Volume 129, Issue 5

ASUN ELECTIONS:

Boris Carpio Guerra, Hannah Alquiza Wins

ASUN Presidential, Vice Presidential Election; Senate, Ballot Results

By Lizette Ramirez

Boris Carpio Guerra and Hannah Alquiza were elected as president and vice president for the ninety-first session for the Associated Students of the University of Nevada on March 16.

Carpio Guerra received 499 votes and Alquiza received 858 votes. The two ran together as the Empower Nevada campaign.

Luis Galvez, the other presidential candidate, ran a campaign alone and garnered 411 votes.

Ballot question one:

Shall the Senate of the Associated Students be granted the authority to add a student media fee that will cover the budget for The Nevada Sagebrush, Insight Magazine, Brushfire Arts and Literature Journal, and Wolf Pack Radio?

Yes: 521 votes

No: 408 votes

This did not pass because ballot questions must get a two-thirds majority.

Ballot question two:

Shall the Associated Students of the University of Nevada decrease the 60 undergraduate credits requirement for appointed justices to 45 undergraduate credits to increase the opportunity for students of the University of Nevada, Reno to be appointed as justices?

Yes: 642 votes

No: 288 votes

This question passed.

Ballot question three:

Shall ASUN raise senator stipends from $3,917.20 to $5,000 per year to standardize pay in the association? (Currently, senators receive monthly payments for about 390 hours of work.)

Yes: 559 votes

No: 366 votes

This question passed.

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Sexual Assault Allegations Arise About Presidential Candidate On Yik Yak

By Lizette Ramirez and Emerson Drewes

Editor’s Note: The Nevada Sagebrush understands the anonymous nature of these allegations, however due to the high volume and acknowledgment from the candidate we take them seriously as an organization. This story may have mentions that make readers uncomfortable, discretion is advised.

Sexual assault allegations arose on anonymous posting forum Yik Yak about Luis Galvez, Associated Students of the University of Nevada presidential candidate, on the first day of elections

A high volume of “yaks” — the term posters use on the forum — were posted on Wednesday, March 15 regarding allegations against Galvez, however some speculate they arose as early as Monday.

According to posters on the site, Galvez sexually assaulted someone when he was a student at Reno High School. The Nevada Sagebrush has reached out to posters on the site who have made allegations, but have not received immediate comment.

One post said “Luis Galvez meet me behind Raggio tomorrow to fight,” with comments on the post saying “that b—- is a rapist” and “kill that b—-.”

Other posters said “if you let a rapist become president tomorrow I swear;” and “y’all are so f—— stupid ‘it’s just allegations’ bro if a dude has allegations at all he’s probably not a good fit for president.”

Galvez has responded to the allegations via his Instagram story on his @galvez4prez account and a statement sent to The Nevada Sagebrush. Galvez denies the accusations and stated he will not be dropping out of the race due to them.

“The Office of ASUN president is no place for a rapist,” said Galvez in his statement to the Sagebrush. “As a representative of all UNR , students should trust that their president not only gets the job done, but also has a good moral character.”

Galvez included, if students feel doubtful about what he has to say about the allegations, he urges them to vote for Boris Carpio Guerra for the presidential position.

People on the site and those associated with Galvez have questioned the legitimacy of the allegations and their anonymous nature; one of these people include Cameron Rose, former ASUN presidential candidate who lost in the primaries. Rose has since endorsed Galvez in his run for presidency.

Rose lodged complaints via email with officers Brayden Taubel, attorney general, and Zane Taylor, chief justice, via an email thread shown to the Sagebrush stating Yik Yak is hurting the associations integrity. However, Rose has not submitted a formal complaint or charge sheet yet as of recent.

“I do not know if anyone is aware but there is some serious election violations circulation through Yik Yak,” said Rose in his email to the two. “Calling Luis a rapist? … This platform should not be permitted and is destroying the ASUN integrity.”

Rose also stated he will be filing a complaint with the association stating the allegations are being used to sway the elections and they are a violation of the elections code. Rose is calling for the denouncement of the platform and allegations and threatened to “disband the organization.”

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Guerra and Alquiza upon the announcement of their election on March 16 at the election reception. Guerra and Alquiza werer running under the campaign name of Empower Nevada.

Rachel Jackson / Nevada Sagebrush Galvez present at the election reception on March 16. Galvez was running a solo campaign and lost to Guerra and Alquiza in a tight race.

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In response, both Taylor and Taubel echoed that any posts on Yik Yak is out of their jurisdiction. Taubel and Taylor were reached out to for comment — Taylor denied comment and Taubel did not get back for immediate comment.

“So what I can say is that earlier today it was brought to my attention that some extremely unsavory rumors were being spread on Yik Yak about Luis, and have been since Monday,” said Rose in a statement to The Nevada Sagebrush. “These rumors seem to be a direct attack on Luis in order to sway support for Boris to win the election.”

Allegations that Guerra and Alquiza are using Yik Yak to sway the elections have been denied by both Guerra and Alquiza and both do not have Yik Yak downloaded, according to a statement sent to The Nevada Sagebrush.

“We both do not have Yik Yak at all so these allegations are not true at all. We know how much of a negative place Yik Yak is and have been off of it way before the campaign even started,” said both Guerra and Alquiza. “We do not condone slander of any kind and reframe from the disempowerment of any student on campus. “

Lizette Ramirez and Emerson Drewes can be reached via email at edrewes@ sagebrush.unr.edu or via Twitter @NevadaSagebrush.

Take a look inside the plans of the new Delta Gamma house

By Madison Wanco

Editor’s Note: Madison Wanco is affiliated with Greek Life on campus, although not Delta Gamma. However, this story is written without bias.

The wait is over for Delta Gamma members: the lavish 14-thousand square-feet house is underway and set to complete construction soon — making it the largest sorority house on the University of Nevada, Reno campus.

Construction on the exterior is scheduled for completion in February and the interior in July. Members of the Delta Gamma chapter will have the opportunity to live in the house starting in the fall semester of next year, hopefully before their work week, where they practice for the process of allowing other women to seek membership in their sororities’ chapters on campus.

“It is a long process, getting the lot, and because of COVID-19 we were pushed back a little bit,” said Lauren Garner, former Delta Gamma president. “We were supposed to have a house a few years ago and it just never ended up working out because of Covid and the delays and all of the supply chain issues. So we are glad that it is finally coming together.”

Set to be adorned with Delta Gamma colors — bronze, pink and blue — the house will be able to accommodate 40 members to live-in, with 15 bedrooms on the second floor of the home, two in the basement and a room for the house director.

The main floor will have a foyer, access to the staircase and a formal living room that will also double as a guest room if necessary. There will also be an informal living room with a television and a dining room to accompany it. The main floor will also occupy the kitchen and the housing director will have a designated office space, bathroom, living space and bedroom.

Garner has played a hands-on role in the building and design of the chapter’s upcoming house, however she will not have the opportunity to live in the house.

“I will not be here because I graduate in May, but I will still come back and see it and everything and I will have a room that says my name on it,” said Garner. “I have done a lot of work for the house. I have been meeting with interior designers, we have been talking about different things we want to do and deciding as the housing corporation on what we want to do design wise.”

“It will be very modern and timeless looking because we want it to last forever and age well,” Garner said.

Claire Glover, a new member of the Delta Gamma sorority, who is hopeful about living in the house in the future. She was asked if she would want to live in the house during her time at the university.

“I was thinking about it. Probably, yes. That would be fun to get to know everybody better, meet everyone and hang out, become genuine sisters and have fun with all of them,” Glover said.

The sorority will not own the house due to a lease-to-build agreement with 9th Street Properties, whom they are currently renting from and are also the builders for the house.

Since the chapter currently does not own the house, they will be holding capital fundraisers to help the chapter fully purchase and own the house. The chapter is not sure if the fundraisers will be open to the public or be for Delta gamma members and alumni exclusively.

“I think that most Delta Gamma’s would want to buy them but I think it would be a really cool opportunity if we open it up to the community,” said Garner. “Delta Gamma’s across the nation are excited for us which I think is fun.”

Once the walls are finished, and it is safe for people to be in the house they want to have an event that allows Delta Gamma members and alumni to pay to sign the walls. They also plan to sell bricks as well. There will also be an opportunity for people to sponsor a room and Garner will be one of the sponsors.

Currently, Delta Gamma pays the smallest amount of dues for their members, $776 for fall and $907.75 for spring. However, due to the new house their dues will be raised, similar to the other sororities on campus.

“We are paying the lowest amount of dues on campus right now. It will be a little bit of a jump for our women but I think that they are ready for it and they are excited to have a house finally and we will be comparable to the other sororities on campus dues wise which is cool,” Garner said.

Plans for the construction, general information and updates are all featured on the website dgraisetheroof.com.

Madison Wanco can be reached via email at mwanco@sagebrush.unr.edu or via Twitter @NevadaSagebrush.

Self-defense classes help UNR students feel confident, safe around reno

By Madison Wanco

There are two classes at the University of Nevada, Reno teaching women safety techniques, giving them the ability and the knowledge needed to protect them from danger: Girls on Guard and Rape Agression Defense— or RAD.

Human and sex trafficking, domestic violence and other violent acts against women have been receiving more public awareness due to an increase in media attention and isolation due to COVID-19, according to university police. The University of Nevada, Reno is attempting to educate students on the signs of danger and make them feel confident in their selfdefense skills through courses taught by UNR Police Department officers and officials.

Girls on Guard is taught at the E.L Wiegand Fitness Center. According to the UNR Recreation Portal Girls on Guard is “a women’s self-defense session focusing on risk awareness, risk reduction and personal safety.”

RAD is a women’s self-defense class taught by police officers like Joshua Reynolds, deputy chief of UNRPD. Only female presenting people can take the course.

“I always start my semester, the first couple of classes we do not do any physical self-defense. We talk about risk avoidance, risk awareness and risk reduction. That is 90 percent of self-defense,” said Reynolds. “Being more aware of your surroundings, building that confidence and hopefully you never get to the point where you have to use the physical techniques because you have taken those steps.”

Reynolds, the RAD instructor, said they talk about confidence in the course and how to prevent being chosen as a target by an offender. The class emphasizes being confident to prevent an offender or “bad guy” thinking that an individual is an “easy” target. The class also talks about always being aware and cautious about the surrounding environment to prevent dangerous situations.

Taking precautions limits the need of having to defend oneself physically. Madison Eifert, community relations specialist at UNRPD, previously taught Girls on Guard and emphasizes the importance of drawing attention to oneself.

“The two things that offenders typically want is for you to comply and be quiet,” said Eifert. “If you reduce those by screaming, or having a whistle on you to use or pull an alarm, I know those are really popular with students right now and those can significantly reduce the risk.”

Eiffert made sure to talk about the strategies used in teaching students today.

“Even in the women’s self-defense class we have been told not to use

the word ‘victim,’ use the word ‘survivor’ or do not use ‘perpetrator,’ use ‘bad-guy’ just to make it a little bit more in the vernacular with students and they are able to better relate to it,” Eifert said.

Media attention surrounding trafficking issues has made the issue more public.

“I think awareness to sex trafficking is being increased and human trafficking,” said Faith Syfrett, detective at UNRPD.

A lot of Syfrett’s work focuses on trafficking issues pertaining to campus and the Reno area. Syfrett argues human trafficking has remained as pertinent of an issue it always has, but more awareness has been brought due to high profile cases.

Reynolds mentioned that most of the sex trafficking issues he had known about on campus, have been via grooming on the internet. Syfrett added that this issue was amplified since the pandemic.

“We never want to scare anybody. We just want to make people aware. I met my husband on Bumble. I still vetted him before I met him,” Syfrett said about the importance of internet safety for all people.

Syfrett also mentioned that although being followed by strangers is a worthy reason for anyone to call the non-emergency police department phone number, however it is not the typical route that offenders take when trying to abduct their target.

“It is going to be a family member, it is going to be a close friend, it is going to be somebody that sees an opportunity based off of somebody’s struggles. If somebody is struggling and they are needing, let’s just say: love or care or shelter in their life,” said Syfrett. “Somebody who is opportunistic is going to see that, they are going to groom them on social media, a dating website … so you are likely not going to be kidnapped from those people following you at Walmart,”

The class counts as a physical education credit at the university. Although many of the things taught in the class require physical strength, some of the class is devoted to being mentally aware of the tactics of possible assailants.

“I would say the main focus is learning how to defend yourself against a possible attacker and learning how to constantly be aware of your surroundings so that if possible you can prevent being in that situation in the first place,” Brie Albright, a student at UNR who has taken an RAD class said.

Madison Wanco can be reached via email at mwanco@sagebrush.unr.edu or via Twitter @NevadaSagebrush.

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The upper floor of the new Delta Gamma house. Photo from dgraisetheroof.com

The main floor of the Delta Gamma house.

Photo from dgraisetheroof.com

Members of Delta Gamma breaking ground on the house.

Arts Entertainment

Reno Little Theater mounts wildly funny “Sherlock Holmes” adaptation

By Peregrine Hart

Arguably remixed more often than the originals are read, the novels and short stories starring nineteenth-century sleuth Sherlock Holmes have spawned a tireless string of adaptations. A vast range of tone marks the — now-fully public domain — intellectual property: Holmes can be found in grounded thrillers, sprightly teen adventures and even the odd paranormal fantasy series.

This winter, at Reno Little Theater, he can be found in the zany slapstick comedy “Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery,” played by University of Nevada, Reno acting instructor Rosie Calkin.

The script is penned by Ken Ludwig, a playwright wellknown for “Lend Me A Tenor,” and it plays fast and loose with the 1902 Arthur Conan Doyle novel “The Hound of the Baskervilles.” Its conceit is a staple in the mystery genre: a rich, title-bearing Englishman dies — that’ll be Baskerville. Someone unexpected inherits the fortune. The detective must find the killer looking to cash in on the will before the hapless heir meets his doom.

As far as Holmses go, Calkin is a singular delight. She plays the detective in what’s often called a “pants” role, donning the traditionally masculine costume with unchanged pronouns in the script.

It’s exciting enough to see Calkin take the helm as such an iconic — and overwhelmingly male-casted — character. But it’s her expressive physicality and full-bodied use of the voice that make the performance memorable beyond the subversive casting.

Hers is a chain smoking, cantankerous Holmes utterly unconcerned with the cool he’s been projecting in more recent adaptations. An approach like this shucks the subtle wit we’ve been taught to expect from Sherlock Holmes, but for good reason. He’s actually hilarious as an erudite stooge instead.

Playing well off of Calkin’s Holmes are four other star players in an intimate cast of five. Besides the detective’s partnerin-solving-crime, Watson — played with antsy charm by Ryan Costello — all are employed in the service of dozens of other

characters.

To set them apart, the script demands they be loud, exaggerated and wildly inventive. Luckily, Jim Sturtevant, Ian Sorenson and Jessica Johnson, as Actors #1-3, prove uncowed under their deluge of responsibilities.

Where it might otherwise get visibly tiresome, playwright Ken Ludwig skillfully lashes a touch of self-awareness to break the fourth wall for some grumbling: Sturtevant gets to protest at one point over a litany of quick costume changes, and it might be the biggest laugh of the show.

Johnson — whom I saw as an understudy on the show’s penultimate weekend of Feb. 12 — is the cast’s sleeper treasure in the many roles of Actor #3. She shows an impressive willingness to go places silly enough to make any actor feel sheepish and exposed — and then, miraculously, goes even further.

But a strong troupe of actors is only half the battle for a show so invested in plot and action. For the rest, it takes an understanding of the form to make theater really shine. This means knowing its strengths, but also its technical limitations. Where comedy is concerned, both Ludwig’s script and Chad Sweet’s directing actively use all the things a small production usually can’t achieve to grasp at a special flavor of humor that only comes from lack.

From acknowledging the presence of the same actor in different roles to situational gags built into the multi-functional set, “Baskerville” has the advantage of the tongue-in-cheek on its side. Wigs fly, chaos reigns and everyone has a messy good time.

Comedy, however, can come at a price. Ludwig, if anything, tries to be too funny too much of the time, which gives the script a limited emotional palette. When the top-notch lighting and sound are working their hardest to make things gloomy and perilous, you can almost feel an ill-timed extra joke snuffing out the suspenseful flame.

Ludwig is a local theater favorite for a reason. He predictably delivers laughs with a wide and fast net. He’s a total

crowdpleaser. Even if you’re among the most jaded viewers, one of the script’s endless gags will get you, and that’s only if one of director Chad Sweet’s clever additions hasn’t already.

But if it’s all you have, comedy can seem a little too easy to achieve. Easier, certainly, than horror or despair or relief. In fact, you can wind up cutting off your actors when they, being good actors, reach for another area of their well-rounded skill set.

In moments, the ensemble at the heart of “Baskerville” will land at a silent exchange with emotional honesty of a different tenor. And because they’re connected deeply with their characters, it’s sublime — until Ludwig drags them back to the jokes like a demanding foreman. One would almost think he’s afraid to fall below a certain volume of gags per minute.

Ludwig’s tendencies don’t do anything truly damaging to the show’s structure until well into the second act, but it’s a doozy. The climax, which is presumably pretty harrowing in the original, bounces off the stage like silly putty.

The conclusion’s central conceit is that Holmes has been uniquely unmoored by this case on England’s shadowed moors. But all the tools necessary to convey this have been slowly undermined by the script. It limits the lighting and set’s skillful building of atmosphere. It cuts off the briefest tastes we get of conflict between Holmes and Watson before they even begin.

“Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery” is so freaking funny — and that takes impressive technical and performance skill; it’s no small feat. But in the end, thanks to the playwright, it’s not much more than that.

Reno Little Theater’s 2022-23 season continues with “Small Mouth Sounds,” running April 14-30 this spring.

Brushfire celebrates edition 75 with contributor gallery

By Peregrine Hart

This March, a campus publication known for its poetry took a stab at showcasing visual art.

When Brushfire Literature and Arts Journal’s first edition went to the presses in 1950, it didn’t accept original submissions from visual artists. Instead, with only writing contributors, it paid student illustrators to hand-ink drawings tailored to each submitted poem.

It was only after a brief hiatus in the 70s Brushfire started publishing the works of artists and writers in equal measure, said Phoebe Coogle, Brushfire’s current editor-in-chief. Today, the journal’s emphasis is still bent towards writers, but Coogle hopes to balance the disciplines and land more submissions from the world of visual arts.

Now, for the first time, Brushfire has opened a gallery to showcase the art from its contributors included in the newest and past editions of the journal.

“We reached out to our contributors from the last three years, since 2020,and we were like, ‘Would you like to send us the originals that you have, or if you’re a photographer, would you like to send us prints?’ and there was quite a large response from our artists. It kind of came to fruition in that regard,” Coogle said.

The gallery played host to mediums from collage to embroidery on canvas. Some contributors like Lauren Sapperstein, whose ink drawing “Koi the Cat” appeared in the seventy-fourth edition, lent Brushfire’s staff the original work of art, bringing a piece they’d already featured in print onto the wall of McNamara Gallery.

Others used the gallery as an opportunity to showcase their range. Hannah Potts, whose poetry appeared most recently in this year’s seventh-fifth edition, dipped her toe into the visual arts realm with a geography-minded submission. The piece, embroidered on canvas in 2020, re-imagines John Snow’s 1854 map of cholera outbreaks in London — without the outbreaks.

“The gallery — it’s not too focused, we didn’t have any grand theme that people had to follow when they brought in their artwork,” Coogle said.

The only stipulation was that featured artists had to be published in the last three editions, and that one of the four pieces they submitted had to be one that was featured in the journal. But even that’s not always possible, Coogle explained.

“We do have several artists who had sold their originals, and unfortunately couldn’t provide them to us,” Coogle said, “so we kind of played fast and loose with the rules we had set.”

Marking the journal’s history at the start of the gallery were framed prints of its first and seventy-fifth editions’ covers. A volume from each decade since its inception led the viewer towards the work of today’s artists.

Notable details included a copy of the 1952 edition’s third volume, which was clearly hand-lettered, and 2010’s sixty-second edition, whose shadowbox concealed an eye-popping page count. In the years since, it’s fallen to 64 pages, though Brushfire’s staff recently managed to bring it up to 76 in honor of the newest publication.

Like all publications, however, Brushfire only has so much money to spare. Coogle’s ambitions to expand the journal’s presence on campus can sometimes clash with the realities of her staff’s budget.

“I have $200 to host things, and hosting a gallery, frames and shipping costs — that’s already run like $360,” Coogle said. “We’ve eaten through all of our host fees and then some, so it has to come out of operations.”

Operations — like compensating Brushfire’s 5-person staff and paying to print each year’s volumes of the journal — ultimately wind up taking precedence, limiting the journal’s already-strained bandwidth for outreach.

“So if we only have the funds to publish biannually like we almost are in our current situation, it means we’re unable to do all these other cool things,” Coogle said. With more funding, she added, “We would print more, we’d hire more people, we’d host more events.”

Also on the docket might be reviving Brushfire’s zine department, which hosted workshops and curated smaller, more experimental themed publications, with more opportunities for students to submit.

Still, Coogle counts the journal’s stretched year as a success. When she ran for editor-in-chief last summer, she won the position with high expectations.

“I was like, I want to bolster Brushfire’s presence on campus, I want to do a gallery showing, I want to table more. A lot of those things have fallen into place,” Coogle said. “We’re a fairly new team, but we all work together very well, and I’m pretty proud of what we’ve achieved these few semesters.”

The Brushfire gallery closed March 17.

TL Solutions / Courtesy Reno Little Theater Jim Sturtevant (left), Ian Sorenson (center) and Ryan Costello (left) in a moodily lit scene on the moors.

TL Solutions / Courtesy Reno Little Theater Rosie Calkin (center) as Holmes, opposite Costello’s Watson (left) and Sorenson’s Baskerville.

Peregrine Hart can be reached at peregrineh@sagebrush.unr.edu or on Twitter @pintofperegrine.

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The covers of Brushfire’s first and most recent editions bookended the journal’s inaugural gallery showing.

Peregrine Hart can be reached at peregrineh@ sagebrush.unr.edu or on Twitter @ pintofperegrine.

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from each decade of the journal’s history graced McNamara Gallery in Church Fine Arts during the exhibition.

What makes music? Bay Area bands and fans of Hobo Johnson weigh in

By Em Tomeo

Many people today strongly identify with their favorite musical artists. Oftentimes, a community of sorts forms around a musician’s presence — especially when that musician visits hardhitting topics in their music: like with Hobo Johnson.

Johnson gained fame through years of work and a few viral TikTok songs. His music goes through rejection, homelessness, his parent’s divorce and most recently his father’s death in 2022. Many people see parts of their own struggles reflected in his songs.

There is one difference between most popular sad songs and Hobo Johnson’s work, however. His is spoken word music.

Classified as a part of the emo-rap genre, Hobo Johnson’s performances sound closer to a poetry slam than a XXXTentacion concert, another artist of the genre.

Concert-goers at Johnson’s Feb. 4 show in San Francisco weigh in on why his music and others within the genre are so important to them and the culture.

Bundled up to shield from the San Francisco winter rain and wind at the very back of the ticket line, Robby, a concert-goer, is elated to talk about the sound of Hobo Johnson’s music.

“It’s rhythmic,” Robby says. “There’s a lot of thought in the words.” He shares a few words with his friend before concluding; “… It’s like rap in a different direction.”

According to Christina, another concert-goer closer to the front of the

line, the music of Hobo Johnson has a “heartbreak-like style”. Including the hard topics such as depression and social struggles in his songs resonates with many people.

“There’s a difference between resonating with something and being a part of something,” Christina says.

She feels that at a point, it is just music to listen to. Not everything in it applies to the real world.

The artists who make the music, however, have a different approach to the songs that everyone at the concert came to hear. In a backstage interview with two of the opening bands for Hobo Johnson in San Francisco, the Philharmonik, a Cleveland R&B artist, and bay-area band The Happys reveal more behind the musical process.

“It’s a big-ass therapy session,” says the Philharmonik. “I get to be my unadulterated, unfiltered, feral self.”

Alé Sanchez, lead guitarist of The Happys, eagerly shares the spirit.

“I f—ing love that,” Sanchez adds.

Elijah Smetzer, the band’s drummer, sees an obvious source of appeal for their audience.

“That gives people the courage to let their animals out and join the party with you,” Smetzer chimes in.

The room all claps in agreement.

Artists; enjoying the fact that there is a room of people out behind the door who all find the same freedom that they do in their art.

But it isn’t all happiness in music. There are hard times, there are rough times. All of which the musicians communicate to their audience. There are no filters, no performances.

Sanchez describes the feeling of making music and being on stage as

freeing. “You’re not trying to block out things because of the people around you … You’re being yourself.”

Nick Petty, the lead singer of The Happys, sees the virtue in visiting dark places.

“That’s the real art,” Petty adds in a sentimental tone. “If you’re actually exposing sides of yourself that are uncomfortable … That’s music.”

Opening for Sublime with Rome the following week, The Happys have come a long way from their start ten years ago. Petty, being the original band member, is the main creative behind the lyrics of the band’s songs.

Ultimately, the artists want their music to be real.

“There’s songs about addiction. There’s songs about love and funny stuff,” says Petty. It is all real, and meant to be relatable.

However, none of the artists expect to find a “cookie cutter” fan, someone who completely identifies with the music.

“He’s had a tough past,” says bass player Brett Brazil, looking over to Petty who sits back in a tropical shirt and trapper hat. “It all works its way into the music and then we go from there on our own specialties [instruments].”

Petty leans in towards the recorder immersed in what he is going to say.

“Music to me has always been a religion,” Petty says. “Like something that literally, like it literally helps your entire life. And then hopefully the people around you are listening to it.”

Brüka’s “When Churchyards Yawn” takes on “Hamlet” in the afterlife

PHOTOS: Swae Lee, Floyboy, Split Persona and more take the stage at Biggest Little Festival

By Louis Bubala

This spring, Brüka Theatre’s new workshop production takes up the high body count of Shakespeare’s famous — and famously long — tragedy, Hamlet.

“Hamlet” has a full runtime worthy of its many deaths. When a young, volatile Prince Hamlet learns from a ghost that his uncle killed his father to take the crown, he strikes up a plan to “revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.”

Over the next three hours, if no significant cuts to the script are made, viewers watch this plan go horribly awry, taking the rest of Hamlet’s family, his friends and eventually Hamlet himself with it. All told, nine named bodies hit the floor. Not quite as many as the 14 in “Titus Andronicus,” but still nothing to scoff at.

In Brüka Theatre’s dimmed, atmospheric venue, “When Churchyards Yawn” cuts to 40 years after the fact. The nine fatalities of “Hamlet” have advanced to purgatory. If they manage to let go of their sins in life and forgive each other, they’ll make it to heaven. If not, well, there’s a very menacing door waiting for them at stage right.

Martin A. David and Jeanmarie Simpson, directors of the show, make a casting choice both refreshing and direly needed in the theater world: older actors take on all the roles, including Hamlet, Laertes and Ophelia. In typical productions of “Hamlet,” these three are teenagers, and often cast accordingly.

Age lends these characters dimension which can sometimes be hard to see in the original. Joel Barber, who absolutely devastates in a few astounding moments as Laertes, gives the character a booming voice and seasoned power compelling the audience to reconsider him.

Jeanmarie Simpson, who also wrote the script, anchors Laertes by the fact he played by the rules, followed in his father’s ambitious footsteps and lost all the same. This interpretation can still strike a chord when in the hands of a young actor, but Barber’s performance has the heft of decades behind it.

Claudius and Gertrude are also highlights, played respectively by Bob Gabrielli and Terri Gray. Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle, is behind the murder of his father. However, in the pages of “Hamlet,” it seems his mother, Gertrude, receives most of his rage. Gertrude, just weeks after Hamlet’s father is buried,

weds Claudius, and much of Hamlet’s breath is spent shaming her for doing so.

But as “When Churchyards Yawn” is eager to point out, Gertrude had no idea of Claudius’ darker plans. And beyond that, Simpson’s script argues, she doesn’t deserve to be shamed for a desperate grasp at happiness, especially given how little we know about Hamlet’s father and his character from the text of “Hamlet” itself.

And where “When Churchyards Yawn” concerns Hamlet’s father, Martin A. David’s interpretation of the guy is delightful. Apathetic and very likely baked, he takes a “meh” approach to the play’s baggage, mostly content to sit out major fights and laugh to the side.

When the play hits its stride in the second act, however, Simpson’s writing cracks his apathy open to reveal its human cost on his family. David is both hilarious and heartbreaking in the production’s rich reimagining of the original’s onenote ghost.

“When Churchyards Yawn,” struggles with the balance between existing story and added material. When Simpson’s additions aren’t too much of a leap from the text, the emotional weight they levy onto the characters is convincing. When a moment of reckoning rests too much on headcanon, it feels like the departure is angling to tell an entirely different story.

Dialogue, too, can’t always say where it stands. Simpson rightly keeps the Shakespearean effect to a minimum, but in eschewing all pretense, the characters often state plainly exactly what they feel, and some potential drama is lost. “I have issues,” is said frankly and outright; at a few points, a character will shut down an escalating argument by just yelling, “stop!”

Stylistic choices aside, it’s thrilling to see a new interpretation of Shakespeare take the stage in Reno, especially one with such interesting ideas as “When Churchyards Yawn.”

If “Hamlet” or “The Good Place” in any way appeal to you, this marriage of both is well worth your attention.

Peregrine Hart can be reached at peregrineh@sagebrush.unr. edu on Twitter @pintofperegrine

Em Tomeo can be reached at peregrineh@ sagebrush.unr.edu on Twitter via @ NevadaSagebrush

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Hobo Johnson performs at the San Francisco concert Feb. 4.

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Biggest Little Festival on March 3. Swae Lee headlines.

Louis Bubala/ Nevada Sagebrush Zander Hoschak, lead singer of Reno band Split Persona, performs.

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Students are greeted with a balloon arch at Biggest Little Festival.

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Jazzy Jayne (right) in a duet with Floyboy (left).

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Fans in the front row make some noise.

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Hoschak riles up the crowd during Split Persona’s set.

By Peregrine Hart

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The Brüka Theater as it stands on Virginia Street on March 26. When Churchyard’s Yawn is a refreshing take on the Shakespearian tragedy of Hamlet currenty playing at the theater.

Tips for first time European adventurers, like me

man or German-brand foods off the top of my head.

Even if it looks gross, try it because you’ll be surprised by how it tastes and how good it actually is.

Be prepared for a lot of dreary days and rain.

As a person who loves rain and snow, I was not prepared for the days when Germany would get hit with random storms.

Where I am, Lüneburg, rarely gets snow, but a winter storm hit out of the blue that inconvenienced everyone. However, the snowball fights we had and the snowman-building times made everything worth it.

Similar to Reno, Germany’s weather will change on a dime. A warm, sunny early morning can leave you drenched in afternoon showers. It’s important to always have a raincoat or snow jacket with you at all times from January to April.

Time zones suck, but make time for family, friends and yourself.

By Jaedyn

I’ve only been to a total of three states my whole life, one of them being my home state of California, and I have never been out of the country. I took my first plane ride this summer. And of all people, I decided to live in Germany for a semester. This was a leap into the unknown and the largest adventure I have ever taken on. I chose Germany because I took three years of German in high school and four semesters in college. However, even with all of this knowledge the jump still felt crazy to me, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.

When I arrived at my layover in Frankfurt things were already different. Signs were written in the German language “Ausgang”, “Flughafen”, “WC”, etc. — the people looked different, even the smell was different.

All of this change in such a short time can take a toll. There are new people, different sceneries, cultural differences and, of course, the crazy jetlag.

I’ve learned to manage with these changes and find comfort here in Germany, however homesickness still sets in for my beloved home and university.

Here are some tips I’ve gathered to make the most of your time abroad — specifically in Germany — and also to remind yourself of where you come from.

Try your German everywhere, don’t be afraid.

Learning a foreign language is hard and everything I thought I knew was nothing compared to actually being in a Germanspeaking country.

However, trying out your German speaking skills when you go out to eat or talk with German students or professors is one of the best things you can do to improve it. Like everyone says, immersion is the best way to learn a language.

Most of the time people will just correct you or ask you to clarify and help you. Don’t be scared, people are very kind and understanding.

Eat new things; German food is amazing.

One of my favorite things about Germany besides the environment is the food!

Bratwurst with curry ketchup, Käsebrötchen, “Nasi Goreng,” Polenta, Schnitzel, Poutine, Currywurst, Döner kebab, Milchreis and Leibniz biscuits are just a few of my favorite little Ger-

My first few weeks in Germany were crazy and hectic. I was planning travel to other countries, meeting new people, bonding with my three roommates — three German and one American — getting to know the people in my program, learning the bus schedules, getting used to my class times and locations, adapting to my professor’s teaching styles, learning how to communicate with people basically in German and trying to keep my sleep schedule normal.

It is a lot and if someone tells you any different they are lying to you. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed, but try to find a schedule for yourself and take 15 minutes to meditate, journal, listen to music or draw.

The first month, I was having a blast. I wasn’t feeling even minorly home sick. But of course, when the Super Bowl rolled around with the Philadelphia Eagles (my family’s team) versus the Kansas City Chiefs, the home sickness rolled in like a bunch of German rain clouds — out of the blue and with full storm capacity.

I was a wreck, FaceTiming my mom on bad wifi, trying to say “hi” to everybody and staying up till 5 a.m. due to the 9-hour time change. Then, I showed up to class late the next day because I was feeling very sad and homesick.

Call your family and friends once a week for at least 10 minutes just to keep you sane. Make time for yourself and your loved ones. It will help, I promise.

Don’t overwhelm yourself with travel. Be smart about planning.

And last but not least, travel. This is one of the most important things for students who come to study abroad in a new country.

As someone who has already been to seven countries in Europe, I can say traveling is amazing, but stressful at the same time.

In the first two weeks, I went to Dublin, Ireland, which was beautiful, but sometimes plans don’t end up perfectly. You have to prioritize what you want to see and make a budget.

Cheap flights with long overnight layovers, cheap train tickets with a lot of stops, cheap hostels with dorms full of a lot of people, living out of a backpack and making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch so you only pay for one big meal eating out was common for me, but not for everyone.

This is why budgeting is key. You have to figure out what you want to spend extra money on before you go places.

Also, as someone who went to Amsterdam, Prague, London, Salzburg and Paris on back-to-back weekends is inherently crazy. Having to pack every Thursday or Friday night for

Uprising: Masks, Sickness and COVID

By Gabe Kanae

You could see it clear as day and the discussion amongst college students has never been more — the rise of sicknesses and its spread has been increasing now more than ever.

Following the start of the new spring semester, most students I have talked too have already experienced a sickness that was transmitted to them from their college peers, yet the amount of expression and attempts of solutions from the University has never been lower.

The university does not have a focus or desire to address or offer accommodations to students who gain a sickness while also testing negative for COVID-19.

Most professors at the university only suggest ways to recover and catch up on work if the student tested positive for COVID-19 and needed to quarantine, but people with com mon colds or flus are forced to miss out on class with no consideration to their needs and health.

When the university returned to most in-person classes, we began to see a rise of neglect in student health. The university al lowed and forced students to work in actively dangerous air quality environments and also enforced policies for sicknesses that only ap plied to the COVID or COVID-related illness.

After the university spent months work ing on a platform and ways for students to access online learning, they refuse to teach professors or require them to accommodate for bad environmental issues or illnesses. It seems the university has all together man aged to forget why online learning worked and they haven’t thought of how they can implement it today to help students study in a healthier manner.

Another question and topic that has risen among students is the po tential return of masks and for some, a re quirement for safety. Though masks haven’t been required for over a year, some students have begun to return to wearing them in an attempt to prevent themselves from gaining illnesses and also spreading them.

Some students however, stick to not wear ing masks even if they are sick. There have been numerous occasions and issues with students coughing, sneezing and expressing symptoms of an illness or cold without pro tecting their peers. This only causes illnesses

to spread while promoting irresponsibility.

Masks have also begun to be seen as an issue. Some students are often confused or feel awkward seeing a student in a mask. I’ve seen students who wear masks get questioned on their choice of why and also made fun of for wearing masks when it is not required. Unfortunately, it appears that since masks were required for such an extensive amount of time, the idea of small numbers of people wearing them in public can make others feel weird or assume the wearer has a sickness themselves even though that may not even be the case.

University students should return to wearing masks if they feel they are sick or catching an illness. The university needs to address the lack of support they have to students who may have a contagious illness that is

a weekend away and getting home late Sunday night can get exhausting once you jump from week-to-week. Just make sure to plan out what kind of assignments you have through the week and do a light trip if you need to.

And when you do this planning, it’s important you book your tickets at least two weeks or more ahead of time. Travel tickets are usually much cheaper a month or two in advance and prices may jump the closer the date gets. However, hostels can vary. Usually they are cheaper a month in advance, but sometimes as the date gets closer, they need to fill their dorms, so they sometimes lower their prices.

But, make sure to have fun (duh!). You should be traveling and you will be experiencing some wild and beautiful things, so take a moment to yourself on the side of the ruckus and just soak it in.

Just remember to try it all, if you can.

Opinions expressed in The Nevada Sagebrush are solely those of the author and do not necessarily express the views of The Sagebrush or its staff. Jaedy Young is a student at the University of Nevada studying journalism. He can be reached at edrewes@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush.

Betrayed: UNR unjustly gifting Ipads to incoming freshmen;

By Madison Wanco

The high school graduating class of 2020 missed out on prom, graduation night, final performances, sporting events and traditional graduation ceremonies due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown.

Not only did they lose out on the memorable parts of their final months as a high school student, but they also had to watch as the high school class of 2021 were gifted iPads for the supposed trials they endured during the pandemic. The university had pity for the incoming freshmen and decided that they would get an ipad as reparations for what they had gone through during the pandemic.

This is not to say that the class of 2021 collectively had it easy during the pandemic. Most people had to make sacrifices during the lockdown and the pandemic that lasted for several years after. However, it is simply ridiculous that they were specifically apologized to and gifted an expensive tablet.

The high school class of 2021 still got to do all of their special events, including prom and graduation. In 2020, when the pandemic caused a lockdown it would have been their junior year. This means that the worst thing that would have happened is missing one of their proms and an SAT or other spe cialized test for college admissions. They still had the hope of getting their special senior year events and got to miss a test.

College ad missions were also aware that the pande mic pre vented students from taking specialized tests such as the SAT so many schools got rid of the requirement. This was not only a slap in the face to the class of 2020 and all that they already lost, but it was in credibly unfair to the other upperclassmen

who paid the university longer for their education only to receive nothing in return.

If this was not ridiculous enough, the university started a tradition of gifting iPads to incoming freshmen who did nothing to earn these presents, while current students continue to receive nothing in return. The only way that non-freshmen students can receive an iPad from the university is through working for NevadaFIT, where freshmen have been generously receiving free iPads and creative Apple Pencils.

Incoming students at NevadaFIT receive credit for their participation. Students learn about what they want to study and get free technology while the class of 2020, got punished by the university and didn’t get this opportunity at all.

Even though the university did not have an in-person orientation due to the health and safety guidelines, that does not make it right for the university to put the class of 2021 on a pedestal when the class of 2020 missed out on the better part of their senior year and the

On top of this, the upperclassmen who finessed the system by getting their iPad through working for NevadaFIT who have to endure working with incoming freshmen and mediocre pay just to receive the same prize that should be granted to

Opinions expressed in The Nevada Sagebrush are solely those of the author and do not necessarily express the views of The Sagebrush or its staff.

Madison Wanco is a student at the University of Nevada studying journalism. They can be reached at mwanco@sagebrush.unr. edu or on Twitter @

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Men’s basketball is headed back to March Madness

By Jalen Robinson

The Nevada men’s basketball team is back to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament for the first time since 2018. Despite a rocky end to the season, losing their last three games including their Mountain West conference quarterfinal game against the San Jose State Spartans, the Wolf Pack squeaked into the tournament for the very last at-large bid.

The Wolf Pack qualified for an at-large bid and are slated to play the Arizona State Sun Devils on Wednesday, March 15 in Dayton, Ohio in the NCAA March Madness “First Four” round. What is an at-large bid? There are two forms of bids to get into March Madness, an at-large bid and an automatic bid.

An automatic bid is given to teams who are the champions of their conference tournament, having the best record and winning the regular season conference title does not qualify as a bid. An at-large bid stands for all the teams that didn’t win their conference tournament but whose resumes stand out, making them eligible for selection by the NCAA tournament committee. The committee looks at overall statistics, wins, losses, and strength of schedule when considering who should be an at-large bid.

Since the Pack was one of the last teams to qualify they will, unfortunately, have to play an extra game in the first four before the tournaments start Thursday. The Pack will not be admitted into the March Madness bracket officially until then.

What are the “First Four”? To keep it simple, the First Four is the first round and the remaining 64 rounds. Consisting of eight teams, the First Four are simply the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifying teams and the four lowest-seeded at-large bid teams in the tournament. Each at-large or automatic bid team will be slotted to play one game against another first four team or their equivalent opponent to see who advances to play in the March Madness bracket. This is done to even the playing field of teams who both have very impressive resumes but both compare to one another relatively the same.

Once that game is played, the winner will take over the seed that they are fighting for. In this case, Nevada is battling Arizona State University for the eleventh seed. Thisseed will advance to Friday to face off against the six seed Texas Christian University.

Despite sitting pretty and gazing at March Madness in 2nd place with only five games left before the Mountain West conference tournament, the Pack stumbled to the finish line. Almost giving up their spot to another at-large bid, the Pack dropped four of their last six games while losing three straight to end the season, two of them being overtime losses.

Even though the Pack’s rough patch came at the worst time of the year and much hope was lost for an at-large bid, the Pack still managed to finish thirty-seventh in the national rankings. This would later have them blessed by the selection committee, granting the Pack the last at-large bid available in the bracket. The decision by the committee left out the Oklahoma State Cowboys of the Big 12, being the first team out. With that said, Wolf Pack March Madness basketball is back like it never left. The Pack looks to make a statement in their first NCAA tournament game since the Eric Musselman era in 2018. Nevada will play on Wednesday, March, 15th at 6:10 Pacific Time on TruTV,

Nevada falls to Wyoming 71-80, putting NCAA tournament bid in jeopardy

By Jalen Robinson

For the last road game of the season, the Pack came up short 80-71 against a struggling University of Wyoming Cowboys team. Qualifying as their first quad 3-4 loss of the season, the Pack put themselves at risk for not only an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament but a top two seed in the Mountain West Conference tournament. This dropped them out of the top two spots in the conference, with Boise replacing the Pack. Heading into their last road game of the season, the Wolf Pack looked to come out with back-to-back wins on the road to end the season. After just coming off a close four-point win to an underwhelming Fresno State Bulldogs team, the Pack needed a statement victory before the season finale. With questions swirling, the Pack took the floor and immediately made a splash. Tre Coleman, Nevada forward, started off hot with a fast nine points within the first five minutes. The Cowboys would quickly come back, but not before the Pack consistently tamed Wyoming with their own offense, as Lucas retaliated with his threepointers. Though, with quick foul trouble in the first half, the Pack had to turn to the bench quickly for support. Although withstanding most of the first half with foul trouble, the benched players managed enough through the first half to only trial the Cowboys 40-37 at the half. Returning from half, the big three of Lucas, Blackshear, and Baker played a significant role out of the gatee again, scoring and getting out to an early second-half lead. But not

so fast, as the second-half shooting woes would continue.

After a hot start, the Nevada flame dwindled as the shots fell cold. The Cowboys steamrolled back from a sevenpoint deficit in the second half, all while the Pack failed to convert and get a basket for seven straight minutes. With seconds chipping off the clock, so did the Pack and their play, especially with key players in foul trouble. In the end, Will Baker, Nevada center, and Jarod Lucas, Nevada guard, combined for 46 of the team’s 71 points. But, it wasn’t enough, as the Cowboys had two players over 25+ points.

The Pack ended up blowing the second-half lead and potentially their chances of an at-large bid. Even though losing their last away game of the season hurts insurmountably, all hope is not lost for the Pack. They are still a top-four seed in the Mountain West, and have a chance at revenge for what their arch-rivals, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels, did to them in Las Vegas on Jan. 28.

The Pack looks to bounce back with a season finale win as they host the UNLV Rebels in their last home game on Saturday, March 4 at 2 pm. The Pack looks to not get swept in the season series by their rivals and also secure a much-needed conference win on senior night at the Lawlor Events Center.

Jalen Robinson can be reached at draridon@unr.edu or on Twitter @ jalen_robinsonn

Rachel Jackson / Nevada Sagebrush Will Baker, Nevada center, jumps to make a basket for Nevada during the Jan. 31 game. Baker, a core four member of the men’s basketball team, helping score almost all of the points for the Pack.

SOFTBALL DOMINATES

Nevada Softball continues to dominate in two tournament weekend

By Dominic Gutierrez

The Nevada Wolf Pack Softball team dominated in their weekend series at the Winthrop Eagle Classic. After beating the Marist College Red Foxes 6-0 on Sunday, the Wolf Pack ended the weekend with a 5-0 sweep.

The Winthrop Tournament began on Friday with a doubleheader for the Pack. Blake Craft, Nevada starting pitcher, led the Pack to an 8-0 victory against Queens University of Charlotte in game one. The mercy rule kicked in, as Craft pitched all five innings, striking out seven while only allowing one hit.

Outfielder Gabby Herrera got the Pack on the board in the first with an RBI double. The offense exploded in the second inning with some help from the Queens’ defense. After Chelie Senini, Nevada center fielder, hit an RBI single, the Wolf Pack capitalized off an error to score two more. Charli Hawkins, Nevada catcher, then hit a two-run double to give the Pack a five-run second inning. They went on to score two more in the fourth, which led to the 8-0 victory.

In game two, the Wolf Pack dominated once again, this time against North Carolina A&T State. Carley Brown, Nevada starting pitcher, started the second game, giving up five hits, two runs, and eight strikeouts in the 10-2 win over the Aggies.

After the Aggies took a 1-0 lead in the first, the Pack took

over in the second inning. The team scored three runs off of errors by the Aggies to take the lead. The third inning was no different, as the Pack scored three more to extend their lead to 6-1. Maile Olsen, Nevada second baseman, also stole home to contribute to the three-run third inning. As a team, Nevada tied the single-game record of nine stolen bases.

Hawkins came up big once again, hitting a two-run homer in the fourth. The game was called in the fifth after a Haylee Engelbrecht RBI single to close out the 10-2 victory.

The Wolf Pack played another doubleheader on Saturday in some low-scoring affairs. Game one was a tight 2-0 victory against the Red Foxes. Tyra Clary, Nevada starting pitcher, threw a complete game shutout against Marist College, limiting them to three hits with nine strikeouts.

Aaliyah Jenkins, Nevada designated hitter, scored the only two runs for Nevada via a two-run home run in the sixth. The speed continued to be a factor as well, as Senini, Madison Clark, Nevada left fielder, and Bradianne Glover, Nevada pinch runner all recorded a stolen base.

Game two was another close game led by Craft. She threw her second complete-game shutout of the tournament, giving up three hits and striking out nine against the hosting Win-

throp University Eagles.

Herrera was the lone scorer for the Pack, hitting an RBI double in the first inning. Hawkins and Clark tallied two hits each, and Senini added two more stolen bases to her season.

To close out the weekend, the Pack once again shut out the Red Foxes on Sunday. Brown flirted with perfection, retiring the first 11 Red Fox batters she faced. The perfect game was lost in the fourth, but Brown went on to only give up two more hits in the 6-0 shutout victory.

The Pack’s offense was more alive this game, with Engelbrecht hitting an RBI single in the first. The team would go on to score a run in each of the final four innings, ending with a Charli McLendon pinch hit solo homer in the seventh. With the 5-0 weekend sweep, the Pack moved to a 9-1 record to start the year.

The Pack will head to the Bay Area to compete in the Stanford Tournament on February 24-26. They’re set to face 25-ranked Michigan and 19-ranked Stanford, followed by three games against the Pacific Tigers.

Dominic Gutierrez can be reached at draridon@sagebrush.unr. edu on Twitter via @NevadaSagebrush

Nevada Softball continues to dominate in two tournament weekend

By Dominic Gutierrez

The Nevada Wolf Pack Softball team continues to dominate its season, as they went 3-1 competing in the Stanford Tournament Alto, California, as well as the Pacific Tournament in Stockton,

The Feb. 24 game against the Michigan Wolverines was a big the Pack. With a final score of 3-0, Nevada won its first game Big 10 team since 2016. Blake Craft, Nevada Starting Pitcher, ues to steamroll opponents as she threw her third shutout the season. She gave up two hits, and two walks and re corded two strikeouts in a complete seven innings of work.

Offensively for the Pack, its three runs didn’t come until the final two innings. Gabby Herrera, Nevada Outfielder, got Nevada on the board with a two-run single in the top of the sixth inning.

In the top of the seventh, Maya Larsen, Nevada Pinch Hitter, smacked an opposite-field base hit to score Nevada’s third run of the game. The Wolverines were ranked 25 before the weekend series, as they now sit 7-8 record and are no longer ranked.

With the win over Michigan, the Wolf Pack carried an eight-game win ning streak into their matchup the next day against the Stanford Car nals. The streak was not able to reach nine, however, as the 16-ranked Cardinals took down the Pack, 3-0.

Carley Brown, Nevada Starting Pitcher, went all six innings in the loss. She gave up eight hits and all three runs, although only one run was earned. Brown also struck out two.

The Wolf Pack’s offense was shut down by Regan Krause, Stanford Starting Pitcher. Krause no-hit the Wolf Pack while striking out nine.

Hailey Prahm, Nevada First Baseman, was the only one the reach base for the Pack, reaching first on an error.

Following those two games, Nevada traveled to Stockton to Pacific Tigers on Feb. 25. The two teams played a Satheader, which ended with a Wolf Pack sweep.

Game one was a bit of redemption for Brown, who

giving up four runs in three and one-third innings. Tyra Clary, Nevada Pitcher, pitched three and two-thirds innings in relief to pick up the save while striking out five.

Aaliyah Jenkins, Nevada Catcher, led the way with a 2-4 performance and four RBIs. Jenkins got the Wolf Pack on the board with an RBI groundout in the third inning. That was followed by a five-run fourth inning by Nevada. Maile Olsen, Nevada Second Baseman, started it off with an RBI single to give the Pack two runs. Larsen walked with the bases loaded to bring in another, quickly followed by a three-run double by Jenkins. The Wolf Pack would go on to win Game two saw a wild extra-innings matchup, with Nevada coming out with an 8-7 win. Craft got the start for Nevada, but this time didn’t have much success. She gave up nine hits, four runs, and struck out three in four and two-thirds innings. Clary came in relief for the second

The Wolf Pack scored early, bringing across five runs in the first two innings. Jenkins stayed hot, going 2-3 with three RBIs and a home run. gers scored one in the third and three in the fifth

In the top of the seventh, Charli Hawkins, Nevada Pinch Hitter, hit a home run to give the Pack a 6-4 lead. The Tigers didn’t go down without a fight, as they tallied two to tie the game 6-6.

The eighth inning went back and forth, as Chelie Senini, Nevada Center Fielder, broke the tie with an RBI Sac fly. The Tigers tied it back up in the bottom half, sending the game to the ninth. Nevada was able to close it out after Halyee Engelbrecht, Nevada Shortstop, scored on The third game between these two teams was canceled on Sunday due to inclement weather. By finishing the weekend 3-1, Nevada improves to 12-2 on the year.

For their next games, The Wolf Pack will head to Miami, Florida on March 3-5 to play in the Florida International Tournament. They will play five games in those three days.

Nevada Softball goes undefeated in Florida International Tournament

The Florida sun is hot, but the Nevada Softball team was even hotter in the Florida International Tournament. The Wolf Pack went 5-0 in the weekend tournament, which included four shutouts and totaling 14 home runs.

The Wolf Pack began the tournament on March 3, playing two games. Game one was a 10-3 victory for the Pack over the Stony Brook Seawolves. Nevada scored 10 runs on 12 hits, including three home runs. Maile Olsen, Nevada second baseman, went 3-3 with two RBIs and a home run. Haley Painter, Nevada third baseman, had a two-homer game with three RBIs and a walk. Aliyah Jenkins, Nevada designated hitter, and Chelie Senini, Nevada outfielder, both registered two hits to help Nevada’s offense. Jenkins also hit a home run and registered three RBIs.

Blake Craft, Nevada starting pitcher, gave up three runs despite none of them being earned. She ended the day pitching four innings, giving up four hits, three walks, and two strikeouts. Tyra Clary, Nevada relief pitcher, closed out the game by throwing two and two-thirds innings while giving up no runs on four hits.

The Wolf Pack’s offense stayed hot in game two against the Florida International University Panthers. Carley Brown, Nevada starting pitcher, threw a complete game shutout with six strikeouts en route to an 8-0 victory. Nevada’s offense jumped out early when Gabby Herrera, Nevada right fielder, hit a two-run home run in the first inning. Charli Hawkins, Nevada designated hitter, and Haylee Engelbrecht, Nevada shortstop, both hit home runs for the Wolf Pack as well. Painter stayed hot at the plate going 3-4, helping Nevada register 14 total hits.

Nevada played two more games on Saturday, both against the Stonehill College Skyhawks. Game one was all Pack once again, as Nevada won 11-0. Engelbrecht started the game off with a two-run homer in the first. Jenkins had a solo homer in the third, followed by a Hawkins three-run homer in the third to make it 6-0. Nevada went on to score five more runs, including a three-run double by Bridgette Gilliano, Nevada pinch hitter, in the fifth. The game was called after five innings due to the massive lead, causing the mercy rule to go into effect. Brooklyn Trujillo-Quintana, Nevada starting

pitcher, threw all five innings, giving up no runs on two hits with two strikeouts.

Game two was no different, as Nevada racked up another shutout victory against the Skyhawks 8-0. Clary got the start for Nevada, throwing the third complete game shutout of the tournament for the Pack. She gave up only one hit, one walk, and struck out six. Senini, Herrera, and Engelbrecht were responsible for all eight runs put up by the Wolf Pack. Engelbrecht and Herrea both hit home runs as the two players combined for seven RBIs.

The Wolf Pack concluded the tournament on Sunday in a rematch with Stony Brook. Nevada once again won via a shutout, beating the Seawolves 5-0. Brown got the start for the second time on the weekend, throwing a complete game shutout with five strikeouts. Olsen picked up her third home run of the season after belting a solo homer in the sixth. Jenkins collected two RBIs on a hit and a walk. Hawkins and Engelbrecht scored an RBI each as they continued to swing a hot bat.

Here’s a look at the stats that lead to the team finishing the weekend 5-0:

• Three runs allowed

• Zero earned runs

• Four shutouts thrown

• 14 home runs hit

• 42 total runs scored

• 26 extra-base hits

• 18 stolen bases

The red-hot Nevada team will return to Reno to host the Judy Sather Classic. Nevada will host Texas A&T Commerce and Southern Utah, March 10-12. Game one is set for Friday, March 10 at 2 pm.

Dominic Gutierrez can be reached at draridon@sagebrush. unr.edu on Twitter via @NevadaSagebrush

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Dominic Gutierrez can be reached at draridon@sagebrush.unr.edu on Twitter via @

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