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VOTERS TURN OUT IN HISTORIC NUMBERS FOR ASUN ELECTIONS

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A Canadian government official announced Monday, March 27, that it is looking to legalize recreational marijuana by July 2018.

The anonymous government official told the Associated Press the upcoming legislation will be introduced on April 10. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been promising to legalize recreational marijuana since he took office in 2015.

If the legislation passes, Canada would become the largest country to legalize recreational marijuana nationwide in the world.

“This will be done in a careful way to keep it out of the hands of children and youth, and to stop criminals from profiting,” said Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould in a statement, according to the AP. “In order to meet our commitment to legalize, the legislation will need to pass through the parliamentary process in a timely fashion.”

The legislation would allow anyone 21 years or older to carry 30 grams and grow four plants. It would not allow marijuana to be sold in the same places as alcohol and tobacco.

NATIONAL ’FEARLESS GIRL’ STATUE TO STAY IN PLACE New York City’s mayor announced Monday, March 27, that the “Fearless Girl” statue across from the “Charging Bull” on Wall Street can stay through February 2018 instead of being removed as scheduled on Sunday.

The 4-foot, 250-pound statue appeared earlier this month to draw attention to the lack of women on corporate boards.

It has quickly become popular worldwide and a tourist attraction.

“I see men and women as the yin and yang of society,” said the artist, Kristen Visbal, to AP. “They bring different things to the table. They solve problems in a different way. But we need to work together.”

The statue has been allowed to stay due to an art program through the Department of Transportation that manages the Wall Street area. However, some people are not happy about its extended stay.

Arturo Di Modica, the creator of the infamous Wall Street “Charging Bull,” wants the statue removed. He told AP his statue is “art” as opposed to the “Fearless Girl” that is an “advertising trick.”

LOCAL CARSON CITY HONORS POLICE Carson City introduced a different way for residents to honor the police officers that have fallen in the line of duty. The new program, “Shine Blue Lights,” encourages people in the community to put blue lights on their porch and/or business to show they support the police and respect the work they do every day.

Executive Director Ronni Hannaman of the Carson City Chamber of Commerce and Carson City Manager Nick Marano are working to launch the program before National Peace Officers Memorial Day on May 15.

There will be a kickoff event on May 1 in downtown Carson City to mark the start of “Shine Blue Lights.” They will be handing out free blue light bulbs to those who attend.

In the next couple of weeks, volunteers will be handing out blue light bulbs to businesses in the area that want to participate in the event and show their support.

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

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Noah Teixeira and Sebastian Atienza embrace after they were announced the 2017 ASUN President and Vice President on Thursday, March 16. Voter turnout was an all-time high in the close race.

Before UNR students went off on their various spring break adventures, they elected Noah Teixeira and Sebastian Atienza as their Associated Students of the University of Nevada President and Vice President in a record-breaking display of voter turnout.

This year, 22.4 percent of students at the University of Nevada, Reno, placed their votes in the election for the ASUN President, Vice President and Senators.

ASUN Elections Chair Steven McNeece set out this semester with the goal of achieving 27 percent voter turnout.

“We usually have the primaries and then the general elections debates, sadly primaries can slow down the voter turnout for the general elections because people vote during the primaries and then they get burnt out by that,” McNeece said. “This year we have just the general election, so we are going to push that really hard.”

Despite the high voter turnout, the Teixeira and Atienza win was hardly a landslide. Each won their office by less than 100 votes, a close race that has not been seen at UNR in years.

The presidential race was decided by just 74 votes; the vice presidential race was decided by 94 votes out of the near 4,000 votes.

Last year saw a voter turnout of 13 percent and President Brandon Boone won the office with a margin of 283 votes. In 2015, 19 percent of the student population voted for Caden Fabbi, who won by 953 votes.

When asked why he thought the turnout was so high compared to previous years, McNeece said it was hard to say, but he thought their marketing techniques played a role.

“It was a really great race between our presidential and vice presidential candidates,” McNeece said. “Students know when they have equal candi-

dates working just as hard for the same position and I think once students can sense that both candidates truly want it, that’s what reels them in.”

Though the turnout was just short of the goal McNeece had set out for the elections commission, he was still satisfied with the turnout. “[I am] unexplainably excited,” McNeece said. “I am really happy everyone went out and voted, it was something we were pushing all year, and it is just still kind of hard to believe until you see those numbers.”

On Twitter, Alex Crupi and Trenton Jackson congratulated Teixeira and Atienza on the win, then tweeted, “Once again, thank you to everyone who supported us in this election! The Presidential election was decided by 74 votes & VP by 94.”

Shortly after announcing his candidacy for president last month, Teixeira came under fire from students for tweets he sent from 2014 and 2015 that contained derogatory and offensive language.

Students used the hashtag #NEVERNOAH to protest his candidacy.

Teixeira responded shortly after with an apology in a statement where he called the language immature and embarrassing.

“Growing up in a small town, I never had the opportunity to learn and understand diversity the way others did,” Teixeira said. “As I have learned from my experience at an institution of higher education, a person is a product of their surroundings. I said and tweeted things without thinking, and felt social pressures to talk and act a certain way.”

After winning the presidency, Teixeira said the first thing he would do as president is to create an Assistant

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NFL votes in favor of Raiders move to Vegas

By Madeline Purdue The Oakland Raiders will be moving to the Las Vegas Strip after a vote from NFL ownership confirmed the decision on Monday, March 27.

The Raiders earned 31 of 32 votes to have the move approved, the Miami Dolphins being the only “no” vote. The team needed only 24 “yes” votes to approve relocation.

The Raiders plan to remain in Oakland for the next two seasons while the new 65,000-seat stadium is being built, though there is speculation that the team could begin playing in Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium sooner if the Raider’s choose not to renew their two remaining 1-year leases with Oakland.

“The Raiders were born in Oakland and Oakland will always be part of our DNA,” Raider owner Mark Davis said in a statement.

“We know that some fans will be disappointed and even angry, but we hope that they do not direct that frustration to the players, coaches and staff.”

Davis also said that the team will refund anyone, at their request, who bought season tickets before the relocation was announced.

The Raiders decided on the move to Las Vegas after the city of Oakland refused to give public money

to build a new stadium to replace the aging Oakland Coliseum. In contrast, the state of Nevada offered $750 million in public money in October 2016 after a special legislative session approved the new funding — a move that was widely criticized at a time when new questions are being raised over the actual economic benefits of public money for large stadium projects. The money will be taken from taxes on Las Vegas tourists, who will pay increased taxes on hotel rooms.

Even so, the approved public money will not cover the full stadium price tag of nearly $2 billion.

Originally, Sheldon Adelson, CEO of the Las Vegas Sands Corps. offered to contribute $650 million to the deal only to rescind that offer in January. Not long after the withdrawal of Adelson’s money, however, Bank of America offered Davis a loan to match what Adelson would’ve contributed.

The move marks the third NFL team relocation in just over a year.

The Rams, formerly of St. Louis, and Chargers, formerly of San Diego, have both have relocated to Los Angeles. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has openly opposed

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The Nevada Legislative Building as it stands in Carson City, Nevada on Nov. 1, 2007 . The legislature will be discussing a bill that would limit the ability of local law enforcement to work on immigration enforcement.

Lawmakers to make major changes to immigration bill

By Rachel Spacek

Senate Bill 223, a bill that would prohibit state and local law enforcement from participating in immigration enforcement without a warrant, has undergone major changes since its proposal last month after harsh criticism from Republicans and concerns from local law enforcement.

State Sen. Yvanna Cancela, D- Las Vegas, is the primary sponsor of the bill and said last week that the amendment to the bill would more narrowly prohibit local and state law enforcement from questioning a person’s immigration status when they are contacted.

“I’m going to propose amending it to say that at the point of contact with an individual that law enforcement should not ask for that person’s immigration status,”

Cancela said. “I think that is important for a couple of reasons, one is it lets people know that it’s OK to interact with law enforcement regardless of your immigration status, so if you are a victim of domestic violence and are undocumented, you don’t become afraid to call the police on your abuser. It also means that we codify into law what most law enforcement in the state is already practicing and that means that it can’t be changed at the wimp of a sheriff in the next decade.”

In a hearing for a bill in the Assembly that is identical to Cancela’s bill, AB 357, Tom Robinson, the Deputy Chief at the Reno Police Department said the department’s

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ERA one step closer to ratification after passage in the Assembly

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The Nevada State Assembly chose to follow the legislature’s upper chamber in its steps toward making history when they voted 28 to 14 to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment last Monday.

It has been over 35 years since the United States Congress set a sevenyear deadline for the states to ratify the ERA. The ERA was spearheaded in the Senate by State Sen. Patricia Spear-

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man, D-Las Vegas, who addressed concerns that several Republican senators had about voting to support the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.

“The objections to ratifying the ERA are false, disingenuous and misleading,” Spearman said. “As such, opposition to passage creates a default position yielding to the antiquated notion of misogynistic patriarchy.”

Spearman also addressed concerns with Congress’s seven-year deadline.

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40 years ago, State Sen. James Settelmeyer, R-Minden, questioned the legality of the ERA and said that even if Nevada passes it, there would still need to be two additional states to pass it for ratification.

Spearman said that Congress’ deadline was not in the actual bill of the text of the amendment and therefore passage was still possible.

In the Senate, Senate Joint Resolution 2, which would ratify the ERA, passed in a 13 to 8 vote. Only one Republican voted in favor of its passage

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in the Senate, Heidi Gansert.

“I understand now today, here in Nevada and across the world, there’s a crescendo building … I can hear it, and I can feel it,” Gansert said.

Patricia Farley, an Independent from Las Vegas, also voted in favor of the resolution.

State Sen. Becky Harris, R- Las Vegas, was the only female in the body to

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Raider’s owner Mark Davis speaks during a press conference regarding the team’s move to Las Vegas. The move was approved on Monday, March 27, by a majority vote of NFL team owners.

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the Raider’s move to Las Vegas, citing a lack of stabilization that comes with moving a team.

“You know our goal is to have 32 stable franchises for each team and the league,” Goodell said, according to the Associated Press. “We work very hard and never want to see the relocation of a franchise. We worked tirelessly over the last nine months or so on a solution. We needed to provide certainties and stability for the Raiders and the league.”

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf made a last-minute presentation to the Raiders

last week, revealing a plan for a $1.3 billion of Las Vegas and UNLV football,” said Steve stadium that would be finished by the 2021 Sisolak, chairman of the Clark County Comseason. At the eleventh hour, she then asked mission to AP. “I couldn’t be more excited the owners to delay the vote so that nego- for the fans and residents of Clark County as tiations could continue. It was a delay that we move forward with the Raiders and the never happened.

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“Never that we know of has the NFL Davis looks forward to the move, citing voted to displace a team from its established his father’s decision to move the team out market when there is a fully financed option of Oakland to Los Angeles in 1982 when he before them with all the issues addressed,” owned the Raiders.

Schaaf said in a statement. “I’d be remiss if “The opportunity to build a world-class I didn’t do everything in my power to make stadium in the entertainment capital of the the case for Oakland up until the very end.” world is a significant step toward achieving However, some members of the Las Vegas that greatness,” Davis said. community are happy about the decision after months of work to bring the team to Madeline Purdue can be reached at mpurtheir city. due@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @ “Today will forever change the landscape madelinepurdue.

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Director of Diversity and Inclusion position.

“This campaign has taught Noah and I a lot about ourselves as people and we got to really branch out to this campus and meet a lot of individuals that we would have never met before that,” Atienza said.

The new senators, President and Vice President will start work next month after the end of the 2016-2017 Senate session.

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

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person merely based on the suspicion that they are in the US illegally.

“We do allow our officers to cooperate with Federalized law enforcement agencies including US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but we do not allow our officers to enforce immigration laws, frankly the responsibility to effectively police a community make enforcing immigration laws impractical and an irresponsible use of our resources,” Robinson said.

“Sometimes in our effort to promote safety, we find it advantageous to collaborate with Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, including ICE. We do this by either sharing information with them, assisting them with their operations in a support capacity or by requesting that they evaluate a case that we are working involving dangerous violent suspects that we believe are here illegally.”

Chuck Callaway, Police Director with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, testified at the same meeting and also said the department does not perform immigration enforcement duties in the field.

Metro uses the 287(g) program, an authority program that allows a state or local law

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ASUN President Brandon Boone, President-elect Noah Teixeira, Vice Presidentelect Sebastian Atienza and Vice President Jacob Springmeyer pose for a photo on Thursday, March 16.

enforcement group to enter into a partnership with ICE. “Our cooperation with ICE involves checking people through the 287 (g) program,” Callaway said. “If they are a priority for deportation, we have officers that work in that system that make a notification to ICE and then [they] can submit to us probable cause for us to detain.”

Callaway also said the 287 (g) program is nothing new and has been around since the late 2000s.

The original text of Cancela’s bill would prohibit Metro from cooperating with ICE in the city’s jails. The amendment would set in stone the Metro Police Department’s strategy of not asking for immigration status and would allow the 287 (g) program to continue.

“There is a lack of clarity at the federal level as to just how much local law enforcement is going to have to take on immigration enforcement work and that worries me because what we have seen in Clark County is that crime rates have gone up and that we have very precious resources in terms of the tax dollars we use to fund local law enforcement efforts,” Cancela said. “I think our law enforcement across the state does a tremendous job to keep our community safe and I want to make sure those resources are protected and not encroached

upon by the federal government as it dictates the terms of immigration enforcement.”

The original text of SB 223 earned the reputation of a “sanctuary state bill,” from Republican lawmakers and other critics who felt the language went too far. However, it’s a criticism that Cancela disagrees with.

“I think the word sanctuary is an empty political term used to stir up anti-immigrant fears,” Cancela said. “I think that it has been demonized by the right and today has no meaning and no legal meaning and the fact that the bill was characterized by that is just an extension of the Trump administration’s fear mongering. That’s not what the bill was or what it is designed to do.”

In January, President Donald J. Trump released an executive order that stated, “jurisdictions that fail to comply with the applicable Federal law do not receive Federal funds, except as mandated by law.”

It was a sentiment strengthened on Monday when U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Justice Department would work to “claw-back” roughly $4 billion in federal grant money given to more than 100 so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions.

State Sen. Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, has been one of the primary and most vocal oppo-

nents to SB 223, calling the bill both “recklessly irresponsible” and “outrageous.”

Roberson introduced Senate Bill 233 last Monday, and the bill would prohibit cities and counties from enacting policies that ban or discourage cooperation with the federal government when it comes to immigration enforcement. The bill would directly counter SB 223.

Cancela said she hopes Roberson’s bill would not get a hearing.

“I can’t control that but I think going to either the extreme left or the extreme right on these issues is exactly what polarizes the discussion on immigrant rights and immigrant protection,” Cancela said.

Cancela’s amended bill was scheduled to be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, March 27, but that hearing was moved off the agenda last Friday by Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford, D-Las Vegas, who said the bill wasn’t ready for a hearing. The move came in contrast to recent from statements from Cancela and judiciary chair Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, who both said they were ready to act on the amended SB 223.

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

The Senate of the Associated Students of the University of Nevada heard a series of bills in their meeting before taking a week-long break for spring break. The first bill would add duties to the Director of Campus and Public Relations. The duties are maintaining the Pack Friendly Business campaign and the Best of Reno campaign.

Both campaigns were created last academic year as a part of the Campus to the City Initiative. Since the responsibility of maintaining these programs was never delegated to a specific person or office, ASUN President Brandon Boone requested through the bill that the responsibilities be placed on the Director of Campus and Public Relations.

Boone stressed the importance of maintaining the programs and said since the Director of Campus and Public Relations is in need of more duties, the programs should be placed under the direction of that position.

The Senate Bill passed with unanimous support.

SENATE FIXES BLUE CREW PROGRAMMER’S COMPENSATION LEVELS

The next piece of legislation senators heard last Wednesday evening addressed a clerical issue, Blue Crew programmers were listed under Level III and Level IV compensation levels in the Statues of the Associated Students when they are only supposed to be listed under Level III. Boone specified that the programmers’ pay would not change, just the area they are listed to reflect the appropriate amount they are paid would change.

Boone said the bill has been written since they noticed the error last month. There was no dissent or discussion of the bill and it passed with unanimous support.

SENATORS GIVE ELECTIONS CHAIR MORE FREEDOM TO SCHEDULE DEBATES

Earlier this month, Senators heard legislation to amend the way President and Vice Presidential debates are scheduled, however, the bill was never heard by a committee. On Wednesday night the Senate heard the amended bill that specified that debates will be held prior to the commencement of the Primary and General Elections.

The bill would give the Elections Chair more time and freedom to change the schedule of debates.

The legislation passed with unanimous support.

ASUN ENCOURAGED TO USE THE WOLF SHOP FOR ALL PURCHASES

To conclude the long list of legislation the Senate heard Wednesday night was a bill that would add first right of refusal to the Nevada Wolf Shop from ASUN Departments, meaning ASUN Departments would be required to go through the Nevada Wolf Shop to make their merchandise unless the Wolf Shop denies them service.

Senator Carissa Bradley introduced the bill and said that since ASUN owns the Wolf Shop, they should be required to utilize it for their purchases in order to support both the Wolf Shop and ASUN. There was a lengthy discussion on the bill, but no vote was made since Speaker of the Senate, Noah Teixeira, never received the addendum that was approved with the bill in the committee. The Senate planned on voting on the bill at the next meeting.

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

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Photo showcase to benefit cancer survivors

Photos courtesy of Bridget Rosscup Left: From left to right, Bridget Rosscup, Danny Heinsohn, Amy Nesler, Morgan Brantner and Alexandra Clearly pose for a photo to celebrate Nesler’s acceptance of a scholarship check at last year’s Euphotoria event on Saturday, June 11. Right: Katie T., a 15- year-old Reno local took this photo titled “Bug” during Bridget Rosscup’s workshop at The Boys and Girls of Northern Nevada. My Hometown Heroes plans to give out four $1000 scholarships at this event.

By Emily Fisher Two prominent community members and alumni of the University of Nevada, Reno, are currently working together to make a difference in the Reno community with their second annual photography exhibition, entitled “Euphotoria,” this April. The event will raise money for scholarships that benefit cancer survivors attending college. “[Euphotoria] is a portmanteau of the two words Euphoria and photo,” said Bridget Rosscup, the founder of “Euphotoria.”

Rosscup, who graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, with a degree in education and psychology, grew up in the world of photography after watching her grandmother, who was a selftaught local award-winning photographer.

Combining her passion for photography and her base in education and psychology, Rosscup started teaching photography workshops at TMCC and, in early spring of last year, had the idea for the photography exhibition that is now known as “Euphotoria.”

Rosscup partnered with My Hometown Heroes, a local non-profit, to host and spread awareness about the exhibition. My Hometown Heroes was founded by Danny Heinsohn, another UNR alumni, who shortly after graduation was diag-

nosed with and eventually survived brain cancer.

The 501(c)3 organization helps to provide scholarships for young adult cancer survivors between the ages of 17 and 39.

Inspired by Danny’s story, Rosscup thought that My Hometown Heroes and “Euphotoria” were the perfect pairing. The two UNR alumni joined forces to create the event that was centered around creativity and therapy through photography, and through the sale of over 100 prints raised enough money to award two $1000 scholarships to college-bound survivors of cancer in Northern Nevada.

The 2016 inaugural display of “Euphotoria” was coordinated and executed in less than 7 weeks.

This year, Rosscup and Heinsohn said they are excited to take their experience from last year’s event and make this one bigger and better. With more time to organize and prepare, the 2017 “Euphotoria Photography Exhibition” is already shaping up to be a big success.

“Last year we had five [photo] categories and 21 photographers submit their work,” Rosscup said.

“This year we have nine categories and we’ve already had a lot more photographers submitting photos from all over the world.”

This year’s categories are Man Made, Travel/ Adventure, Home Means Nevada, Burning Man, Wildlife/Animals, Mother Earth, Details, People

and Student. The deadline to submit is 11 p.m.

Rosscup has also partnered with Eddie Guth, on April 9. There is no limit on the number of the youth art coordinator for the Boys and Girls submissions per person.

Club of Truckee Meadows, to bring an explorative The 150 photos chosen from the submissions and therapeutic summer program about photogwill be featured at the event that will take place raphy to youth in the community. on Friday, April 21, at Dolan Lexus of Reno, and “I think these days, especially with adolescents, the sales of the pictures raise funds for scholar- so much of photography is self-directed, with ships presented by My Hometown Heroes. The Snapchat and selfies…I don’t think this allows for event also has live music, entertainment, food a connection with the outside world, and to be and wine. able to find enjoyment in other things,” Rosscup This year, My Hometown Heroes hopes to said. award four $1,000 scholarships at the event, Rosscup said this is why she created a proand the recipients and their families give brief gram where students go out with their cameras, speeches describing their journies defeating whether it be a cell-phone or digital camera, to cancer and thanking My Hometown Heroes and complete assignments that allow them to interact “Euphotoria.” with the outside world and potentially change “Putting on an event like this can be really their perspectives on things. stressful,” Rosscup said. “But to see the gratitude In the future, Rosscup says she hopes “Euphoin the recipients and their families is really excit- toria” can grow into a community wide event, ing, and it’s the highlight of the whole show.” with not only a photography showcase but other This year, the newly added student photogra- activities that promote healthy and therapeutic phy category has been important. Rosscup said lifestyles. She also hopes to expand the current she hopes that students from elementary-age to summer program run through the Boys and Girls students at the University enter their photos. She Club to a monthly workshop where students can emphasizes that the exhibition is inclusive of all improve their photography skills and interact skill levels. with the community.

“You don’t have to be a great photographer to take a photo you, or someone else, will want to Emily Fisher can be reached at efisher@sagebrush. keep forever,” Rosscup said. unr.edu and on Twitter @NevadaSagebrush.

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vote against the resolution, claiming it offers “empty promises and hollow platitudes” and worried it would separate families if women were allowed to be drafted into the military.

Only one Republican assemblywoman, Jill Tolles, R-Reno, voted against the rest of her party in favor of the ratification of the ERA. “I would argue that this chamber is full of symbolism,” Tolles said. “On my left hand, I wear a ring that symbolizes my promise to love and respect and be faithful to one man for the rest of my life. We stand underneath a seal that reminds us that we are a battle born state and home means Nevada. We pledge allegiance to a flag every single day to celebrate the freedom that was so hard fought for.”

Assemblywoman Robin Titus, R-Lyon and Churchill county, didn’t buy the symbolism argument, saying she was “deeply disturbed by the theatrics” in regards to the ERA ratification in the legislature.

“I don’t believe my constituents sent me to cast symbolic votes with no chance of success,” Titus said.

Despite the pushback from the Republicans in the legislature, the ERA passed in the Assembly and will now go back to the Senate to approve some technical amendments before it is given to the office of the Vice President of the U.S. and the Speaker of the House.

Photo Courtsey of the Kheel Center Spearman told the Los Angeles Times that a Senate vote The International Ladies’ Garment Workon the amendments is likely to happen Wednesday. ers’ Union Western Pennsylvania Council Rachel Spacek can be reached at rspacek@sagebrush. unr.edu and on Twitter @NevadaSagebrush.

held their Equal Rights Amendment demonstration in 1978. The ERA was adopted by Congress in 1972, but was never ratified by the states.

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GETTING TO THE HEART OF ART

THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR THIS WEEK

By Joey Thyne

STARVING THE BEAST DATE: Tuesday TIME: 12 p.m.

LOCATION: Joe Crowley

Student Union INFO: This documentary explores funding being cut from public universities and those who profit from that. It has a 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. If you cannot make the noon screening then there is another screening at 4 p.m.

There will also be a panel discussion on Wednesday.

This is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts.

ASUN SPRING CONCERT DATE: Wednesday TIME: 7:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Reno

Ballrooms INFO: Couldn’t make it to Beyond Wonderland this year? You’re in luck! Your favorite university is throwing you a mini-EDM festival.

Headlining is Slushii with Vanic and Ryan Moe opening.

Tickets are FREE to students, just bring your wolfcard to the ASUN Center for Student Engagement on the third floor of the Joe.

THE GROWLERS DATE: Wednesday TIME: 9 p.m.

LOCATION: Cargo Concert Hall INFO: This beach goth

band is ready to rock the socks off Reno. They are stopping by Cargo on their City Club Spring 2017 Tour. The show is open to all ages. Tickets are going for around $21. Doors open at 8. This party is going to last all night.

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Various pieces of art are photographed at "A View Within," the showcase at the Sierra Arts Foundation.

By Joey Thyne Medical images are often met with anxiety and dread. Artists Karen Rips and Paula Chung raise the question: why are we afraid of our own anatomies?

“A View Within” features artistic interpretations of medical images. The exhibit is currently being shown at the Sierra Arts Foundation.

“I think that people miss the beauty of the body and only see medical imagery as bad news,” Chung said. “The body is really a magnificent machine and has a lot for us to appreciate. It talks across cultures, societies, often genders and speaks to everyone in a personal way.”

“A View Within” has been 7 years in the making. The pieces come from an array of MRIs, CAT scans and X-rays. The images originate from personal

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Chung said. “People know it, they wear it, they have it around their bodies, they sleep within it. It’s something that people relate to and it’s something that we’ve always worked with and it’s very versatile. It’s far more versatile than other mediums because you can paint on fiber, you can stitch it, you can manipulate it, you can dye it, you can tear it, you can do almost anything to it.”

Their artistic influences include Agnes Martin and Egon Schiele.

Chung and Rips have been showing "A View Within" throughout the country as an ongoing project. They have presented in Houston, Pennsylvania and Florida. All over, they have received praise and had positive interactions with patrons.

“It’s really amazing when

people come up to us to talk about their situation or how the image has moved them, it’s really fulfilling,” Chung said.

“Some people come up with tears in their eyes.”

In 2018 they look to move up the West Coast.

“We’ve branched out more into body processes,” Rips said.

“We’re doing a series on Parkinson’s, we’re doing a series on multiple sclerosis. We’re doing more disease processes.

We don’t see this ending anytime soon. We’re just plugging along.”

“A View Within” is showing at the Sierra Arts Foundation until March 30.

Joey Thyne can be reached at jsolis@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @joey_thyne.

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images from the doctors,” Rips said. “They were very generous in giving me those images. Then, throughout her pregnancy...she had frequent ultrasounds which she gave me. We were lucky to have a personal connection with those images.”

Each artist has her favorite piece. Chung’s is the visualization of a young teenager that had a stroke and survived.

Rips’s is one displaying Alzheimer’s. “[It] was inspired by my father going through the early stages of Alzheimer's right before he died,” Rips said. “The personal ones are our favorites [because] we have a connection with them.”

All of the artwork in the gallery is made out of fiber and stitch.

“Fiber is so accessible,”

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connections, friends of friends, people they have met or even from the internet. In total, they have completed almost 200 pieces.

Rips was originally a neonatal nurse, and although she did not use any images from her job, it did encourage an “appreciation of the body itself.”

“You look at an X-Ray or an MRI, you don’t know if that person is male, female, black, white, young, old or what that person’s story is," Rips said.

"We want you to look at that image and appreciate what the body is and how it functions and leave out all the extraneous stuff.”

Some of the medical images used in “A View Within” actually came from Rips’ daughter as she was trying to get pregnant.

“I was invited along to her infertility session and got the

By Joey Thyne & Joey Lovato THYNE-KANYE ROCKS Kanye West is the great art rapper of the 21st century. He has incorporated profound aesthetic expression into mainstream pop culture. Kanye is not merely a rapper, but an artist. He has made contributions to fashion, film and has collaborated with a number of contemporary painters including Takashi Murakami. But, most importantly, his music has expanded culture.

On the classic feel-goods “College Dropout” and “Late Registration” he translated his brilliance as a producer to make two of the greatest albums in hip-hop history.

His ability to make beautiful beats out of soul samples is transcendent. His ear for song structure is unmatched in the industry. Without these albums there wouldn’t be a lot of today’s rappers like Chance the Rapper or J. Cole.

With “Graduation,” Kanye ushered hip-hop past the stagnant gangster-rap era lingering from the early 2000s into the pop-influenced electronic hip-hop that is still prevalent today.

Rolling Stone names “808’s & Heartbreak” as one of the most groundbreaking albums of all time, and I have to agree.

Kanye was the first to introduce moody, melodic R&B textures into hip-hop. Without this album there would be no Drake, Frank Ocean or The Weeknd.

“My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” is the best album of the past decade. Its extravagant maximalism has not been matched before or since. The production is so lush and tremendous that it crossed genre boundaries and even inspired indie albums like “Age of Adz”

by Sufjan Stevens and “22, a Million” by Bon Iver.

Then, at the peak of his success, he could have easily coasted and begun the deceleration of his career. Instead, he released the darkly experimental “Yeezus.” Bringing the industrial acid house scene to the spotlight, this was one of the greatest risks ever taken by such a famous artist, and it paid off. The brain-melting fury of songs like “On Sight,” “New Slaves,” “Hold My Liquor” and “Blood on the Leaves” is still goosebump-inducing nearly four years later.

Kanye has an album for every mood: nostalgic, celebratory, confused, angsty. But, my per-

sonal favorite aspect of Kanye’s music is his ability to to make sweeping emotional statements in a way no other artist can. He pours his soul out over heart-wrenching instrumentals. On “Street Lights” he speaks about his mom’s death, on “Runaway” he speaks about his inability have a functional relationship and on “Only One” he declares his love for his daughter. While most rappers get too sappy when they talk about their feelings, Kanye can be vulnerable while maintaining his dignity.

LOVATO-KANYE SUCKS Dignity… that is not a word I would not use to describe Kanye West, or the people who idolize him. Kanye is a product of the media. He is so self centered and perpetuates this idea of vanity to the point that it is actively harming our culture. Look at his music. Do you know what “Street Lights,” “Runaway,” and “Only One” all have in common? They are all about him. Kanye is self obsessed and encourages others to be the same, he has lost his touch and can't innovate musically or lyrically, and there is definitely more interesting music out there.

He isn't trying to make any about millennials wrapped into socio/political commentary a lifeless, uninteresting douche like, NWA, Common, Mackl- of a person. We are called the emore, Eminem or Kendrick. selfie generation for a reason, Kanye is popular because which is ironic because most people like to idolize others of us don't even realize why, who idolize themselves. I’m even though we are looking at not saying you shouldn’t be ourselves constantly. confident, but there is a line Kanye hasn’t been innovative between confidence and ar- the way Grandmaster Flash rogance. It’s just like the saying was with his revolutionary goes, no one loves Kanye like style of DJing or MF Doom Kanye. and his newer use of sampling Kanye is popular for being a and incorporating multiple douche bag. People like Kanye personas and characters into because he is an asshole, and his anti-establishment raps. if he can be such a jerk why Instead of trying to better can't others. He is so far up others, Kanye talks down to his own ass that he can sell a them, and sees himself as the white T-shirt for $120 and call it prodigal son of music. Oasis high fashion. He is the Marcel singer Noel Gallagher was once Duchamp of our generation quoted saying they were bigger (Duchamp is the artist who than The Beatles after one hit signed a urinal and called it song. Kanye had that moment, art). The biggest problem with but this time people fell for it all of this though is that people for some reason, and he's been in our generation fall for all stuffing his garbage in our that he represents. We buy his ears like they are desperate for t shirts, we praise his ego strok- their next rush of the musical ing albums, we wear his $2,000 equivalent of MSG for too long.

Yeezy shoes, we watch him and his wife on television as a Anyone with suggestions for way to escape our ever boring Joey vs. Joey topics are encourand self involved lives. We call aged to reach out to us.

Kanye Yeezus for god sake! He has duped everyone into thinking he is some sort of second Joey Thyne can be reached at coming of Christ, but in reality jsolis@sagebrush.unr.edu and on he is basically everything bad Twitter @joey_thyne.

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Drake’s “More Life” a pleasant surprise

By Joey Thyne Drake is the Tom Brady of hip-hop: you can resent his privileged background and his questionable work practices, but it’s difficult not to respect his level of success.

The definition of a mixtape has grown murkier over the years, with artists like Chance the Rapper releasing mixtapes that sound like albums and artists like Future releasing albums that sound like mixtapes. Historically, a mixtape is a project released by a rapper for free which is essentially a compilation of throwaways he or she has no intention of including on a proper album.

Drake called “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” a mixtape, even though there was a focused aesthetic, recurring themes and it was sold. Also, many consider “IYRTITL” as one of his strongest efforts. Let’s face it, it was an album. Drake calls “More Life” a playlist, but for all intents and purposes, it is a mixtape.

The 22-song-long “More Life” comes less than a year after the self-important mass appeal of “Views.” With the stakes lowered, he is free to let loose and have fun. “More Life” is not meant to be interpreted as one whole piece of work. So, without further ado, I am going to interpret it as one whole piece of work.

“More Life” acts as a sampler platter; there’s a little something for everyone. The first third is mostly dancehall. “Passionfruit” is groovy and delicious. The next third is straight bangers.

“Gyalchester”-“Skepta Interlude”-“Portland”“Sacrifices” is one of the most exciting stretches in any album this year. Toward the end there are a few more ballads and pop singles sprinkled in.

A few of the song sound like alternate renditions of songs from “Views.” “Get It Together” sounds like a different version of “Too Good,” except no Rihanna, therefore, it is inferior (BTW screw you Drake for ruining that enchanting will-she-won’t-she chemistry). “Madiba Riddim” sounds like a different version of “One Dance.” “Blem” sounds like a different version of “Controlla.”

He features artists like PARTYNEXTDOOR and Sampha who started out collaborating with him and have since had their own careers. The rest is a who’s-who or who’s hot in hip hop, including Kanye West, 2 Chainz, Travis Scott and Quavo.

With his appearances on “Sacrifices” and “Ice Melts,” Young Thug proves once again he is one of the most intriguing artists out there in terms of flows, cadences, melodies and innovative vocal switches. God, if you’re out there, please let Young Thug stray away from regular trap sonics and release a truly experimental album. Imagine Thugger over some Madlib or Flying Lotus production. Someone needs to replace his lean with acid. The world is ready.

My biggest complaint is lazy hooks and weak singing (or singing obviously edited to not sound weak.) Otherwise, his lyrics are punchy and clever.

Drake’s culture vulture status is in full force on this project. His exploitation of Jamaican and British sounds is real. The faux accents and all the “chunes” and “tings” grow a little cringeworthy. At least he provides a spotlight for the grime artists like Skepta (whose song is magnificent), Giggs and English singer Jorja Smith. However, history tends to remember artists who create waves, not those who capitalize on them.

“I’m so hot, yeah, I’m so right now” he says on “Gyalchester.” At this point in his career, Drake understands what he’s about. If he’s derivative of other artists or of himself, he doesn’t really seem to mind. He has no intention to create his “Sgt. Pepper’s,” his “Kid A” his “To Pimp a Butterfly.” He makes music for freshmen to snapchat themselves singing along, with the occasional glimpse into his genius, which is fine, I suppose.

Drake has realized his legacy is not built to last, so he might as well cash in while he’s still relevant. “More Life” isn’t a playlist or a mixtape as much as it is a victory lap of his outrageous celebrity and billions of streams (yes, that’s with a B). Drake is no longer really a man, but an idea, a conduit for other songwriters and producers and a platform for new artists.

Joey Thyne can be reached at jsolis@sagebrush. unr.edu and on Twitter @joey_thyne.

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House should ensure private data stays private

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ast week, the U.S. Senate voted to roll back rules that required Internet Service Providers to get consent before selling a consumer’s internet browsing data. The bill, introduced by Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, and co-sponsored by nearly two dozen GOP senators, was passed directly on party lines, 50-48.

The vote comes as part of a larger Republican effort to pull back on a host of Obama-era regulations through use of the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to target regulations dating as far back as May of last year.

Republicans say that the old rules hurt competition by arbitrarily forcing ISPs to act in ways that their internet counterparts — like Google — did not. They also said that the rules were “too complicated,” with current Federal Communications Commission chair Ajit Pai saying that people “should not have to be lawyers or engineers to figure out if their information is protected.”

These arguments are distractions and strawmen, doing little to conceal that this move is both a grave mistake and an overreach by senators who’ve put monied interests over real, legitimate privacy concerns.

First and foremost, the new bill erodes consumer protections in favor ISPs who stand to make significant monetary gains from selling browsing data. By gathering information on what domains you visit — even encrypted ones — ISPs can figure out political affiliations, age, and even sexual orientation.

That level of knowledge about how consumers function on a subconscious level is invaluable to advertisers, who could now target ads based on these personality traits in ways they couldn’t before, and act as an extension of targeted advertising

already carried out on platforms like Google or Facebook.

The fact that Google and Facebook track your every move in the search for more revenue was always dubious at best, and to think that ISPs will do the same is unnecessary and intrusive.

If you shop in a store, it’s difficult — if not impossible — for retailers to track things like age or politics if those things aren’t made clear by what you buy. The information gathered online goes far beyond these brick-and-mortar limitations and by all means should be considered sensitive information if only because it can’t be reasonably gathered in any other way.

There’s also the matter of charging money for privacy. In 2013, AT&T began charging customers about $30 a month to “opt-out” of a data-tracking program. While they backed out of the move right before the then-Democratically-controlled FCC began finalizing net neutrality rules, it sets a hypothetical playbook for how ISPs could handle their newfound freedom.

And while there are ways to circumvent this data tracking, such as the use of VPNs or Tor, consumers shouldn’t have to take extra steps in order to prevent their data, which in many ways acts as an extension of themselves, from being sold by a third party.

Ultimately, the best way to stop this is to take action. The House of Representatives has yet to vote on the matter, but the Republican-controlled chamber is leaning in the same direction as the senate.

Call you congressperson and don’t use a script. Let them know you’re a real person with real concerns who won’t stand for representatives who value corporations more than their own constituents.

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By Ryan Suppe

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Kim Jong Nam was the rightful heir to the North Korean throne before being murdered by an email forwarder.

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Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Nugget in Sparks, Nevada Thursday, Oct. 29. Since his innauguration, Trump has made good on his campaign promise to enforce stricter immigration policies.

NV lawmakers weak on immigration amid pressure from Federal agencies

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ast month, Nevada State Sen. Yvanna Cancela proposed SB 223, which would bar state and local police from participating in warrantless, federal immigration enforcement. Over the next few weeks, Cancela met with law enforcement representatives and agreed to completely overhaul the text of the bill. The amendment, which was scheduled for a hearing on Monday, would prohibit Ryan local police from Suppe asking individuals about their immigration status. However, the bill pulled from Monday’s agenda before reaching the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Legislators are now asking law enforcement representatives to attend town hall meetings where officers can educate the public on immigration policies so that undocumented individuals can feel comfortable reporting crimes and working with the police without fear of deportation.

SB 223 was a hopeful piece of

legislation for both those in favor of protecting Nevada’s immigrant community and communities themselves. Even though the bill (which would write into a law a practice that Nevada police already adhere to) was not a strong statement of support, it was a positive message from Nevada democrats who have been weak on immigration so far this session. The bill seems all but dead, and if it fails it will stand as another loss for the state in the nationwide battle over immigration policy. Democrats like Cancela, who promised to pass an immigrant-supporting bill this session, must do more if they want to show that Nevada will protect its immigrant communities from President Trump’s hateful antiimmigration rhetoric.

Since taking office, Trump has made good on his campaign promise to pursue stricter policies on immigration. In January, he issued an executive order threatening to pull Federal funding from sanctuary cities, and just last week his Homeland Security Department released the first of new weekly reports that call out state and local law enforcement agencies who refuse to keep immigrants in jail long enough for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to pick them up.

Trump’s continued threats to cut clarified that while the RPD does funding based on non-compliance cooperate with Federal law enforcewith ICE raise important questions ment agencies, including ICE, ofabout the Federal government’s role ficers are not permitted to enforce in immigration compared to states’ immigration laws. rights to form their own policy.

Currently, police in Nevada are In an editorial last week entitled, instructed not to ask individuals “President Trump’s Reckless Shame about immigration status, but there Game,” the New York Times pointed is no law that says they cannot. to the tough spot that Trump is Only after an arrest, do police noputting local law enforcement in tify Federal immigration agencies when dealing with undocumented of undocumented individuals. Sen. individuals. They wrote, “Honoring Cancela attempted to clarify these a detainer puts them at risk of a practices with SB 223. federal lawsuit. Not honoring one The original bill would have made puts them in the cross hairs of the it illegal for Nevada law enforcexenophobic Mr. Trump. His indis- ment agencies to work with ICE in criminate search for immigrants to any capacity without a warrant. The deport keeps ICE from focusing on amended version was far narrower, real public safety threats. It antago- stating that officers could not ask nizes local agencies that want to do for documentation on point of conpolicing the right way. It emboldens tact. Now, the bill is not scheduled corrupt local jurisdictions that for a hearing and will likely die in engage in racial profiling and other the coming weeks. abuses. And it makes immigrants Whether SB 223 would’ve made fear and shun the protection of law a real difference in policing is less enforcement.” relevant than the fact that the NeMany state and local law enforce- vada Legislature is not protecting ment agencies, including those in its immigrant community, despite Nevada, oppose legislation that having a democratic majority in favors immigration protection due both houses. to fears of funding cuts.

Tom Robinson, Deputy Chief at Reno Police Department, testify- Ryan Suppe studies philosophy. He can ing before the Nevada Assembly be reached at ryansuppe15@gmail.

Committee on Government Affairs, com and on Twitter @salsuppe.

Investigators in the murder case of Kim Jong Nam uncovered a motive this week after finding that the older half-brother of North Korea’s leader failed to respond to a daunting email chain which warned of impending death upon failure to forward.

After numerous assassination attempts on the rightful heir to the thrown of North Korea, including a Tokyo Disneyland mascot with an uzie, it was a classic email blunder that led to his downfall.

Sources familiar with the matter say conspirators sent the email chain to his AOL account, hoping he would not see it.

NATIONAL APPLE ANNOUNCES STORAGE ALMOST FULL IN ICLOUD In a statement this week from CEO Tim Cook, Apple announced that the company’s storage is almost full.

Apple employees in the Manage Storage Department are working around the clock to prioritize space by deleting duplicate photos, texts from ex’s and the iMovie app.

LOCAL CAMPUS LONGBOARDER INJURES DOZENS, WON’T APOLOGIZE FOR “SHREDDING TOO HARD” Dozens of students were injured on campus at UNR this week in yet another longboarding accident – the fourth this month.

Sophomore engineering major and longboarding enthusiast Brock Thomas was traveling at a high rate of speed in front of the Knowledge Center when he lost control and crashed into a group of unknowing students.

“You gotta stay frosty out there,” Thomas said. “I’m not gonna apologize for shredding too hard

Ryan Suppe studies philosophy. He can be reached at ryansuppe15@gmail.com and on Twitter @ salsuppe.

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Whats next for nevada b-ball?

LOOKING Ahead

By Javier Hernandez The Nevada Basketball team just completed its best season in a decade, capped with a Round of 64 exit in the NCAA Tournament, where they lost a hard-fought battle against an experienced Iowa State Cyclones team. Coming into this season, expectations were at an all-time high as the Wolf Pack returned most of their CBI Championship winning team, headlined by supersophomore Cameron Oliver who decided to return to Reno after testing the draft waters in the offseason.

It was also the year that saw a lot of the highly touted sit-out players that Eric Musselman got from the transfer wire finally become eligible. Jordan Caroline, Marcus Marshall and Leland King were all able to showcase their talent, with Caroline and Marshall turning into allconference players. Musselman was also able to bring in two four-star high school recruits in Josh Hall and Devearl Ramsey, who were slowly integrated into the rotation as the season progressed.

During the annual media day, the players were asked what the team’s

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number one goal was for the season and each promptly replied: Make the NCAA Tournament.

The Wolf Pack was able to accomplish their ultimate goal but was also able to win its first ever Mountain West Conference Regular Season and Conference Tournament Championships. After a magical season wherein the Wolf Pack was able to achieve all of their preseason aspirations, it is hard to imagine how much better they can get. My prediction is that with the influx of talent coming into the program for next season, Wolf Pack fans will be in for a treat should the current makeup of the team remain.

This incoming class will be the most decorated class in Nevada Basketball history. As high school seniors, four of the five transferees were consensus four-star recruits, with three being ranked in the ESPN 100 recruiting rankings.

By Brandon Cruz Wolf Pack basketball is alive and well again as the program has been revitalized following two impressive seasons under head coach Eric Musselman.

Although Nevada failed to get a win against Iowa State in the first round of the NCAA tournament, the season was in no way a loss. The Pack exceeded expectations this season.

But what’s next? With Marcus Marshall and D.J. Fenner graduating and Cameron Oliver’s commitment to Nevada Basketball up in the air, what could become of Nevada Basketball?

Have no fear Nevada fans, Marsall, Fenner and Oliver’s absence next season will not be as big a factor to the team as many may think. Nevada is stacked with young talent and a great deal of transfers eager to get their first game in as Pack basketball players.

One huge positive that Nevada has going for them next season is the size and depth in the front court.

Transfers Cody Martin and Caleb Martin highlight Nevada’s next front court tandem. Obviously Jordan Caroline will be

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in the mix, but the twins will assist Nevada in its rebounding efforts. As a freshmen Cody Martin played for North Carolina State, where his best game played came against Notre Dame, as he recorded 10 points and six rebounds.

His sophomore season was an improvement as he shot 46.7 percent from the field. Cody’s brother, Caleb too played at North Carolina State before he transfered over to Nevada.

During his freshman campaign he made waves especially against Louisville where he brought down 10-boards. Just like his brother, Caleb’s sophomore season saw him improve tremendously as he scored in double digits in 20 separate games.

With the Martin twins and Caroline controlling the front court, I can see Nevada straying away from their usual threepoint galore tactic and moving in the direction of scoring in t he paint on a more consistent basis. u

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Nevada senior Marcus Marshall pulls up for a floater in their final game of the regular season against the Colorado State Rams on Mar. 11. The ‘16-’17 Wolf Pack Men’s Basketball team has marked its place in Nevada history as one of the best teams to walk the University of Nevada, Reno’s campus after winnin the Mountain West Conference Tournament and participating in the NCAA Tournament.

Big dance moves into final act T he end is near. The sports world tends to become a bit boring after the College Basketball season comes to a close. March Madness ran its course for the most part, as four extremely talented teams have found their way to the Final Four. Although Nevada can not boast a single victory in the tournament this season, going from a CBI championship to a shot at winning the big dance within just Brandon two seasons speaks Cruz volumes to the Journalism Pack’s improvement as a unit. The four teams that bested the field of 64 go as follows; Gonzaga, South Carolina, University of North Carolina and Oregon. The final four will square off at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on April 1, where trickery will play a factor in every teams’ game plan.

Gonzaga VS South Carolina This game should be a match-up for the ages and a defensive struggle at that. Both Gonzaga and South Carolina rank in the top three as the most efficient defensive teams in the tournament according to CBS Sports.

Due to their impressive defensive efforts, it is no surprise as to how these

two teams made it this far.

I’m sure Gonzaga and South Carolina are chomping at the bits to take one another on come April 1. These two have a chance to make history for their respective schools as neither university can say they’ve won an NCAA tournament. The ’16-’17 Gamecocks squad led by Sindari Thornwell have already marked their place in the South Carolina history books, being the first Gamecocks unit to make it to a Final Four appearance.

The Bulldogs are seen as heavy favorites in this match-up with the Gamecocks as ESPN has given South Carolina a measly 11 percent chance to win. Although South Carolina is a heavy underdog in this game, it’s safe to say any team can win on any given Sunday. Let’s not forget when the unranked Kansas Jayhawks were a six seed going into the NCAA tournament back in 1988, upsetting arguably one of the most talented Sooners team the nation had seen.

There are a few reasons as to why I do not believe the Gamecocks should be counted out. Let’s take NCAA tournament resumes into consideration before anything. The Gamecocks square off against Marquette for the first round of the NCAA tournament, making mince meat of a Marquette squad that appeared unready for the Big Dance atmosphere. Following their spectacular display of showmanship against Marquette, South Carolina headed into a succession of games where they were expected to

lose night after night. Their first test being the Duke Blue Devils. The stats for the two were basically identical, with the Gamecocks making just five more baskets than the Blue Devils, edging out Duke 88-81 to move onto the Sweet 16. By this point, South Carolina had already proven themselves to be a tougher team than some expected. The Gamecocks went on to defeat Baylor by a large margin to advance to the Elite Eight, where they would find themselves in yet another underdog dilemma. The Florida Gators came up next on South Carolina’s hit list. While the game did not start off in the Gamecocks favor, the team came alive in the second half. South Carolina outscored Florida 44-30, shot 52 percent from the field, all the while giving the gators a big ol’ donut in the 3-pointers made category for the second half. The Gamecocks have proven their ability to defeat big-time opponents in a prime-time settings.

The Gonzaga Bulldogs are a completely different story. They were expected to make it this far. As a one seed, in reality that team is supposed to have the easiest road to the finals.

Gonzaga began their tournament play against South Dakota St. in Salt Lake City, UT. Many NCAA tournament viewers were in dismay when South Dakota State was keeping pace with the Bulldogs during the first half.

But as it works in any sport, talent in the depth chart truly begins to show during the second half. This was as true on March 16 for Gonzaga as it

would have been any other day as they opened up an utter shellacking of South Dakota State in the second half.

Gonzaga then moved on to face-off against the Northwestern Wildcats, in a game that may have been a little too close for comfort. The Wildcats were on a crazy tear during the second half as they trimmed a 22-point deficit to just five with 4:54 left in the game.

Even with momentum swinging in the Wildcats favor, Northwestern failed to get a win. The Bulldogs went on to defeat West Virginia in their Sweet 16 game, and eviscerate Xavier during their Elite 8 match-up.

I’m calling for an upset this time around with South Carolina defeating Gonzaga. Both teams produce a similar average point total and both play strong defensive games. I believe the biggest factor that separates the two comes down to the competition level each team has faced during the tournament. The Gamecocks have faced far better teams then Gonzaga, which makes me believe an upset is looming.

“We just gotta come in and be ready like we did last year when we went to Arizona,” said Duck’s sophomore guard Tyler Dorsey. “It’s definitely gonna be a tough road game for us.

We’re getting our mentality right for that.”

Dorsey, along with his teammates prepped themselves for an atmosphere that would be both unforgiving and leaning heavily towards their opponents.

However, the Tarheels did not manhandle their Elite Eight opponent like the Ducks did. Their game against Kentucky went down to the wire as UNC’s Luke Maye hit a buzzer beater shot with .3 seconds to go in the game.

Maye’s shot electrified the crowd, sending the stadium into a frenzy.

This last second, go-ahead basket put the Tarheels in the driver’s seat, as they won the game 75-73. UNC’s ability to out rebound Kentucky played a huge role in their ability to take home this game.

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Oregon VS UNC The Oregon Ducks and University of North Carolina Tarheels are each coming off stellar wins. Oregon made Kansas look like an unranked team when they played them on March 25, keeping Kansas at bay for most of the game. I believe Oregon’s success in their game against Kansas came from their attitude heading into it.

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Nevada Basketball looks to build mid-major powerhouse

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The Nevada Men’s Basketball team poses for a photo after their win against Colorado State for the title of Champions of the Mountain West on Saturday, Mar. 11. The ‘16-’17 Wolf Pack made it to the Big Dance for the first time in over a decade.

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he life of a mid-major team rests heavily on numerous factors but none are as important as its head coach. Gonzaga made its splash onto the national scene in 1999, then head coach Dan Monson led the Bulldogs to a historic run in the NCAA Tournament, captivating the hearts of millions of college basketball fans.

If you’ve ever heard Gus Johnson cover a sporting event, especially when pressure-filled situations meet his passion and enthusiasm for the game, it creates legendary play-by-play calls that are forever etched in the history books.

Javier For a school that Hernandez at the time had an Business

enrollment of around 3,000 students, clinching a berth in the Elite 8 while beating No. 7 seed Minnesota, No. 2 seed Stanford, and No. 6 seed Florida was unheard of. Johnson’s iconic call of the Bulldogs’ Sweet 16 upset victory over the Florida Gators, wherein he exclaimed, “The slipper still fits!” has become a rallying cry for the small Jesuit college in Spokane, Washington.

They have embraced their part as America’s textbook Cinderella, a model for mid-major programs across the nation. However, as the Bulldogs head to Phoenix to play in their first ever Final Four, almost twenty years since their first magical run, the common denominator for their success wasn’t the man who first took them to the Big Dance but rather an assistant on his bench, Mark Few, who has stuck with the program and has built up the powerhouse that has shed the Cinderella stigma and

is ready to claim its stake among the bluebloods of college basketball.

One of the biggest fears of all midmajor schools that have success in the national scene is when larger and more enticing Power 6 conference schools come knocking on the door inquiring about the head coach. For most programs, it is inevitable that coaches move on to greener pastures, whether it be for more money, resources or greater prestige. Very rarely do you find a coach who is willing to turn down these opportunities in order to build something from scratch while facing all the challenges of a mid-major school.

Greg Marshall of Wichita State and Randy Bennett of St. Mary’s College are two of the other notable coaches who have stuck with their programs. While it is possible to sustain success of this magnitude for a mid-major, when you realize that there are over 300 Division

I teams across the sport, you quickly begin to see how special Few’s commitment is during this almost 20-year run.

This year, Nevada Basketball had the most successful season of the past decade. Head Coach Eric Musselman was able to turn around a program that was coming off the heels of a 9-win season.

Within a year, he won the CBI Tournament and this year reached the NCAA Tournament. More importantly, he has revived a barren Lawlor Events Center and has once again made Wolf Pack Basketball the talk of the town, much like its glory days from the mid-2000s.

After the Wolf Pack lost a tough battle against the Iowa State Cyclones in the NCAA Tournament, the attention turned to the future of Musselman with the program. Early last week, reports came out that Musselman had interviewed twice for the head coaching vacancy at Cal. A vocal group of fans

accepted the fate of losing their coach, as they have all heard this story before.

Trent Johnson, who led the Wolf Pack to the Sweet 16 in 2004, jumped ship after his tournament run. His predecessor, Mark Fox, also left for a Power 6 team a couple of years later. Why would Musselman be any different?

It was interesting to note that during the time that the reports of Musselman’s interviews with Cal first came out Athletic Director Doug Knuth vocally expressed a desire to keep Musselman in Reno.

u u Javier Hernandez can be reached at jshernandez@nevada.unr.edu and on Twitter @Sagebrushsports.

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