers at the top of their jsolis@sagebrush.unr.edu and on lungs. Yes, dress warmly. That’s Twitter @joey_thyne. obvious. You’ll need about 2-3
The Regrettes: perfect for your Valentine’s hangover By Caroline Ackerman High school garage-punks the Regrettes released their newest album, “Feel Your Feelings Fool,” in late January and it’s chock full of anti-Valentine’s Day anthems. The first song on the release, “I Don’t Like You,” kicks off the 15-track album with assertive punk-influenced vocals and shameless lyrics, including “You say hello, I want to die.” “Feel Your Feelings Fool” discusses a variety of different relationships and the emotions that come with those relationships. From platonic friendship, to unrequited love, to self-love, the Regrettes cover it all, which is what makes the album a perfectly defiant soundtrack to Valentine’s Day loathing. The 15-year-old lead singer of the Regrettes, Lydia Night, manages to sing in the vein of seasoned artists like Courtney Barnett and Adult Mom. Her attitude is downright gritty and honest, and she refuses to hold back. The second track on “Feel Your Feelings Fool,” “A Living Human Girl,” was released late last year as a single and received enough attention to land the band a gig during the Echo Park Rising festival. “A Living Human Girl” is for every young woman who might feel unable to take ownership of normal bodily functions. “I can be brave and I can be bold, no matter what you have to say,” Night shouts. The thread of feminism and patriarchal expectations is followed throughout “Feel Your Feelings Fool,” and is most clearly displayed in the intro of “Ladylike/WHATTA BITCH,” when Night softly chants: “Be soft, be shy, read a book and learn to cook. Be nice, be dumb, clean the floors and wash your pores. Be light, be small, wear a dress below your knees not less. Be insecure, be a wife, cater to a man for the rest of your life.” Night continues the song by telling a third-person story of rejecting a boy at school. The story feels just enough like high school gossip to discuss the immaturity that arrives with finding love. On the track, “How It Should Be,” Night sings, “I don’t want you because I don’t need you.” “Feel Your Feelings Fool” is about finding your footing in relation-
ships, and determining what is important and what—or who—can be tossed out. “Going through the motions feels like drowning in the ocean,” Night sings in “Bronze.” Whether you were comfortable with being alone this Valentine’s Day or sucked down Smirnoff with a straw, “Feel Your Feelings Fool” is the perfect way to cope with a variety of confusing emotions and forget the over-saturation of roses and heart-shaped boxes of chocolate at Walmart. Whether you’re dealing with being newly single, losing a close friend or feeling weird about how proud you are of your hairy legs, put your headphones in and listen to the comforting sounds of someone dealing with similar issues. My personal favorite track from the album? “Seashore.” Joey Thyne can be reached at jsolis@sagebrush. unr.edu and on Twitter @joey_thyne.
Album Review ‘FEel your feelings fool’ Release Date: Jan. 13 Genre: Punk
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Ask candidates tough questions
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lection season is upon us with the first round of Associated Students of the University of Nevada debates starting this week. Candidates for the office of president, vice president, and senate will duke it out over question and answer sessions in an attempt to win your vote for the privilege of serving in student government. With that in mind, we’ve got two questions for the ASUN candidates:
1. HOW ARE YOU SPENDING MY MONEY? ASUN is funded by a $75 fee from each undergraduate student every semester. For the 2016-2017 academic year, the ASUN budget was $3,051,451.98. Over half of this money paid the salaries of undergraduates, graduates and professional staff working in the Association. Nearly 30 percent of the budget is allocated for student engagement and campus
programs, which includes things like concerts and barbecues, club support funding, the Center for Student Engagement, etc. Most of the remaining money is for student services like Campus Escort, student publications, research funding, internship funding, a food pantry, legal services, etc. Last week, in a presentation meant to engage students in the democratic process (which was attended by three ASUN senators, the ASUN Chief Justice and three Sagebrush reporters), ASUN Director Sandy Rodriguez compared ASUN student fees to grocery shopping. She asked, would you hand your money to the clerk at the grocery store and let them shop for you? Or, would you rather choose your own groceries and know what you’re spending your hard-earned cash on? Would you rather hand your ASUN representatives a multi-million dollar check with the subject line left blank, or would you like a say in how that money is spent. This election season we urge you to keep this in mind. Ask your candidates
how they plan to spend your $75.
2. HOW ARE YOU REPRESENTING MY INTERESTS? The ASUN president and vice president are elected by the whole student body. Senators are elected by their respective colleges. Executive board members are appointed by the president and approved by the senate. These positions include the Chief of Staff, Attorney General, and Directors of Clubs and Organizations, Legislative Affairs, Programming, Elections, Campus and Public Relations, Blue Crew and Diversity and Inclusion. Ask your presidential candidates who they plan to appoint to these positions, and ask your senators how thoroughly they plan to vet the president’s selections. Senators make up the legislative branch of the government. They represent the student body as a whole, but more specifically they act as delegates for the students in their college. They propose bills and resolutions, and vote
Social media connects people
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ocial media is valuable. It’s more than just memes, Reddit or leaked nudes of celebrities. Social media is, and always has been, much more than just a fleeting form of entertainment. Just take it back to Facebook’s foundings, where it was meant to be a way to connect classmates. In Laura today’s growGattis ing technological era, social media is more important and relevant than ever. Social media has been invaluable in American politics, shaping our political landscape and involving millions of people who otherwise would not have been able to learn about their candidates in the most recent presidential election. Think about it. Most, if not all, of your friends have a strong opinion one way or another about President Trump, and if you ask his critics why they dislike him, they’ll probably mention his tweets. Sure you can “cash me outside” (how bow dah?), but you can also catch me on my ASUN representative’s Twitter accounts making sure they’re being held accountable for their actions in ways that would have never been available to me otherwise. Social media is worth so much more than just the bash-
ing of questionable representatives. For people like me, it’s about networking, proving to companies that I’m worthy of working for them and that I can make their business better if they hire me. Bloggers that cultivate followings can create their own businesses writing about their travels or recipes and earn thousands of dollars a month, sometimes turning it into their full-time job. Before the rise of social media, the only way to be a published blogger was to be a journalist working for a magazine or newspaper, but through social media, anyone can give it a try and see if they’re successful. Beyond that, and at the core of it all, social media is a connector. Of course, Facebook is how I stay in touch with that one weird kid from high school who thinks he’s going to be the next white Tupac, but it’s also how my friends have met their significant others and found careers. Without LinkedIn and other job search sites, I’d probably be unemployed or working in a job I absolutely hate, but the freedom of being able to search thousands of jobs means that you can throw your résumé into the cloud and see what comes back (with the appropriate safety checks, of course). When you’re more intimately connected to your community, I believe that you have a higher chance of success in life. If you’re struggling with your sexuality in a small, conservative community, there are forums online that can help you discover yourself. Similarly, if
you need to find God again but your current religion no longer aligns with your beliefs, there’s no shame in researching the differences between Protestants and Orthodox Jews. You just can. You can learn from people who have been in both religions before deciding which one to try out, just like you can with colleges. When I picked Nevada for my undergraduate degree, it was important to me that I clicked with campus life, and Youtube videos of ASUN’s events and the university’s revitalization of downtown made me feel like it was here, in northwest Reno, that I belonged. Social media had a valuable impact on my life, memes and celebrity nudes and all.
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based on personal interpretations. Ask your senate candidates how they will best represent the interests of your college. ASUN elected officials represent a diverse population of students, and the representatives themselves should have a broad understanding of the students and groups on this campus. Ask your candidates how they plan to communicate with and understand the needs of a wide range of constituents. When left alone, our ASUN representatives are autonomous. Professional staff exists to advise and make sure ASUN doesn’t spend its whole budget on a Cher and Santana concert (this actually happened a few decades ago). More than that, we implore you, as students of this university, to be engaged with the university community and your student government. Last week, we reported on the social media furor over Speaker Noah Teixeira’s years-old tweets. On social media, students asked for Teixeira to drop
out of the ASUN presidential race. But in the days following the so-called scandal, students had multiple opportunities to attend public meetings and voice their opposition. Three students spoke during public comment at last week’s senate meeting. Two of them were Teixeira’s fraternity brothers who spoke in support of him. They said he’s a genuine guy who’s not racist or homophobic because he used to live with two black men, and he has gay friends. One woman asked if Teixeira feels he can be a fair representative of such a diverse student body. She happened to be the same person who posted the original screenshots of his tweets. There are so many avenues to participate, with everything from voting in the annual election to speaking up at weekly senate meetings. But it all means nothing if you don’t show up. The editorial board can be reached at jsolis@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
Social media is not human communication
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ocial media is the demise of meaning- to keep the Union intact based on a Twitter poll? ful human communication. This cannot be the only way we talk to each Friends used to write each other other, and it definitely has no place in politics. letters, but now they just share videos Zuckerberg points out that in recent elections on Facebook Messenger. Presidents around the world candidates with the most enused to give speeches, but now they just tweet gaged Facebook following have won. He thinks fragments and adjectives. Self-worth used to the same place where we get stuck watching be measured in respect from peers, but now it’s hours of street fighting videos should decide who measured in likes from strang- holds our highest positions of power. ers. In my opinion, politicians shouldn’t even be Social media is a drug for allowed on social media. The most substantive your ego (see @realdon- arguments that happen on the Internet are Redaldtrump). We derive pleasure dit threads about whether Saving Private Ryan from likes and views, and they or The Thin Red Line is the better World War II keep us coming back for more. movie from 1998. I admit, social media can be Real decisions can’t be made in 140 characters a useful tool. It’s an effective or less using hashtags and emojis. way to communicate instanPublic opinion can’t be measured with likes. A Ryan taneously with anyone in the step in the right direction might be a button that Suppe world and it’s a great platform says “I like this post because…” to share ideas and have arguSocial media has its perks. That groovy new ments; however, most people don’t use social disco emoji is the tits. I don’t hate social media media in this way. and I don’t hate people who use social media Instead, we use it to share selfies, fake news constantly (except you @kehoefromreno). But and cartoon versions of ourselves. I do hate the fact that social media has taken Yes, we can communicate more information over the way we communicate, and people like thanks to technology, but more information Zuckerberg want to move everything we do onto doesn’t mean better information. There are social media to profit one company. booming businesses in some Eastern European “Social infrastructure,” as Zuckerberg calls countries based solely on writing fake news that it, should involve real, meaningful words, not a we will share on Facebook. little cartoon thumbs up. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, recently released an essay outlining the future of social media as he sees it. He hopes to create a global community on the Internet where we participate in everything from politics to information to civic engagement. Zuckerberg says, “In times like these, the most important thing we at Facebook can do is develop the social infrastructure to give people the power to build a global community that works for all of us.” What language do we speak in this global community? Right now, we talk to each other with likes, shares, screenshots, swipes, memes, gifs and dog ear filters. Personally, I’d rather speak Photo courtesy of Wikimedia English. What if Romeo sent Juliet a text and she liked it but didn’t respond? What if Charlie Chaplin Ryan Suppe studies philosophy. He can be was content with being Vine famous and never reached at rsuppe@sagebrush.unr.edu and on made movies? What if Abraham Lincoln decided Twitter @NevadaSagebrush
The worst phrase a leader can say
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here is one three-word phrase that always sets me off: “not my problem.” If you say it to me, then chances are we’re not going to get along. If you say it around me, I will show you up. If a leader says it, then they’re not a leader. Let me explain why I loathe that phrase and what should be said instead. Anytime someone says that phrase, they’re actually saying “I don’t care.” Why do people say it? Well, people who use that phrase sometimes feel that they are bogged down by the world, their subordinates, their boss or their colleagues and don’t want to deal with another small issue that they feel isn’t worth their time. They typically feel angry that someone Patrick wants to waste their valuable, Hardin precious, oh-so-glorious time fixing an issue, and try to mask it in that trademark passive-aggressive tone that always accompanies that phrase. They say it because they’re tired - tired and egotistical. I’ve been on the receiving end of that phrase many times, like you probably have. One instance was when a massive event was coming
up and nobody had a task for me to do. Literally, I asked every person who was leading a project for that event if they needed anything for me to do, they all said no. So, I asked the advisor of this event if I could instead work on a related item of business. He said no. When I mentioned that I couldn’t find anything to do and asked for a suggestion, he said that phrase. I was furious. I was livid. I was angry. I was hungry, but that’s beside the point. I’m trying to maximize my contribution to the organization I was a member of, and felt belittled and marginalized. There’s a good chance that you will feel this way when you are on the receiving end of that phrase. When you say that phrase to someone, you might not realize that you’re insulting them. You are telling them that their concerns are beneath you and that the person asking is not worth the breath it takes to solve their dilemma. Using that phrase is outright rude and hurts the people you are around, the exact opposite of what a leader should do. A leader should take the steps necessary to acknowledge and value the concerns of the people around them. I acknowledge that not everybody is proficient or capable of solving every problem or dilemma. There will be times when you cannot be of valuable assistance to the person who
brings you a problem, though I will be glad to offer assistance on how to avoid using that phrase. 1. Take it as a Compliment Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell once said “Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” If someone brings you a problem to solve, take pride in the fact that someone believes you are capable and smart enough to solve their problem. It might just bring a smile to your face when you realize people believe in you. 2. Take Time Out Your first resort when someone brings you a problem is to be take some time to actually address the issue. Sometimes, you can find the solution to their problem. Sometimes, you come up empty. Either way, take the time and show them that you value them and their inquiries. 3. Connect People Together There are times on the job, in school, or in my personal life, that I’m not the best person to get an answer from. When that happens, I find someone who can do a better job than me.
If you think someone else is a better resource, bring the person who asks the question to the person that can solve the question. Yes, I do mean you, don’t just say “ask someone else”, give the person the resources necessary, like name or contact information, to find the person best fit to solve the problem at hand. 4. Apologize if Necessary There are times when you can’t figure out how to solve a problem, or who to go to solve the problem. There are dead ends, and when it comes down to it, just be honest, swallow your pride, and show that you do care and honestly can’t help a person any further. Leadership is a quality we all possess, though there are times we don’t exhibit leadership. It doesn’t matter what your position is in the grand-scheme-of-things, you can be a problem solver. Even when it’s hard, the payoffs are tremendous when you cast aside that phrase and make it your problem. who have been in both religions before deciding which one to try out, just like you can with colleges.
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Sophomore Kaleb Foster blasts a ball into the outfield against the New Mexxico Lobos on Mar. 12, 2016. The Nevada Wolf Pack boasts a relatively young team with just 14 upper classmen out of their 32man roster.
By Kevin B. Bass In his first year as head coach, T.J. Bruce brought in an excellent recruiting class. The class, ranked 35th in the nation, was the first to be nationally ranked in Nevada baseball history. Bruce followed up his initial success with 11 players signed during the early signing period, Nov. 6-16. The class includes four pitchers, six infielders and one catcher. Coach Bruce was recently voted the seventh best recruiter in the nation. Heading into his second season at the helm of the Wolf Pack, it’s easy to see why. Listed below are the 11 signees.
Pitchers Adam Kirk (RHP) / 6’5” - 210 / Arcata High (Eureka, California) Before signing his letter of intent in November, Kirk verbally committed to join the Pack in January 2016. He has a big, athletic frame and was a top-500 national recruit and top-100 recruit in the state of California. In 2015, his fastball was listed as topping out at 86 mph. Jake Jackson (RHP) / 6’1” - 200 / El Toro High (Lake Forest, California) A command pitcher, Jackson was listed as a third-team All-American by PerfectGame.org. He has connections to Nevada, as his father
Wade was a third baseman and outfielder for the Wolf Pack and was drafted by the California Angels in 1996. Coach Bruce thinks he will be able to pitch right away. Kyle Marino (RHP) / 6’1” - 170 / Alta Loma High (Rancho Cucamonga, California) Marino was on the CBA Marucci summer team, one of the most prestigious teams in the nation. He pitched on teams that won the Junior Olympics, Perfect Game College World Series and Perfect Game Evoshield national championship. Coach Bruce has said he could be a factor as a true freshman. Austin Crowson (LHP) / 6’5” - 210 / Lane Community College (Eugene, Oregon) Crowson was the last addition to the class, transferring from Lane Community College in Oregon. As a transfer, he will not be eligible to play until 2018, but will then have two years of eligibility and is expected to be able to pitch right away.
Position Players Tyler Bosetti (SS) / 5’11” - 160 / Vacaville High (Vacaville, California) A shortstop capable of playing multiple positions, Bosetti is highly regarded for his defense, with an above average arm and a quick stroke.
He has surprising power, posting a .638 slugging percentage in addition to a .386 batting average. Josh Zamora (INF) / 5’11” - 190 / El Toro High (Lake Forest, California) A high school teammate of pitcher Jake Jackson, Zamora was a four-year varsity starter with a career .306 average. He was a member of the USA National Development Team and was named a member of the All South Coast League. Kenny LeBeau (INF) / 5’10” - 175 / Granite Bay High (Granite Bay, California) The left handed middle infielder is another good defensive player, a hallmark of T.J. Bruce’s teams. His compact swing and the ability to hit to all fields led to him hitting .442 with a .604 slugging percentage. Bradley Norton (INF) / 6’1” - 170 / Amador Valley High (Pleasanton, California) Norton is an athletic player with a lot of accolades. He was selected to the U17 National Team Identification Series, the NorCal World Series all-tournament and all-star teams in 2015 and 2016. His athleticism makes him capable of playing any infield position, as well as the outfield.
(Kentfield, California) While in high school, Chiu was a three-time all-conference performer, and was an honorable mention all-conference player at Marin College. Coach Bruce is excited to bring his leadership and knowledge to the program, citing his personality and toughness. Daniel Perry (SS) / 6’2” - 200 / Lassen College (Susanville, California) Coming out of high school, Perry was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 13th round. Before electing to attend Lassen College, he was a four time all-conference selection and a Perfect Game preseason All-American. In 2015 he was ranked as a top-100 recruit by Scouting News. Josh Prizina (C) / 6’5” - 195 / Spanish Springs High (Sparks, Nevada) The only local in the class, and just the second from outside of California, Prizina was the 2016 Male Athlete of the Year at Spanish Springs high. A solid defensive catcher, he has a strong body and good power potential for the Pack. His uncle, Jim Puzey, was recently inducted to the Nevada athletics hall of fame, and his brother is a pitcher at Seattle University.
Marcus Chiu (2B) / 6’2” - 205 / College of Marin Kevin B. Bass can be reached at bcruz@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @Sagebrushsports
Examining Nevada’s Diamond Past By Brandon Cruz With Wolf Pack baseball coming back into full form, it should be noted how and where the Nevada baseball roots were nurtured into the sequoia tree it has become today. Reno’s rich history of success at the minor league level, along with a few Reno natives whose stalwart attitudes helped them find their way to the MLB, paved the way for the Silver State’s baseball future. Reno’s bustling baseball culture came to be in 1947 when the Reno Silver Sox first played in the Sunset League. Manager Thomas Lloyd l e d the
team from 1947-1948, ultimately helping the team win their first championship in 1948 with a record of 77-63. Following Lloyd’s departure, the team stayed in the Sunset League for another year, finishing seventh overall under Lilio Marcucci. In 1951 the Sunset League merged with the Arizona-Texas League, forming the Southwest International League. Before the Sox began their 1950 season, the team went solo from 1950-1951 in the Far West League. After their third place league finish in 1951 under Cotton Pippen, the Sox disbanded. Reno lacked the influence of a baseball team until 1955, when the Channel Cities Oilers moved to Reno on July 1. The Oilers were already a part of the California League and went 40-106 overall during their ’55 campaign. The Oilers assumed the Reno Silver Sox name again in ‘56. Although the team needed improvement, the Brooklyn Dodgers saw something in the organization, making the Sox their feeder team in ’56. The Sox stayed affiliated with the Dodgers until ’62, even when the Dodgers went to L.A. where they reside to this day. During their time with this franchise, the Sox went to the league finals on four separate occasions, taking home bragging rights in ’60 and ’61 under Tom Saffell and Roy Smalley respectively. From ’63-’64, the Sox changed major league affiliations from the Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Saffell came back as the manager for the team during the flux of affiliation, but couldn’t help the Sox find their way back to the promised land. In ’63, Saffell helped the team to a 71-69 record, finishing fifth overall in the California League. Saffell again was the manager for the team in ’64 but did not stay t h e en-
tire season, handing the reins off to Harvey Koepf. In 1965, the Sox did not play in any games, as they were not organized, forcing the team to sit out a year. The team disaffiliated with the Pirates after their year off from the California League. When ’66 came around, the team jumped back into play in the California League, with Phil Cavarretta at the helm. From ’66-’74, the team became the minor league team for the Cleveland Indians. The team failed to win a league championship during this 8-year span, placing in the top-three just twice. Once ’75 rolled around, the Sox changed affiliations once again, but this time they were the feeder team to two organizations in the MLB: Minnesota Twins and San Diego Padres. During this stint of giving recruits to both teams, the Sox won back-to-back championships for the second time in their history. However, the Sox did not stay a double-feeder team for long, solely working under the Padres from ’77-’81. From ’81 to ’87 the Sox were renamed the Reno Padres. The Reno Padres became the Sox once again in ’88, following the dissolving of the partnership with the San Diego Padres. The Sox’s last affiliation came in ’92 when they were picked up by the Oakland Athletics. This was the last time The Silver Sox played in Reno, as they moved to Riverside the following season. The Reno Silver Sox were eventually pushed out of Northern Nevada when the Tucson Sidewinders came to Reno in 2007. The team adopted the name the Reno Aces in 2008, and the Aces began their inaugural season on April 9, 2009,
Brandon can be reached at bcruz@ sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @Sagebrushsports.
against the Salt Lake Bees. Reno has been a vibrant culture for baseball since the late 1940s. Pack baseball’s roots were founded on its minor league baseball role models. Trailblazers from the SIlver Sox paved the way for players like Ed Plank, Rob Richie and Chris Singleton to flourish on Pack Baseball teams of their respective eras. The Sox gave scouts a reason to come to Reno, and through this they ended up finding talent on a great deal of UNR baseball rosters. Although the Silver Sox are no more, the team’s legacy will forever be ingrained in the history of both Wolf Pack and Nevada baseball.
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Wolf Pack v.s. no.23 Bearkats
Nevada Baseball fights tooth and nail for a win against UC Davis on Apr. 4. 2011 in Reno. The Wolf Pack had a rough weekend on the road only winning 1 of their four games.
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By Brandon Cruz
Pack vs bearkats feb 17 Wolf Pack baseball traveled to Huntsville Texas on Feb. 17, to take on No. 23 Sam Houston State. In what became a pitchers duel, Nevada received their first loss of the season. Trevor Charpie was a bright spot in a lackluster game played by the Pack. In the 6.1 innings pitched, Charpie struck out five players, as well as allowing five hits and one run. Had the Bearkats’s pitcher Heath Donica not pitched a shutout with 14 strikes, the game might have gone down differently. The only bat to ball connection for Nevada came from senior Justin Bridgman. The BEarkat’s third inning score would be the last of the game for both teams. Nevada lost the game 1-0.
Nevada baseball exacted their revenge on Sam Houston State, defeating the Bearkats 5-4 after going into extra innings. The Wolf Pack were down a run early in the first inning. The lead was short-lived as Keaton Smith knocked a solo shot over the left field wall, tying the game at one all in third inning. In that same inning, following a slip up by Kaleb Foster, Bearkats’s Andrew Fregia scored all the way from first base. Wolf Pack’s Smith would again come to the rescue, batting in a teammate in the fifth. Nevada finally saw their first lead in the sixth inning with a 2-run homer coming from Cole Krzmarzick. After Krzmarick’s huge bomb, the game sat at 4-2 until the ninth inning. Nevada failed to put up any runs
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in the ninth, all the while allowing Sam Houston State to record two run in that very inning. Pressure mounted on the Pack to close out the game as extra innings ensued. Nevada got two runners on after consecutive hits by Jed Sprague and Tyler Flores. Shortly after Grant Fennell hit an RBI single towards right field, scoring the go-ahead run for the Pack. Nevada’s Evan McMahan would put the dagger in the heart of his opponents, ending the game on a double-play. The Wolf Pack now sits at 1-1 and will square off against Sam Houston State for the third and final time on Feb. 19.
against the Sam Houston State Bearkats on a negative note, losing 8-2. Cole Krzmarzick got the Pack off on the right foot with his second home run of the season in the top of the first inning. This put the Pack up 2-0, but would be the last offensive output Nevada had for the entire game. The Bearkats scored a single run in the second inning and another two in the fourth giving them the lead 3-2. They then scored in the sixth, seventh and eighth inning topping Nevada 8-2. Nevada next game is against Virginia Tech on Feb. 24th in Reno at 11 a.m.
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Brandon Cruz can be reached at bcruz@sagebrush. unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports.
The Wolf Pack ended their three game series
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