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INTERNATIONAL TERMINALLY ILL MINOR FIRST TO BE EUTHANIZED IN BELGIUM A young Belgian citizen became the first minor to die by euthanasia in the country after being diagnosed with a terminal condition.

The identity and age of the minor have not been released.

Belgium first legalized mercy euthanasia in 2002 for people who could not be cured and were in constant pain. The law was extended to those under the age of 18 in 2014.

Children have to go through a more rigorous process than adults to be granted the right to die. Not only do they have to be diagnosed with an incurable disease, but they have to be expected to die in the near future as well. They also have to understand what euthanasia means and what the process is. Parents must consent for their child to die.

Belgium and the Netherlands are the only countries that allow mercy euthanasia. The Netherlands became the first country to legalize it in April of 2002.

NATIONAL WOMAN DIES AFTER CHASE ON PHOENIX FREEWAY A woman in Phoenix, Arizona died Sept. 7 after being chased by men in a pickup truck. Dinya Farmer was on the phone with 911 when she crashed into a freeway median.

She died later at a hospital from the injuries she sustained from the crash.

The transcript of Farmer’s 911 call was released to the public Monday, Sept. 19. She reported that three men had followed her onto the freeway after she drove away from their advances.

She called 911 asking, “What should I do?”

The 911 operator on the phone with Farmer said there were gunshots before the call was disconnected.

According to police, there is no clear motive behind the chase and shootings. It is not related to other cases of violence seen on Phoenix freeways in 2015.

LOCAL STUDENTS SET RECORD FOR NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS IN WASHOE COUNTY Students in Washoe County set a record for all-time high qualifications for the National Merit Scholarship for the school district this year.

According to the National Merit Scholarship program, 47 Washoe County students qualified as semifinalists. The program has never seen numbers this high from the county.

The students could potentially earn a total of $33 million in scholarships. They are competing with 16,000 high school seniors across the nation. Around 15,000 students make it to the finals every year.

The National Merit committee grants 2,500 students the scholarship after reading essays, reviewing test scores and looking at the difficulty of classes. They also consider leadership roles of the students within their schools and communities.

Students qualify for the National Merit Scholarship program by being in the top 1 percent of the PSAT scores in the nation when they take the test their junior year.

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Destruction of housing means displacement for low-income Reno residents

By Rachel Spacek Weekly motels and low-income housing complexes with peeling paint and crumbling brick walls line Reno’s Second Street. Residents sit outside their rooms smoking cigarettes and laughing loudly together. This scene is set to change with a city redevelopment plan that includes the destruction of low-income housing to build luxury apartments, condos and hotels.

Susan Leak, a retired low-income resident, was evicted from her home at the Lakeview Apartments. She was told she was getting kicked out to make room for student housing.

“I do live in a weekly motel downtown; I had permanent housing until I was evicted,” Leak said. “I am displaced in order to build high-cost student housing.”

Leak lives on the low monthly payment of $775 she receives from Social Security.

She is unable to get the work she needs to make high rent payments because of her disabilities and lack of transportation. Leak said after her rent payment, she only has about $50 to spend on food and other necessities, leaving her with very little money for transportation to job interviews.

“Some people will claim that the displacement of low-income, the elderly and the disabled are a result of how development is made,” Leak said. “No, this is not true. I have firsthand experience that displacement is real. I am living with the effects and will continue to do so until I have my own place.”

Leak’s experience is a prime example of what is known as gentrification. Gentrification is the process of renovating and reviving deteriorating urban neighborhoods by encouraging more affluent residents to move into them. This revitalization results in increased property values and the displacement of low-income families and small businesses.

ACTIONN, a community advocacy group, has been committed to bringing awareness to

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A Castaway Inn resident sits on his porch contemplating how he will be able to afford a new place after the weekly motel is demolished in the Second Street renovation. Castaway Inn is one of the weekly motels set to be taken down by Don J Clark Group, the group in charge of the Second Street District renovation.

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1. How and why did you become a Supreme Court Justice?

2. Why did the panel choose to hear your case at the Judicial College? 3. What is the most interesting case you have ever heard?

4. These cases seem like they could be really emotionally draining.

Do you have a method of dealing with really hard cases, like separating yourself from the case after it is over?

5. What are the most common cases you hear in Nevada? 6. How has the Court of Appeals' creation changed your jobs and the cases you hear?

7. What advice do you have for people hoping to someday be in a position similar to your own?

Supreme Court Justices

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Madeline Purdue can be reached at mpurdue@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @madelinepurdue.

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Clinton surrogate visits ramp up Nevada campaign

By Jacob Solis As presidential polls tighten in the Silver State and across the country, the Hillary Clinton campaign is stepping up efforts to recapture voters with multiple events over the next few days. In what the campaign has dubbed “Glass Breakers Week,” feminist icon Gloria Steinem, figure skater Michelle Kwan and former Nevada Lt. Gov. Sue Wagner will all be visiting the Biggest Little City.

Add to this another planned visit by VP hopeful Tim Kaine and you get the first concerted effort by either campaign to court Nevada voters since the caucus in February.

These visits come at a crucial time for a Clinton campaign that’s been slipping in national and state polls after a series of gaffes for the former secretary of state — first, after a media firestorm following her “basket of deplorables” comment, and again after a stumble during a 9/11 memorial service and subsequent diagnosis with pneumonia.

According to Michelle White, Hillary for Nevada deputy state director, the move comes because time before Election Day is quickly running out.

“With fewer than 50 days to go before Election Day and just weeks until early vote begins, we are in the final sprint to the finish line in the presidential race,” White said.

Throughout the past year, Clinton has continuously polled higher than Republican nominee Donald Trump, soaring to a peak lead of nearly eight points following the Democratic National Convention in July. Since then, it’s all been downhill for the Democrat as the race grows tighter every passing day. As of Monday, Sept. 19, Clinton’s lead is just below one point, according to the Real Clear Politics polling average.

In Nevada, the race is even closer. A Monmouth poll from Tuesday, Sept. 13, puts Trump up two points in the state, while an NBC/WSJ/Marist poll from five days earlier has Trump up one. These polls are within the margin of error, but so were two polls from August that had Clinton up by two.

All in all, the Silver State is proving too close to call.

By and large though, Clinton’s 2016 bid for the presidency hasn’t seen the warmest reception in the Battle Born State. When she entered the race

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in mid-2015, Nevada was firmly in the Clinton column, but as summer turned to fall and fall turned to winter, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders only gained more and more electoral steam.

Cut to February and the Democratic race had tightened to its closest point in the entire primary season, as Clinton and Sanders traded wins in Iowa and New Hampshire. This Sanders momen-

tum blunted Clinton’s expectations in Nevada — the third-in-the-nation caucus — and forced the Clinton camp to downplay possible results in the week before the caucus got underway.

These fears may have been misplaced, however, as Clinton won a majority in Nevada with a little over 52 percent of the vote. While Sanders would remain close to Clinton throughout the primary season, he was never within striking distance of taking the nomination for himself.

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a number of negative headlines, ranging from her use of a private email server during her time at the state department to allegations she gave an audience to high-profile donors to the Clinton Foundation. These swirling allegations have compounded her already poor favorable numbers and have put into question a Clinton presidency that looked almost certain just a few months ago.

Jacob Solis canbe reached at jsolis@ sagebrsh.unr.edu and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.

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By Rachel Spacek The 2016 College Scorecard and the U.S. News & World Report released their university rankings with the University of Nevada, Reno, scoring in a “top tier” position and above average on the Scorecard.

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UNR AVERAGE AND ABOVE ACCORDING TO 2016 COLLEGE SCORECARD The 2016 College Scorecard contains additional data from last year, such as graduation rates, college debt amounts

and repayment rates, and student earning totals after graduation.

The Scorecard also compares the diversity of the student body of each university. At UNR, white students make up 62 percent of the student body, while Hispanic, Asian, African-American and Native American students only make up 33 percent of the student population.

UNR RANKED A “TOP TIER” PUBLIC UNIVERSITY FOR THE SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR The U.S. News & World Report ranked UNR 197 out of 220 universities in its

“best of national universities” 2017 report.

U.S. News & World Report compares universities with indicators such as first-year student retention rate, graduation rate and the strength of the faculty. The report looks at location and campus life, including the range of academic activities and sports. The organization also weighs the cost of the university and the availability of financial aid.

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

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BOARD REPORTS AND SENATE BUSINESS PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT PREPARE TO PRESENT LEGISLATION AT NEXT MEETING In their officer reports, President Brandon Boone and Vice President Jacob Springmeyer praised the success of the Biggest Little Festival and thanked the senators who volunteered at the event. Boone and Springmeyer will be taking a check to City Hall in the coming weeks to donate the proceeds from the BLF merchandise sales to the Reno Works Project.

Boone said a bill to increase funding for the Pack Internship Grant Program has been written and will be on the agenda for the senate meeting on Sept. 21.

Elizabeth Loun, internship and employer relations coordinator, will attend the senate meeting on Wednesday to present information about the Pack Internship Grant Program and why it needs funding. Boone encouraged the senate to read the bill before next week’s meeting and come with questions for Loun to answer.

WTF NEVADA ASUN TO BE REBRANDED Sen. Luis Barragan, the What to Fix Nevada ASUN program manager, discussed the rebranding of the program in a lengthy discussion with the senate. WTF Nevada ASUN is a program that ASUN launched in 2013 to allow students to voice their problems and concerns with ASUN through the WTF Nevada ASUN Facebook page.

The Senate encouraged Barragan to utilize InkBlot to help with marketing and rebranding ideas.

Speaker Pro Tempore Hannah Jackson said she would like to see access to WTF Nevada ASUN on the ASUN website, making it easier for students to contact ASUN with problems they see at the university.

Barragan said he would discuss marketing options with InkBlot as well as plan tabling and other events to spread the word about WTF Nevada ASUN.

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Senate Bill 84 was introduced after revision to clear up miscommunication between the senate and the Nevada State Undergraduate Research Journal.

Members of NSURJ told the Budget and Finance Committee that they did not want an additional $1,000, as the first edition of S.B. 84 addressed; instead they were requesting that $1,000 be moved from the “Reserves” item in the NSURJ account and put into the“Operating” line item.

NSURJ claims that this transfer of funds will allow it to improve public relations and better inform students about what it offers. The NSURJ plans to engage in more programming, tabling and marketing in the upcoming year.

The bill was approved unanimously.

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

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the displacement of low-income Reno residents as the city continues to experience redevelopment. The organization hosted its “Week of ACTIONN Against Gentrification” last week as a response to the displacement of residents earlier this year. This displacement was the result of a project to build high-cost student housing, similar to the project that caused Leak and other Lakeview residents to be evicted.

“When we say we’re against gentrification, we’re talking about outdated, unjust community development policies and projects. However, the ‘Week of ACTIONN’ is really about calling for a 21st-century community development agenda that focuses on creating jobs, justice inclusion and affordable housing,” said Mike Thornton, the executive director of ACTIONN. “It is about saying yes to creating a sustainable city that meets the needs of all its current and future residents.”

ABODO, an apartment search company, recently ranked Reno in the top three U.S. cities that saw the largest apartment rent increase from January to February. The company reported that the average cost of a one-bedroom apartment rose 12.3 percent in February to $749.

“We are seeing a crisis in Reno,” said Aria Overli, a first-generation college student at the University of Nevada, Reno. “Rents

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are rising, job training is nonexistent and wages are stagnant. Reno is growing, and we have the opportunity to embrace this growth to create a Reno where everyone gets the opportunities that were provided for me as a child.”

Overli is set to receive her master’s degree from UNR in December. She is an organizer for ACTIONN, and she organized a campus rally in front of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center last Tuesday as part of the “Week of ACTIONN Against Gentrification.”

“College was not an option for my parents, but they worked hard to ensure I was able to get an education, but they didn’t raise me on their own either,” Overli said. “I was able to get to where I am today with the resources my community made available to me.”

Overli was raised by a single mother.

She said her family had to move into subsidized housing for a year before her mother was able to obtain another job and the family could afford to move somewhere else. Overli said if it weren’t for that subsidized housing, her family would have ended up on the streets and she would not have been able to recover from that situation enough to be where she is today, a college graduate on the cusp of a second degree.

Overli wants to see Reno embrace its growth to create the same resources she received as a child so that residents can grow to their full potential just as she has.

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A resident of Town House Motor Lodge sits outside her room on Monday, Sept. 19. Town House Motor Lodge is one of several weekly motels and low-income housing complexes to be demolished in the coming years.

“We can use development to create good-paying jobs for local residents,” Overli said.

The $1.2 billion plan to develop western downtown Reno would include the destruction of the Castaway Inn, Town House Motor Lodge, 7-Eleven Motor Lodge, Gibson Apartments and Whitewater Park Apartments, to name a few.

The company in charge of the project, the Don J Clark Group, reported that 237 residential units including weekly motels and apartments would be removed for the downtown improvement.

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1. Justice Cherry: I knew I wanted to become a judge at a young age from watching judges hear cases. So I became a judge in 1999, I was re-elected in 2002, but I ran without opposition. In 2006 Justice Rose retired from the Supreme Court so I ran in his position, and in 2012 I ran and got re-elected. So I was a district court judge for eight years, and I’ve been over here for nine years.

Justice Gibbons: As a judge you can run and be elected onto the [Nevada] Supreme Court, like Justice Cherry and I. Or you can be appointed by the governor like Justice Douglas was. He was appointed by Gov. Kenny Guinn in 2004.

2. JC: When I became Supreme Court justice I did not do that much campaigning because I didn’t have an opponent.

So then Mark Gibbons, who is on this panel, recommended that we go tour rural Nevada. So we tour these high schools or wherever and we have actual cases. We’ve been all over rural Nevada — I’ve been to Panaca, Tonopah, Fallon, Sparks, we’ve been to Winnemucca twice, Elko, we’ve been to Reno a couple of times, we went to Reno High School and Bishop Gorman. So you name a place, we’ve been there.

We hear actual cases with actual lawyers.

And there are students or public officials who come to watch. At the end of the session we do a Q&A with the students; we can’t talk about the cases, but we can talk about being a lawyer, and this way people get a taste of exactly what we do. People usually know about trials, but they don’t know where it goes from there, so that’s why we’re doing it — to show people what exactly the Supreme Court does. I’ve always been happy with the turnout and my experience at the Judicial College, so this is kind of paying them back for the good experiences I’ve always received.

3. JC: Well, we just had the ESA case, the education savings case. We haven’t even

concerns for the well-being of lowincome Reno residents who may become displaced due to redevelopment.

“There has to be affordable housing out there, but no one seems to know where it is or who to call,” Leak said.

“I will continue to fight for affordable housing and community benefit policies. Reno can’t wait any longer to help us out.”

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

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ment decisions have been made with virtually no input from the communities and individuals that are most affected by those decisions,” Thornton said. “These are the same communities that are habitually marginalized, disenfranchised and increasingly alienated from civic life.

Revitalization works best when community members have a say in the process and when they know community leaders are seeking their input.”

During the public comment section at the Reno City Council meeting Thursday, ACTIONN organizers and community members voiced their

Two Native American tribes are taking the state to court over allegations that it is too difficult for Native people to vote in elections. The lawsuit was filed in a federal district court on Sept. 7.

Specifically, the Walker River Paiute Tribe and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe are suing Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske and Washoe and Mineral counties over polling sites not being located on tribal properties.

Walker River Paiute Chairman Bobby Sanchez and Pyramid Lake Paiute Chairman Vinton Hawley are the plaintiffs in the case. Pyramid Lake Paiutes want the polling sites to be located in their tribe’s capital.

Both tribes are asking for a place where the tribes can register to vote in person.

“If we have the same access and opportunities, we will be able to increase participation by tribal members,” Hawley told the Associated Press.

The complaint filed with the federal court in Reno states the tribes believe the actions of the state and counties are in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

Members of the tribes have to travel close to 100 miles to get to their registered voting locations in Sparks and Hawthorne, which causes issues for those without cars and the elderly.

“Our votes matter. Our votes count just as much as here in Reno and the rest of the country,” Sanchez said in an interview with News 4.

The complaint also states that “the significantly greater distance required for them to reach the voting sites will make it substantially more difficult, if not impossible, for them to take advantage of the convenience and benefits of in-person

registration, in-person early voting and Election Day in-person voting” than that of their white counterparts.

“We’re a rural community, and some of the tribal members don’t have the resources to travel the round-trip distance,” Hawley told the Reno Gazette-Journal. “A lot of the tribal members are elderly; they’re not able to drive. They don’t have the funds to purchase gas and go back and forth.”

The tribal leaders told 13 Action News in Las Vegas that they had reached out to the counties to discuss a better way for Native Americans to vote, but they were denied.

The tribes have a combined 50,000 voters inconvenienced by the location of the polling sites, according to the suit.

Bret Healy, a consultant for the Native American advocacy group Four Directions and who is overseeing the lawsuit, said voter registration and turnout among Native Americans is at an all-time low, according to the RGJ. Healy has handled similar lawsuits in other states, and he told the RGJ that when the cases have been granted, voter turnout among Native Americans increases by 130 percent.

Voter registrars told The Associated Press there wouldn’t be enough time to set up registration stations on tribal lands before voter registration ends on Oct. 18 and early voting begins on Oct. 22.

“With Election Day fast-approaching, the registrar’s plan for the general election remains in place and her decision regarding this matter is final,” said a statement released Wednesday by Washoe County Registrar Luanne Cutler.

Cutler also told the RGJ that she would be happy to discuss the tribes’ concerns after the election is over.

Madeline Purdue can be reached at mpurdue@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @madelinepurdue.

made a decision on that case, but every time the Legislature does something or the Constitution is amended, we have interesting cases. We’ve had cases involving minimum wage; we have all of the criminal cases and all of the death penalty cases that come up to us. We do not lack interesting cases. I do not have a particular favorite; there have been all kinds. So you name it, we’ve had it.

JG: I had a case — it was really sad — of a girl who had smoked marijuana and got into her car. She ended up falling asleep behind the wheel and running off the road where she hit and killed six people who were cleaning up trash on the side of the highway. This girl was young, but she killed six people and you have to think about those people’s families.

Justice Douglas: I had an assault case Brady J. Johnson/National Judicial College where the victim took the stand near the end of the case, and as the prosecuting Supreme Court Justices Cherry (center), Gibbons (left) and Douglas (far right) hear lawyer was asking him questions, he was cases at the National Judicial College on Wednesday, Sept. 14. The two cases included demonstrating the way the victim was a land-use and a murder case. choked. But as the lawyer was demonstrating how the victim was choked, he had lege on a basketball scholarship. He had Court of Appeals. It started with three his hands around the victim’s neck and a clean record and a loving family, had judges, two in Las Vegas and one up was actually putting pressure on him to great grades, and worked a part-time job. here in Reno. They have taken some of the point where he had trouble breathing. He was driving home after a work holiday the burden off us. They handle the same You should never put your hands around party where he had drunk one too many type of cases we handle. There are certain or even touch people on the stand, so I had drinks. He ended up hitting a car and cases that the Constitution says we have to stop him and calm everyone down. killing a son and his father. Those are hard to handle, like ballot questions and bar 4. JG: We do get a lot of really, re- because you have the boy on one hand matters that involve the State Bar of ally tough cases. I think the worst ones with a clean record, a future and his fam- Nevada. We handle the big criminal cases. are sexual assault cases, especially when ily who was devastated. But you have the They have been a help; it is really good to the victim is alive and testifies during the family of the son and the father who lost have them. case. The worst are child sexual assault their family members forever. Those are 7. JG: Stay in school. Go to a law school cases. And you just have to sit here and really difficult. and study hard. listen to the case, make a decision, and 5. JC: Well, we hear a lot of criminal JD: It’s OK to not know what you want then separate yourself from it when you cases. That is a big part of our agenda. We to do when you’re young. I thought I was get home at night. also have a lot of personal injury cases going to be in education. My entire family JD: It is part of the job. There are really where people are involved in getting hurt. is in education; I really enjoyed it, but I difficult cases that I heard years ago and We have a lot of cases of breach of con- found out I had a passion for law. still remember like they were yesterday. tract — business cases where people have JG: A lot of people practice something JG: DUI cases are hard too, because entered into a business arrangement and and then realize later in life that they want they are these underage kids who have a something has gone sour. That’s when to pursue law, so it isn’t too late to change drink or young adults who have one drink one party sues the other. We have a lot your mind. too many and get into their car and hurt of family law cases, involving divorce, someone. juvenile sentences, neglect and abuse of The news desk can be reached at rspacek@ JD: I heard a case of a boy who was a children. sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter basketball star. He was set to go to col6. JC: We’re in our second year with the @TheSagebrush.

BACKGROUND OF EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT NEVADA EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT Nevada’s Education Savings Account Program, enacted in 2015, is a program that gives parents access to a portion of their child’s public education funds to help pay for private school tuition. The program allows parents to remove their child from their assigned public school to put them into a private school.

On July 29, Supreme Court justices heard two challenges to the ESA in Las Vegas. The first case challenged the law that allows parents a $5,000 voucher to pay for private education; opponents said the money comes from the account that funds public K–12 schools.

The state argued that public schools are still fully funded and that a clerical change would fix the issues brought up in the lawsuit.

The second case was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against the ESA. It claims the state is funding religious educational institutions with the ESA. The ACLU also said since the money would be transferred from the state to the schools, it shows the state is directly supporting these institutions.

There is no timeline for a decision in either of the cases against the ESA. Rachel Spacek can be reached at rspacek@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @RachelSpacek.

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STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS DATE: Tuesday TIME: 4 p.m.

LOCATION: Joe Crowley

Student Union, Milt Glick Ballroom INFO: What has UNR been up to for the past year? Yes, this is the first thing I think of when I get up at 6 a.m. to go to class too. You can find this out at the address that President Marc Johnson will be giving. It's sort of like the State of the Union, but actually means something to you. Tickets are $5.

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Häsler Gómez studies at his desk on Saturday, Sept. 17. Gómez attends UNR and is currently in his second year of the BFA program.

The fog of depth Häsler Gómez begins work on his final year

TIME: 6 p.m.

LOCATION: Joe Crowley

Student Union, Theater INFO: I love when movies are topical. "The Purge: Election Year" is exactly what this election cycle needs. Take it as a valid way to solve our problems, as scathing satire or complete trash.

Any way you want it, you got it.

KARAOKE NIGHT DATE: Thursday TIME: 8 p.m.

LOCATION: Joe Crowley

Student Union, Blind Onion INFO: Sometimes you feel like a woman and just need to let it out. If that happens this Thursday, then go to the Blind Onion and sing your little heart out. Go get some free pizza because you know what they say — the years start coming and they don't stop coming, so go do it.

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(Top) A lamp hangs in Häsler Gómez's office on Saturday, Sept. 17. Gómez's office is shared with a fellow student in the BFA program. (Bottom) Gómez works on a piece in his shared studio next to another work in progress.

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By Blake Nelson It’s 3 in the afternoon on a Saturday and Häsler Gómez is the only person in the sculpture lab. Beyond the pitter-patter of people in the hall, the lab is largely silent.

Gómez is in the lab because he just began work on his thesis, “Ghosts upon the Earth: the Return of the Poet,” the culmination of his time spent in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program.

Gómez leaves the main area of the lab, climbs a flight of stairs and arrives at “The Loft,” a smaller area above the lab that he shares with fellow students to create art and receive and give critiques.

A table well over 8 feet tall stands next to Gómez while he applies layer after layer of plastic to a battered desk chair — a ritual that has taken nearly two months. The table and the chair will be featured in his thesis exhibition this spring.

“This piece is called ‘Ode to Silence: The Way You Left Me,’” Gomez said as he described the chair. “It’s this idea of repetition and our relationship to each other and how we treat people. Lots of times we really don’t care how we treat them, we use them and discard them, kind of like what we do with objects."

“The Loft” also has an office that Gómez shares with another student from the BFA program. The office is cluttered with photos, books and pieces of past work. His computer screen looks even more disheveled than his office.

The room and his computer kind of work as an allegory for the array of sources he draws inspiration from.

Personal observations, art history, science and religion are just a few of the sources Gómez synthesizes and places into his art.

“I love consuming all these different things and using them as material,” Gómez said.

This curiosity is expressed in his studies. Gómez originally declared majors in psychology, writing and art, but later cut it down to just psychology and art with a minor in writing. When it comes down to it, he appreciates art more for allowing him to use all the things he’s interested in.

Sculpture and writing are the main mediums that Gómez explores in his art. His sculptures are usually found objects, manipulated in a way so as

to express ideas of disconnection between people. Gómez also writes poems that are featured alongside his sculptures.

His work has been described as hazy and somber, due in part to the use of plastic and the overall tone of the pieces. As part of the BFA Midway show last semester, Gómez cast his foot in plaster onto a chair for one of the pieces, and he hung similarly nebulous poems in the same exhibit.

Although his art often has a sober tone, a dichotomy exists between himself and his work.

“When I’m in the studio or talking about art, it’s a very different person … but when it’s just me with my friends or with my family, it’s a different side of me,” Gómez said.

Gómez’s family is mostly Evangelical Christian, with his grandfather being a pastor and his parents preachers. Gómez is also religious, going to church and singing in his church’s youth music group — something not easily reconcilable with his art.

Gómez moved from Guatemala City, Guatemala, to Reno when he was four. His family has supported him throughout his life, allowing him to choose Christianity rather than forcing it on him and supporting his choice to pursue art.

Gomez’s first instance of disconnection was when he first went to school in the United States — he couldn’t speak English. To help learn English he would watch his classmates speak.

When it comes to his art, Gómez’s family is supportive, but “they don’t fully understand it,” Gómez said. And he’s OK with that because he doesn’t fully understand it himself. When it comes to the religious aspect of his art, Gómez thinks that his family can relate.

“I think there is still hope in my work,” said Gomez, “I also think there is hope in religion and they can connect to that. It’s like still being able to see the light while in the abyss.”

At the end of his time at UNR, which will total five and half years, Gómez will present his thesis and intends to go to graduate school to pursue art.

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

'Skeleton Tree' — cathartic masterpiece

By Joey Thyne “Nothing really matters when the one you love is gone,” Nick Cave sings in the song “I Need You.” A recurring topic throughout his new album is loss. Similar to last year’s “Carrie & Lowell” by Sufjan Stevens, “Skeleton Tree” expresses the agony of grief.

Cave’s son died a year ago after falling off a cliff. Much of the album was recorded prior to his son’s passing, but content was edited and added afterward. Regardless, death is an unavoidable presence on the album.

To use a cliche, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds needs no introduction. The post-punk group has consistently been releasing music since 1983. However, no previous album has been quite as candid.

On the album opener “Jesus Alone,” Cave gets straight to

the point. The first line is “You fell from the sky / Crash landed in a field near the river Adur.”

This song continues with eerie keyboards and growling guitars.

From this point on, Cave more or less relinquishes his goth persona. The "prince of darkness" melts away and he bears his soul.

The instrumentation is stripped down. Most of it is based around delicate piano, hollow acoustic guitar, and ominous synths or string arrangements. Even the album layout is minimalistic with a brief eight-song track list and mostly black cover.

Nick Cave is older now, his voice not what it used to be.

Many times singing is replaced by spoken-word poetry. When he does sing, his withered voice adds to the effect of desperation.

The emotion exhibited on the album is never manipulative or

overly sentimental, but instead acknowledges the disorienting conflict that goes along with the death of a loved one. As always, his lyrics are jam-packed with abstract metaphors and cryptic visions. “And in the mirror I see me vomit in the sink / And all through the house we hear the hyenas hymn,” he speaks on “Magneto.” “The jittery TV / glowing white like fire,” he sings on “Skeleton Tree.”

Typical to those dealing with the death of a loved one, Nick Cave examines his own mortality and ponders existentialism.

“There are powers at play more forceful than we / Come over here and say a short prayer / A prayer to the air, the air that we breathe,” he says on “Anthrocene.” “They told us our gods would outlive us / But they lied,” he says on “Distant Sky.” It’s important to mention that the entire album isn’t miserable. “Rings of Saturn”

is pleasant to listen to, with its crackling atmosphere and relaxing piano. “Distant Sky” is an anomaly in the Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds catalog because of its vulnerable sincerity. The song is a divine revelation.

Danish singer Else Torp delivers a lovely performance over the heartbreaking organ, telling the spirit of the deceased to move on, saying, “Let us go now, my darling companion / Set out for the distant sky.”

The title track is the final song, on which he reminds us that “Nothing is for free.”

The album closes with hushed voices repeating “It’s all right now,” as if trying to convince themselves.

Similar to David Bowie’s “Blackstar” earlier this year, “Skeleton Tree” has so much emotional weight it is a tough album to judge. It is an album intended to be experienced alone in a dark room, washing

over the listener.

Joey Thyne can be reached at bnelson@sagebrush.unr.edu or on Twitter @b_e_nelson.

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Nevada burdens Native people Stand with Paiute Tribes’ lawsuit over shameful lack of rural polling stations

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n the eve of the presidential election, Nevada is embroiled in a shameful controversy. The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and the Walker Lake Paiute Tribe have filed a lawsuit against several state officials, including Secretary of State Barbara Cegavsky, over limited accessibility to voter registration and polling locations for those that reside on tribal lands.

According to the text of the lawsuit, “At issue in this case is Defendants’ failure to establish a site for in-person voter registration, an in-person early voting site, and an Election Day site … on two reservations, thereby making voting less available to members of the Pyramid

Lake Paiute Tribe … and the Walker River Paiute Tribe.”

This is a case of voter disenfranchisement, and all Nevadans should be outraged that state officials have not only allowed it happen, but have refused to address it in a timely manner.

With these restrictions, those living on tribal lands would have to travel nearly 100 miles round trip to cast their vote on Nov. 8, according to the lawsuit. Given that Pew Research Center data found that the poverty rate for Native Americans was 29.1 percent in 2012, lengthy travel times are more than an inconvenience — they wholly detrimental to the ability of Native Americans to exercise their constitutional

right to vote.

Nevada is not the first state to see its disenfranchisement of Natives litigated.

Reuters reports that since 2013, “five federal lawsuits involving Native Americans have been filed.” These lawsuits addressed similar instances of disenfranchisement across the nation, from voter ID laws to ballots bereft of translations in Native languages that make it more difficult for the Native population to vote.

The catalyst, of course, is the unceremonious gutting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by the Supreme Court. The Court’s 2013 decision struck Section 4 of the VRA, which subsequently allowed states to alter their election laws without federal approval. In the Court’s dissenting opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg referenced “‘second-generation’ barriers” to voting that are employed to “reduce the impact of minority votes.”

These second-generation barriers are

not overtly discriminatory, but therein lies their danger. Requiring some voters to travel unreasonable distances to simply cast their ballot may seem innocuous, but in reality is a policy that unfairly burdens one segment of Nevada’s population over others.

One often hears of election laws as targeting minorities in order to benefit a certain party. In states with large populations of African-American or Latino voters, who tend to favor Democrats, it’s easy to draw this conclusion. However, the current case in Nevada goes far beyond simple party politics and strikes at the heart of equality and justice.

The Native American population in Nevada rested at approximately 1.6 percent in 2012, according to Census data. While that 1.6 percent may, to some degree, influence the outcome of local or national elections, the effect of their vote is but one small detail of the larger

issue — the continued oppression of a people that have been marginalized and mistreated by the American political system for centuries.

Nevada’s election laws are but one more link in the long chain of abuses endured by the Native American population. These communities have been subjected to injustices with lasting impacts, such that Pew finds Natives living in poverty and dropping out of high school at more than twice the rate of whites. In a recent op-ed published on Indian Country Today, President Barack Obama called these statistics a “moral call to action.”

That call is now being heard in Nevada, and it is the responsibility of our elected officials, political party leaders and fellow residents to heed it.

The editorial board can be reached at jsolis@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.

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clean up lesser parts of Reno and our citizens are very environmentally conscious.

Amy Schumer tries to create this persona in her comedy that she is relatable. She comes off as a person of the common folk. But instead her comments lead you to believe she is just another pain-in-the-ass Hollywood elitist who only goes to bars that you need a password to get into. Now I’m led to think she is one of the worst kinds of people.

The kind that carries teacup-sized dogs in purses and visits pretentious oxygen bars.

There are even rumors around town that her comments stem from her water not being room temperature at the Grand Sierra.

Schumer, all I am saying is that I suggest you give Reno another look. And most importantly: come on, girl. Get your pronunciation together. It’s Nevada, not Ne-vah-da.

pple Music and Tidal have been in a streaming war, fighting for customers by getting artists to sign exclusively with one of the two streaming entities. Let’s face it, as college students, most days we struggle to pay rent, purchase books and buy groceries. So where on Earth are we going to get the money to pay for one music subscription, let alone two!?

Frank Ocean’s recent album release, “Blonde,” was long overdue. After its release, subscribers to Tidal were unable to access the album because Ocean signed an exclusive deal with Apple. According to CNN’s Seth Fiegerman’s article, “The Streaming Music War is Getting Ugly,” Tidal subscribers were outraged, stating, “You’re telling me I switched to Tidal & Frank gotta go and drop an Brandon album exclusively for Cruz Apple Music?” Have no fear, Tidal users, Apple Music subscribers faced the same ordeal when Kanye dropped “The Life of Pablo” exclusively on Tidal. Just hours after the album dropped West tweeted, “My album will never never never be on Apple. And it will never be for sale … You can only get it on Tidal.” Too bad West’s one too many nevers meant absolutely nothing, as “The Life of Pablo” eventually found its way to Apple Music. Along with Yeezus stabbing Jay-Z in the back, his beloved wife Beyoncé did the same with her album “Lemonade.” It looks as if the two never went over loyalty in their wedding vows.

It is obvious to see Jay-Z is not only losing every battle with Apple but also the entire war. So when investing the little money you have in music-streaming applications, what should you do? The best overall choice would be Apple Music. Not only does it have far more selections as far as music goes, but it could also be cheaper, depending on how you swing it. Apple charges $9.99 for a single subscription and $14.99 for a family plan. The family plan has the ability to have six family members on it, or six friends depending on your situation. If you find five reliable friends, you only have to pay $2.50 a month for unlimited music. Talk about a bargain!

Now if you are still wary about which to choose, here is what Tidal offers. The standard subscription will run you $9.99 and $19.99 for the lossless-quality, high-fidelity service. The high-fidelity service makes the music details finer, vocals crisper and allows for a more natural-sounding bass. While many who have tested the high-fidelity service state there is a difference in music quality, I do not believe it is worth an extra $10 a month. The best part about all of this is, if you buy a subscription to Tidal through Apple’s app store, the fee is bumped up so Apple gets a piece of the profit. Tidal is undoubtedly taking L’s left and right.

Now let’s say you really want a subscription to both. Your best bet would be going with the family plan for Apple Music and finding family members or friends to help you out with the payments. Then purchase the $9.99 subscription to Tidal. That will put you at roughly $12 a month for both subscriptions if you can get five other people on your family plan.

In all honesty, Tidal is on the decline and will be out of business within the next two years, so I would advise against the purchase of the service. If Tidal’s business owner, Jay-Z, can’t seem to keep his own wife on as an exclusive artist to his streaming app, how in the world would he be able to retain any other artists?

Ali Schultz studies journalism. She can be reached at alexandraschultz@unr. edu and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.

Brandon Cruz studies journalism. He can be reached at alexandraschultz@unr.edu and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.

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In the last few weeks, comedian-turned-actress Amy Schumer has recieved serious backlash from local Renoites for calling the city “a dump.” Schumer called the town a dump in an interview with BBC.

Reno may be a dump Amy, but it’s our dump damnit!

L ast week in an interview with the BBC, comedianturned-actress Amy Schumer was asked, “What’s the worst place you can ever imagine being for a weekend?” After a few seconds of contemplation, Schumer responded, “Reno, Nevada ... because it’s a dump.”

In a matter of minutes after the video went viral, Schumer made enemies with a whole city.

Schumer has received serious backlash from proud Renoites following her interview. Twitter blew up with tweets from Ali citizens who were Schultz quick to defend Schultz Happens their “Biggest Little City.”

Some of the tweets read: “Hey @amyschumer, referring to your BBC Interview, you can help make Reno, NV less of a ‘dump’ by

not coming back here.”

“Why are we so mad that @amyschumer, a talentless broad who steals her jokes, hates Reno?”

“When Amy Schumer called Reno ‘a dump’ I think she was referring to her face :-)” Amy Schumer, I always thought by your raunchy standup and your wild portrayal of your character in “Trainwreck” that you of all people would know how to have a good time. But obviously your comments lead me to believe you spent a little too much time at the Grand Sierra driving range and not enough time having fun. Clearly your fictitious characters are the only Amys that know how to have a good time.

I will give Schumer the benefit of the doubt. If she didn’t get out much, the drive from the airport to her hotel isn’t exactly paradise.

In fact, it does look like a scene straight out of “Reno 911.” I’m sure out-of-town visitors expect Officer Dangle leading the Highway Patrol squad. And just like every other city in America, there are parts of Reno

that are “dumpy” for a lack of better words. Our Fourth Street does look like a live screening of “The Walking Dead,” and Sun Valley trailer park boasts one of the highest concentrations of meth in the country.

But Schumer, you have to get out there, experience and see all of Reno before shitting all over it. Reno has incredible local restaurants like Brewer’s Cabinet and Campo. We have a bar scene that appeals to any night-life enthusiast from the fun dance crowd at Saint James to the classy aesthetic of Death and Taxes.

Who could forget that one of the most beautiful places in the world, Lake Tahoe, is right in our backyard?

But most importantly, Reno has some of the most character in a city I have ever seen. We are a melting pot of culture, from Artown to Burning Man. Not to mention the University of Nevada, Reno campus is rich with history and boasts a beautiful, lush landscape.

People from Reno are proud of where they are from and rightfully so. We have countless initiatives to

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his past weekend, Coffin & Keys published their first issue of the year. In case you haven’t heard of them, C&K is a popular opinion publication written by 10 anonymous students that represent most of the major organizations on campus. C&K is allegedly comprised of students from all major fraternities, Jack sports teams, Rieger ASUN, etc. Their

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brand is along the lines of a gossip magazine, and I don’t necessarily mean that in a derogatory way.

The goal of C&K is to be totally honest and critical of organizations and people at the university, using their anonymity as a protective shield to help achieve this objective.

They try to represent the honest opinion of students and will insult, criticize and/or ridicule any person or organization on campus that they feel deserves attention.

In the C&K issue published this weekend, I was a focal point of their disapproval. Their primary criticism

surrounded a column I wrote two weeks ago, where I claimed that Nevada was better at tailgating than playing football while also placing the reader in the center of the student tailgate that took place before the game by colorfully and dramatically illustrating the scene.

The chaotic sequence that I recalled included a U-Haul truck full of students drinking alcohol and a mob of students dodging incoming beer cans. C&K was upset primarily because they felt my exposure of the tailgate would lead to the university canceling future tailgates.

“Nearly everyone who was at the tailgate can attest to the fact that it was incredibly safe compared to the ones of the past,” wrote C&K. “Campus police even came through several times without incident.

However, Dipshit of the Year Jack Rieger wrote that ‘the student tailgate section of the north end-zone parking lot looked like a scene from Project X,’ which has led university administration on a witch hunt to destroy the tailgate altogether. Did you think they wouldn’t read your writing?”

Along with criticizing my exposure of the tailgate, C&K was also critical of The Nevada Sagebrush’s negativity toward the football team this season.

“Unify the university instead of dividing it,” wrote C&K. “Be positive instead of negative. If y’all want to help this university, do not drag it down. When was the last time you wrote something positive about Nevada football? Your purpose should be to encourage students to attend games, not the opposite.”

Let me start by saying I respect C&K’s mission to be honest and critical as well as represent the unfiltered opinion of students.

That is an incredibly important and valuable aspect of journalism.

Universities, football teams, Greek organizations and journalists should be exposed and evaluated through an honest, transparent lens. But here’s what C&K has failed to notice:

I’M ACCOMPLISHING EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO, EXCEPT I SIGN MY FIRST AND LAST NAME AT THE TOP OF THE COLUMN AND THEREFORE INHERIT THE CONSEQUENCES THAT COME WITH BEING CRITICAL AND HONEST. I’m not hiding from anyone.

In the tailgating article I wrote two weeks ago, I also harshly criticized the Nevada football team for almost losing to an FCS opponent and head coach Brian Polian’s enraged sideline behavior. Because of that criticism, I met in person with Nevada’s athletic director, talked on the phone with Nevada Athletics’

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public relations department and heard negative feedback from fellow students who didn’t appreciate my tailgate coverage. Individuals in C&K have never experienced having to take ownership of their opinion.

They don’t have the courage to attach their name to their criticism of individuals and organizations.

I am perfectly fine with every ounce of backlash I’ve received in the past few weeks because I understand the value honesty provides for the reader. The majority of journalists do everything they can to portray the subject they cover in a positive light because they depend on that relationship for information and they want to keep their cushy job. I get paid $100 per week; I don’t have obligations to be positive toward Nevada Athletics, student conduct or coach Polian. The only obligation I have is to you, the reader. I will always be honest, and I will always try to entertain you.

Furthermore, I am always willing to discuss my opinion with anyone who is interested or concerned, as I did with Athletic Director Doug Knuth.

So when C&K complains that my exposure of the tailgate was “misguided,” my response is I don’t really care. When I went to the game against Cal Poly, the tailgate was the thing that stuck in my head and I knew students would be interested in reading about it. When C&K complains about the Sagebrush’s negative coverage of the football team and claims that our purpose should be to “encourage students to attend the games,” my response is, that’s what the team’s public relations department is for. My only obligation is to be honest and entertain the reader, and I will do so without apologizing to the organizations or individuals offended by it.

The real reason C&K is upset with me is because I’m doing their job better and more frequently than they are, and I’m signing my name at the top of the page.

Jack Rieger is a finance and economics major at the University of Nevada. He can be reached on Twitter @JackRieger.

Lower the drinking age.

It’s what the founding fathers would’ve wanted

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Freshman year thus far O ne of the most difficult tasks facing 17- and 18-year-olds every year is the adjustment between high school and college. As one of the bright-eyed youngsters of the class of 2020, I have had the privilege of experiencing the struggle firsthand.

For freshmen, the fourth week of college came with one overwhelming thought: “Did I really make it this far?”

It’s true that college brings a lot of new experiences, but it also comes with new responsibilities and expenses. For instance, many freshmen were caught unprepared by the new financial obligations. In addition to the larger expenses, such as tuition, textbooks and parking passes, little things like Dominique providing Scantrons Kent for tests and being prepared with one’s own stapler came as a shock.

“I really like UNR. It’s a great school, but it’s so expensive. My bank account is crying,” said freshman Karly Campbell.

Once the fees were paid and the supplies were purchased, the struggles continued within the classrooms. Many new students

had homework and assignments immediately, beginning their college coursework before they had time to adjust to life as an adult.

College in general moved quickly.

Clubs and campus jobs were already filling up before the end of the first week. “Musical Man,” the school musical, had been cast and begun rehearsals by the first Friday of the school year. By the end of week two, the semester was in full swing.

Everybody seemed to have adjusted from the summer and started working toward their personal, academic and extracurricular goals without hesitation.

The rapid pace, however, left several freshmen struggling to catch their breath.

“I cried literally every day my freshman year. My first semester screwed me over so bad. My first theater class caused me to not pursue a career in acting. The world might be better for it, but my confidence is not. I also got my first C, which ruined my GPA. I’ve had straight A’s and worked my butt off to reverse all the turmoil that happened those first 16 weeks of college,” said senior Katie Jones, reminiscing about her first year at UNR. For most freshmen, the first semester is brutal. The steep learning curve is coupled with the pressure

of trying to start off with good grades. Throwing in concerns such as working and participating in extracurricular activities makes the first few weeks even harder.

Still, many students have been able to find solace in their passions.

“Freshman year was tough because, for the first five weeks, I did not have friends and was alone a lot. But being a theater major helped because the theater department is very close. The transition from high school to college is tough, but you get used to it,” said Morgan Moessinger, a sophomore at UNR. Now that the first few weeks of the semester have passed, it seems that the worst might be over for freshmen. Routines have been set, friends have been made and the worst of the culture shock has passed. With the most extreme highs and lows over, freshmen are finally able to enjoy their newfound adulthood. It’s still a little scary, though.

“Transitioning from high school to college has been a little chaotic, but the sense of community and purpose in college is far stronger, which is an amazing feeling,” said freshman Sam Crabtree.

Dominique Kent studies English. She can be reached at dkent@sagebrush.unr. edu and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.

lass has started, fall is in the air and most important of all, football season is back. I, like many of my fellow Wolf Pack members, like to enjoy alcohol from time to time, especially on gameday. Thankfully for me, I am 21 and able to go to a bar or drink at a tailgate event. But I wasn’t always 21; many students do not have this luxury. So what do you do if you are under the drinking age and want to drink? You either find someone older to buy it for you or get a fake ID. Once Austin you get the alcohol, Harney maybe you and your friends huddle in a dorm room and drink or go to a tailgate and try to avoid the bike cops. This sense of paranoia about the possibility of getting caught by a police officer or RA for doing something illegal only encourages more drinking.

Our country’s puritanical drinking laws encourage binge drinking and take what should be a social act in a public space (like a bar) and relocate it to private homes where people are out of supervision of those who keep the peace, like bartenders, bouncers and police officers. Without these people, drinking while underage is only possible in places that are less socially regulated environments.

But don’t just take my word for it.

The Amethyst Initiative, a statement that seeks to lower the drinking age, was signed by over 100 chancellors and presidents of colleges and universities throughout the United States.

The Initiative remarks, “Alcohol education that mandates abstinence as the only legal option has not resulted in significant constructive behavioral change among our students.” Abstinence until 21 is ridiculous, especially when in a

college environment where 18- to 22-year-olds mingle in classes, sports and social circles.

One of the biggest benefits of having a lower drinking age is that there would be a decrease in sexual assault cases. Like I mentioned earlier, those who drink while underage drink in less socially regulated environments, and with heavy alcohol consumption playing a significant factor in nearly every sexual assault allegation, people who are sexually assaulted in a bar or restaurant can go to the bartender or bouncer and have them call the police or deal with it. But those who are underage in a dorm room or at a house party in someone’s basement don’t have those luxuries. The drinking age at 21 does not stop those underage who want to drink from drinking; it just forces them to drink in a different location away from supervision.

We live in a country where you can join the Army, fight for our freedoms and win a Purple Heart at 18, but you can’t buy yourself a measly PBR at a bar. You can buy cigarettes, vote in our presidential election and get your license, but don’t even think about ordering a Moscow Mule.

We deserve the right to drink just as we deserve the right to smoke cigarettes. People can pick their vices for themselves as long as they are not putting others in harm’s way.

So when we as a country decide to forbid certain legal adults — people ages 18 to 20 — from drinking in bars and other public spaces, we create the unintended consequence of promoting binge drinking. As Benjamin Franklin once said, “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” I just wish every member of the Wolf Pack had the opportunity to be as happy as me on gameday.

Austin Harney studies political science. He can be reached at alexandraschultz@unr.edu and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.

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Nevada student Trisden Shaw sits down as the national anthem plays during the pregame ceremonies for the Nevada vs. Buffalo football game at Mackay Stadium.

Sitting tall for the cause Nevada students join Colin Kaepernick in anthem protest

By Neil Patrick Healy Protesting the national anthem in response to racial injustice in America has been headline news around the country since 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began sitting or kneeling during the opening ceremonies this past NFL preseason.

Now the movement has made its way to Kaepernick’s alma mater, but instead of the protests happening on the sideline, they took place in the stands.

Trisden Shaw, a political science major, spearheaded the protest for Nevada’s game last Saturday against Buffalo where around 30 Nevada students sat down during the playing of the national anthem.

Shaw was aware of the media attention the movement has been receiving since other NFL players have started to join Kaepernick’s cause and wanted it to continue at

the University of Nevada.

“I feel that we need to keep this conversation going,” Shaw said. “I noticed how much national attention it was getting and I understand that we have un-talked about racial tensions on campus and I think it’s important to keep that conversation going.”

Shaw and other students on campus began to notice strained race relations after they marched through campus in support of the protests going on at the University of Missouri last November. After the speeches held on the quad, the marchers found a slew of hateful comments aimed towards them on the social media app Yik Yak. “It was all over [Yik Yak],” said Cheyenne Vance, a pre business student at Nevada.

“We didn’t even do too much of anything.

We weren’t being disruptive, but we were just trying to give attention [to the issue].

We didn’t do anything to provoke anyone.”

When Shaw, Vance and other students helped organize the protest at last Saturday’s home game, they wanted to show the negative reception they were receiving to the public.

“The protest was peaceful,” Vance said.

“It wasn’t violent in any way, we didn’t threaten anyone in any way, and the reactions we got are what we want people to see. We were just sitting down and people were screaming at us.”

Shaw and other protesters said that most of the anger aimed at them during the actual protest was more yelling and telling them to stand, but it was on social media where the racially charged and vulgar language was directed towards them after Kaepernick retweeted one of the tweets with photos illustrating the sit down.

“We have a lot of negative comments on social media,” Shaw said. “I woke up today with about 50 mentions. From the N word, or calling me lazy or pictures of dead solders and saying that ‘they died for us’. Just pretty much trying to shame our views.”

Since the inception of the anthem protests, the national conversation has shifted

from racial issues to respecting the flag or respecting solders. Shaw not only finds the use of solders to divert the conversation not only as frustrating, but also misleading from what he and others are actually trying to illustrate.

“That’s what infuriates me the most, that they can take a vital issue and a vital conversation and skew it towards the solders,” Shaw said. “The conversation had nothing to do with the solders. I think everyone has the same respect for the solders nation wide, and if you don’t it’s not due to black lives matter or anything. It’s just your personal opinion. So to take our message and misconstrue it and turn it into ‘they hate America. They hate the solders’ that’s not what we’re saying at all.”

Shaw later addressed the mindset of people who claim that the U.S. has made so much progress in race relations up to this point by explaining that more work needs to be done.

“If you think about where [black people] were coming from, we were coming from the bottom, so you only can move up,” Shaw said. “So people are saying that ‘yeah, we’ve made progress’, but we couldn’t be the greatest country in the world if we

hadn’t made progress. We can’t still claim that we are the greatest country if we’re not willing to make more progress.”

Shaw is a co founder of United Nevada, a student diversity council on campus that helps organize other multicultural and progressive clubs and organizations.

United Nevada’s members include The Young Democrats and The Reno Justice Coalition, and Shaw and other members hope the movement at Nevada athletic events continues to increase in size and notoriety.

“I would love for it to grow as the game progress,” Shaw said. “That’s the whole point. The first one was just to show that we’re sitting with him and that he has support. We see that the Nevada community, where he grew up [in college] and thrived in, especially our black community, isn’t really supporting him. So we wanted to show that there are people sitting here for him that truly believe in what he believes in and that are willing to push his agenda as well.”

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

Butler shines on Mackay’s 50th birthday Led by the dominant performance of running back James Butler, Nevada football played its best game of the season on Saturday night, winning by a final score of 38-14 over Buffalo.

Mackay Stadium’s 50th anniversary was celebrated at halftime with a firework show and students were given gold(ish) T-Shirts to honor the occasion.

JAMES BUTLER IS A BEAST Nevada’s most talented and important player is junior running back James Butler, who ran for 174 yards on 28 carries and three touchdowns Jack on Saturday. Butler’s Rieger NFL equivalent is Frank Gore, an undersized back with good power and excellent pad level. Although Butler is just 5-foot-9, he has an ability to earn yards after contact thanks to his 210 pound frame and relentless energy. Butler’s physical, downhill running style wore down the Buffalo defense as the game moved along, averaging 7.7 yards per carry in the second quarter and 5.6 yards per carry in the third quarter.

True freshman Jaxson Kincaide was the second string back on Saturday night, replacing Akeel Lynch, who suffered a concussion against Notre Dame last Saturday. Kincaide was impressive, rushing 18 times for 99 yards, including a 48-yard scamper in the first quarter. Kincaide has quickness and an ability to make people miss that Butler doesn’t possess.

“His skill set is not anything we have in the running back group,” quarterback

Tyler Stewart said after the game. “Not any disrespect to any of the other running backs but he’s a little bit different. More of a jitterbug type of guy.”

Kincaide’s NFL equivalent is Jacquizz Rodgers, an electric, speed back with an elusive jump cut. Kincaide will almost certainly become a larger part of the game plan going forward and may replace Akeel Lynch as the second string running back.

BUFFALO’S QUARTERBACK WAS A DISASTER Local journalists will be singing Nevada’s praises this week, but shouldn’t the quality of the opponent matter when evaluating Saturday night? The Buffalo Bulls looked more like a Reno high school squad than a college football team. Worst of all was their quarterback, Tyree Jackson, who finished 7-22 with 130 yards. But the stat line doesn’t do his lack of a performance justice. Jackson was so consistently inaccurate, I’m convinced he was either taking shots of tequila with students at the pregame tailgate or he bet his scholarship money on Nevada minus nine. And for some reason, Buffalo’s coach kept calling downfield passing plays that Jackson constantly overthrew.

While Nevada earned a much needed dominant win, I don’t think this game proves much of anything except that you should take Army minus 15.5 at Buffalo next week. Nevada’s defense still gave up 6.6 yards per carry and their front seven doesn’t have much depth. Next week, Nevada travels to Indiana to take on Purdue, a Big Ten opponent that will reveal much more about the progress, or lack of progress,

the Wolf Pack has made this season.

MUSTARD SHIRTS AND FIREWORKS Mackay Stadium turns 50 years old this year and Nevada Athletics celebrated the occasion on Saturday with a badass firework halftime show and hideous mustard shirts. I’m a sucker for fireworks, but the halftime explosion was by far the most entertaining part of the game. Nevada invested in some big league explosives that lit up Mackay Stadium for five glorious minutes and left the field covered in a thick layer of smoke that almost certainly gave every person in attendance terminal cancer.

As great as the firework show was, the commemorative shirts nearly ruined everything. The shirts read “Mackay Stadium 50th Anniversary” and were a goldish mustard color, which makes no sense whatsoever. What does gold have anything to do with Mackay Stadium, the University of Nevada, or Reno? I understand this is a minute detail but this shirt is so distracting it’s pretty much not wearable. Usually these shirts are perfect for the gym, but the 50th anniversary mustard T doesn’t qualify for more than pulling weeds in the backyard.

So while Nevada fans and students left Mackay Stadium with a big smile on their faces and mustard shirts on their back, there is still much to be determined about 2016’s football team.

A Big 10 opponent and the upcoming conference schedule will paint a much clearer picture regarding how good this team is.

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Nevada quarterback Tyler Stewart (15) flings the ball down field during Saturday’s game at Mackay Stadium against Buffalo. Stewart completed 76 percent of his passes and had one touchdown pass in a 38-14 win over the Bulls.

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WOMEN’S GOLF The Nevada women’s golf team finished fifth out of a 16-team field in Fort Collins, Colorado, during the Ptarmigan Ram Classic from Sept. 12 to 13. The Pack found themselves in second place going into day two of the tournament, but lost their footing, slipping to fifth place to cap off the tournament.

Day two featured rough weather conditions, as the temperature dropped into the 40s, accompanied by a steady rainfall. Junior Celyn Khoo put the team on her back, as she tied for 11th place out of 86 competitors.

WOMEN’S SOCCER The Wolf Pack broke even this weekend, as they fell to UTEP in El Paso, Texas, on Friday, Sept. 16, and defeated New Mexico State in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Sunday, Sept.

18. In Nevada’s game against UTEP, only four of their 10 shots landed on goal. UTEP also took 11 shots, but over 50 percent of their shots were on goal. The end score was 2-0 UTEP, dropping the Pack to 2-4 on the season. Their following game two days later against New Mexico State had the exact opposite outcome. The Pack shot a far better percentage, giving New Mexico State keeper, Ashley Martin, a host of shots to deal with. The Aggies keeper stopped 10 of 12 shots, ultimately leading to a Wolf Pack win. The Pack is now 3-4 heading into conference play.

MEN’S GOLF The Wolf Pack men’s golf team ended their two-day stint in Madison, Wisconsin, with a second-place finish at the Badger Invitational.

Nevada had an impressive tournament as they were one of the two teams to finish under par at 2-under.

The entire team was on fire as Nevada did not record anything less than a bogey on the final day of the tournament. Senior Nick Fuller was the Pack’s MVP, as he had his best personal finish in a year, tying for fifth place. The pack finishes up their Ram Masters Invitational tournament today in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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The Wolf Pack’s two-time All-Mountain West honorees, Sheila Morales and Blaga Delic, have been ranked 43rd in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The pair has been a force to be reckoned with the past two seasons, posting an overall record of 36-14. This ranks them second in school history, only behind Maria Mizyuk and Caroline Bailly. Morales and Delic will more than likely shatter that record by season end.

Brandon Cruz can be reached at neil@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports.

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NBA fans, executives likely to handle protests better than NFL

By Neil Patrick Healy The amount of protests during the national anthem in the NFL has been increasing with each passing week. More players are beginning to join 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in his stance. The dialogue has been mostly about soldiers and the flag, while football, baseball and hockey coaches have voiced their displeasure with the gesture and said they wouldn’t allow it on their team. One anonymous NFL executive even went as far as calling Kaepernick a “traitor.”

As I was reading and hearing these comments from those in power, I noticed a common trend: none of them were from the NBA. Oklahoma City Thunder guard Victor Oladipo came out and said that there’s “no question” that NBA players will follow Kap’s lead and protest during the anthem once basketball season rolls around. An important detail though is the NBA, unlike the NFL, does have a rule in place that does require players to stand during the anthem.

It wasn’t surprising to me when Oladipo said this, but the silence from basketball executives illustrated that the NBA has to handle the protests differently than other leagues because of the perception that basketball is a “black sport.”

“But Neil, nearly 69 percent of the NFL is black!” some people will say angrily as they read this. It’s true, a majority of NFL players are African American, but there are two reasons why the NFL isn’t perceived as a “black sport” like the NBA is.

1. The NFL audience is vastly white.

An Experian Simmons study found that 83 percent of people who identified themselves as NFL fans were white, while only 9.5 percent were black. In comparison, a study conducted by The Atlantic showed that only about 40 percent of NBA fans were white, while 45 percent were black. Does this mean black people don’t like the NFL? No, but it means a lot of white people like it. The NBA will undoubtedly reflect the values of its sizable African American fan base and its players, which are 74 percent black.

In between games on TNT or ABC, the commercials are always filled with black actors. The NBAtickets.com commercial depicts a black family buying tickets after seeing the Andersons got tickets.

“The Andersons got tickets to the game? How’d they get tickets?!”

The McDonalds commercials always have black actors and the promos for Tyler Perry shows like “House of Payne” or “Meet the Browns” are always on. NFL ads consist of clips of “New Girl” or “60 Minutes,” depending on if you’re watching FOX or CBS. Not with me yet? OK, how about All-Star games and halftime shows? Look at the some of the Super Bowl halftime performers.

The NFL books acts like Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, The Who, Katy Perry and Coldplay. The time they got Beyoncé to perform she did a tribute to the Black Panthers and it sparked outrage within the NFL fan base.

In the NBA, rappers like Drake greet players like LeBron James, Steph Curry and Russell Westbrook after they’re introduced. Halftime of game five of the 2013 finals was when Jay-Z announced the release of his new album via a Samsung commercial — the same Jay-Z that was a partial owner of the Brooklyn Nets and helped push the franchise’s move to Brooklyn. The same Jay-Z that runs his own sports agency and represents perianal all-star Kevin Durant.

The All Star game in 2014 had performers like Kendrick Lamar and Earth, Wind & Fire play at halftime. When the NBA booked Sting to perform the All-Star game last year, the entire league’s fan base was skeptical. The audiences are vastly different.

2. The NFL has major home-grown white superstars.

Key term in there is “home-grown” because the cultural differences between white Americans and white Europeans are numerous. 23 percent of NBA players are white, but a large number of them come from Europe, Australia or New Zealand. It’s hard to market German-born Dirk Nowitzki or the Spanish-born Gasol brothers to an American audience.

The marketability of white NFL players is extremely prominent.

From JJ Watt being in Poppa Johns and Bose ads, Tom Brady trying to sell us a $5,000 mattress and Peyton Manning being in almost every commercial ever, the NFL doesn’t suffer from a lack of marketable white superstars. The only current white American NBA player in a commercial that I can remember is Kevin Love in a chocolate milk campaign where he’s rebounding alone in a gym while pounding down some chocolate milk.

According to Forbes, seven of the top nine NFL players who made the most money from endorsements in 2015 were white (Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson at No. 6 and former Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch at No. 8 were the two African American players). Forbes’ top nine NBA endorsement grossers in 2015 were all black.

Does this mean some NBA executive won’t speak negatively about protests once the season starts? Of course not. Nothing is guaranteed. But at the same time the NBA is most likely going to handle the situation differently. One can make an excellent argument that the NBA is the most progressive sports league by far, and the league’s track record on social issues illustrates that.

Pack takes two over weekend

By Brandon Cruz The Nevada Women’s volleyball team made its way to Sacramento, California, on Friday, Sept.

16, to participate in the Sacramento State Tournament. The Pack had a strong showing in the tourney, but would falter against Cal Poly, ultimately ending their eight-game winning streak.

NEVADA VS. SACRAMENTO STATE The Wolf Pack got off to a slow start against Sacramento State on Friday, Sept. 16, as they lost the first set by 9 points. Sacramento State came out on fire, defeating the Pack 25-16. Nevada quickly found their game, taking the second and third sets due to a host of kills from Madison Foley, Madison Morell and Kathryn Groenweghe. Sacramento State also made an overabundance of mistakes, practically handing the sets to the Wolf Pack. The fourth and final set would end in Nevada’s favor, with the Pack overpowering Sac State 25-16. The Pack would go into day two of the tournament on an eight-game win streak.

NEVADA VS. CAL POLY The Cal Poly Mustangs snapped Nevada’s eightgame streak on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 17.

The Pack opened up the first set with two points against the Mustangs. Cal Poly quickly tied the game up and the two continued to trade the lead.

After a short while, the Mustangs went on a huge run, downing the pack 25-15 in the first set. The second set was much of the same, seeing Cal Poly win 25-19, putting them up 2-0 in the match. Although the Pack was down 2-0, they refused to go

Commissioner Adam Silver, who had been on the job for less than three months, expelled former Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the league after his racially charged comments about black players. The league also moved its 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, North Carolina, in response to the state’s controversial HB2 law, which was the first major sporting event to be moved from a state in response to one of its laws. The NBA players union had its proposal for a health care plan for its retired players ratified in August, making it the first health care plan of its kind in a major sports league.

NBA owners and executives will most likely express their approval or just keep silent. Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who coaches many star players for team USA, has already come out in support for the protesters, saying, “It’s their right.” The narrative surrounding this anthem protest in the NBA will most likely be vastly different from the one currently engulfing the NFL. The NBA’s progressive and inclusionary track record combined with its popularity in the African-American community will almost ensure that.

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NATIONAL PREDICTIONS MICHIGAN ST. VS. WISCONSIN This one is all Michigan State!

While the Badgers are 3-0 and defeated number 5 LSU in week 1, their quarterback, Hornibrook, has thrown a few too many interceptions. Since they cannot trust their quarterback, they rely on a strong rushing attack led by senior Dare Ogunbowale. Even though the Badgers’ rushing attack has been potent over the last few weeks, the Spartans have only allowed 152 rushing yards total over their first two games.

Score prediction: 30-21 Michigan State.

OLE MISS VS. GEORGIA The Rebels will win this game. Yes, they are 1-2. Yes, they lost to Florida State, who just got demolished by Lamar Jackson and the Cardinals.

But Ole Miss’ game against Alabama was the best game they’ve played all season. Even though they lost, the game was tight on all accords. Look for Ole Miss to come at Georgia with a vengeance, following the close loss to Alabama.

Score prediction: 35-24

AIR FORCE VS. UTAH ST. The Falcons will soar to victory in this Mountain West Conference matchup. While Air Force has yet to face a worthy opponent, their ground game is dominant.

Over their last two games they’ve amassed over 800 rushing yards.

The Aggies have been staunch on the defensive side of the ball, other than their matchup with USC. But Air Force has the ability to run away with this game. Score prediction: 35-20 Falcons.

OREGON ST. VS. BOISE ST.

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Thunder guard Victor Oladipo (5) stands on the court during a game against the Kings in Amway Center in 2013. He said he expects national anthem protests during NBA games.

The Beavers will find their mojo and edge out Boise State. At one point Oregon State was in the Top 25, but lost their place following a week-one upset to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. As long as the Beavers can avoid becoming one-dimensional, they will beat an untested Boise State team. Score prediction: 28-13 Beavers.

Brandon Cruz can be reached at neil@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports.

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down without a fight. They opened up set number three with a 5-1 lead over the Mustangs. The set would stay neck and neck for a good while, until the Pack finally edged out the Mustangs, winning set number three on the back of Groenweghe’s final kill. The fourth and final set was the most interesting set of the match. The Pack found themselves tied with the Mustangs from points 25 through 32. Unfortunately for Nevada, Cal Poly would eventually take the cake, winning the fourth set 34-32, ending the Pack’s revered eight-game streak. After this game Morell moved to eighth in Nevada history in career points with 1,085.5 and Lyndsey Anderson is now seventh in school history, following her 48-assist performance.

NEVADA VS. GRAND CANYON Following their devastating loss against the Mustangs, Nevada held no prisoners when squaring off against Grand Canyon. Nevada demolished Grand Canyon in all facets of the match, sweeping the match and leaving the Grand Canyon team with a bitter taste in their mouths. Morell, Foley and Groenweghe all had double-digit kill performances, the majority of which coming on the heels of Anderson’s 39-assist performance. The Pack’s convincing win over Grand Canyon puts them at 9-3 and according to the Nevada women’s volleyball website, it is the fourth best start in program history since 1984. The Pack will begin conference play this Thursday, Sept. 22, against Utah State at the Virginia St. Gym, in Reno.

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Nevada starting quarterback Tyler Stewart sits down and takes qestions during the post game interviews at Mackay Stadium. Stewart is in his second season as the starter.

WEEKLY TOP 5 Best Coaches of the 2000’s

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NICK SABAN

In Saban’s nine-year tenure at Alabama he has won four BCS national championships and only had one season where his team did not secure at least 10 wins. In his inaugural season with the team, he went 12-0.

This was Alabama’s first undefeated season since 1994. Alabama has become the most feared team in CFB.

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URBAN MEYER Meyer has a knack for turning awful teams into good teams and good teams into great teams. He fostered one of the greatest turnarounds in NCAA history, as Bowling Green went 8-3 in his first season.

He then won three BCS National Championships, securing his place in top 2.

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STEVE SPURRIER

Spurrier was one of the few older coaches that didn’t fail to produce in new school football. He took the Gamecocks to a bowl game in nine of his ten seasons and was named SEC coach of the year twice while he was at the Univesity of South Carolina.

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On the day Reno celebrated 50 years of football at Mackay Stadium, Nevada delivered its best game of the season, beating Buffalo 38-14.

As is typically the case when Nevada wins, the running game was working well throughout Saturday’s contest. James Butler ran 28 times for 174 yards and three touchdowns, and true freshman Jaxson Kincaide added 99 yards on 18 carries to help the Wolf Pack secure a win. Kincaide, a freshman from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was replacing Akeel Lynch, who left last week’s game against Notre Dame with a concussion. Kincaide impressed fans, teammates and coaches with his explosiveness and elusiveness.

“Jaxson Kincaide has the ability to make people miss, and he’s got great vision,” said head coach Brian Polian. “I think we’re going to look back in a couple of years and be really, really excited that he’s here with us.”

Tyler Stewart bounced back from a tough start against Notre Dame last Saturday with one of his better career performances.

Stewart finished 16-for-21 with 160 yards and a touchdown, and six rushes for 31 yards. He kicked off the scoring for Nevada in the opening drive with a 9-yard touchdown run. Nevada never trailed after that, and in the third quarter the team had a 31-0 lead.

“I felt like we were capable of a dominant performance, and I think we got close to that today,” Polian said. “I felt like we needed that. It’s been a little while since we were dominant.”

Linebacker Alex Bertrando led Nevada with 10 tackles, as the defense frustrated Buffalo quarterback Tyree Jackson all night. Jackson finished the game 7-for-22 with 130 yards and a touchdown. The Bulls’ running game had moderate success, rushing 35 times for 240 yards and a touchdown.

Nevada Athletics honored Mackay Stadium’s 50th anniversary with a fireworks show on the north end of the stadium and gave students free commemorative gold T-shirts. Members of the undefeated 1986 Big Sky Championship football team were also honored at halftime.

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STAR OF THE GAME: James Butler: 28 rushes, 174 yards, three touchdowns.

PLAY OF THE GAME: Kincaide breaks loose for a 48 yard rush in the first quarter.

QUOTE OF THE GAME: “He’s an awesome little guy. All [of a] sudden I see him making these crazy cuts. It’s really impressive for a freshman. He’s a stud.” — Austin Corbett

UP NEXT: Nevada will travel to Indiana to play Big Ten

MACK BROWN

While it may have taken Brown a few years to take the Longhorns to a BCS National Championship, every year they were snubbed, they visited a bowl game. Brown would win a lone BCS Bowl in 2005 and lose his second to none other than the Crimson Tide’s Nick Saban.

opponent Purdue (1-1) on Saturday. Purdue is coming off a 38-10 loss to Cincinnati.

Jack Rieger can be reached on Twitter @JackRieger or by email at Jrieger@Sagebrush.unr.edu.

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PETE CARROLL Like Brown, Carroll would also only appear in two BCS National Championships, going 1-1.

Carroll was a winning coach, but is more admired for his ability to sky rocket revenue sales for the Trojans. When Carroll started, sales were at $38.6 million. From 2000 to 2008, sales rose to a whopping $76 million.

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Nevada running back James Butler (20) slips through a tackle and scurries up field in last week’s game at Mackay Stadium. Butler rushed for 174 yards and three touchdowns.

GAME PREDICTION: NEVADA AT PURDUE

Neil Patrick Healy

This is the stretch of the schedule where Nevada will either prosper or falter. First a trip back to Indiana to face Purdue and then a trip to Hawaii. Purdue has been one of the worst Power 5 teams in the country for almost a decade and is poised to repeat that feat. Nevada is going to try to run the ball with James Butler and breakout freshman Jaxson Kincaide and keep the Boilermakers off balance. Based on what Nevada did last week, I’m picking the Wolf Pack close.

Jack Rieger

This Saturday’s game will be the first opportunity to make a realistic evaluation on the 2016 Nevada football team (ignore the fact that this publication has written several articles evaluating Nevada). While Purdue is probably the worst Big 10 team, they are still in one of the best conferences in college football and will have size on the offensive and defensive line. This will be a close game with a lot of scoring. Purdue wins, 31-27.

Brandon Cruz

NevadafootballtravelstoWestLafayette,Indiana to face off against the Purdue Boilermakers. The main point to consider is Purdue has not been any good since the departure of soon-to-be Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees in 2000.

Purdue quarterback David Blough has thrown twice as many interceptions this season as touchdowns. With this in mind, I am choosing Nevada over Purdue as long as the Pack can force Purdue to throw the ball. Score prediction: 35-28, Nevada.