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By Jacob Solis
INTERNATIONAL
Cease-fire reached in Syrian Civil
War
Russia and the United States
reached a cease-fire agreement in
Syria on Monday after several weeks
of talks with parties from all sides of
the conflict. The cease-fire, set to go
into effect this weekend, will exclude
efforts to curtail the so-called Islamic
State, which still controls large portions of the Syrian countryside,
as well as any other organizations
classified by the U.N. as a terrorist
organization.
Negotiations, which began earlier
this month, have been prolonged by
an unwillingness from Russian forces
to stop combat efforts in Syria before
March. U.S. negotiators wanted an
earlier cease-fire because they felt
that the Russians were using the extra
time to beat down moderate Syrian
rebels fighting the Assad government,
a staunch ally of Russia in the region.
Both the U.S. and Russia expressed
optimism over the agreement. Secretary of State John Kerry called it a
moment of promise in a statement,
but cautioned that the promise still
depends on action from all of parties
involved. Russian President Vladimir
Putin was equally optimistic, while
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
echoed Kerrys cautious attitude.
Despite this, Time Magazine has
reported a lower optimism inside
Syria, where similar efforts have
failed because they could not be effectively implemented.
Clinton pulls out a win in

Democratic caucus as GOP
take the Silver State

By Jacob Solis
Former Secretary of State Hillary

Clinton won her second nomination contest this year with a solid
victory in Saturdays Democratic
caucus, the first official vote on
any of the presidential candidates from Nevada voters. Clinton
received 52.6 percent of
the vote and netted 19
of Nevadas 35 available
pledged delegates. Not
too far behind was Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders,
who pulled in
47.3 percent of
the vote and
15 delegates.
NATIONAL
FBI Director: I hope folks will
take a deep breath and stop
saying the world is ending
FBI Director James Comey
stepped directly into the debate
over privacy on Sunday with a blog
post that called for a deep breath
from the American people. Comeys
FBI has been embroiled in public
controversy after it directed Apple to
unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino
shooter Syed Farook last week.
Farooks phone, like all iPhones
running on Apples newest iOS operating systems, is heavily encrypted
by default. In order to preserve the
data on the phone, the FBI and a
federal judge have directed Apple
to unlock the phone something
Apple claims it cannot do without
compromising the security of all
Apple customers.
Writing on the online blog Lawfare, Comey aimed at easing some
of the criticism being leveled against
the FBI by the public at large by
bringing the conversation back to
the San Bernardino shooting itself.
Fourteen people were slaughtered and many more had their lives
and bodies ruined, Comey wrote.
We owe them a thorough and professional investigation under law.
Thats what this is.
The statement comes after Apple
CEO Tim Cook wrote a blog post
of his own last week, published on
Apples website, that decried the
FBIs request.
LOCAL
Initiative to put minimum wage
increase on November ballot
pulled
Backers of a Nevada ballot effort
aiming to raise the state minimum
wage to $13 an hour have withdrawn
the initiative, according to the Las
Vegas Review-Journal. Those backers
are worried that the effort would be
drowned out by what the RJ called
the noise of a raucous presidential
election.
Nevadas minimum wage currently
sits at $8.25 an hour and $7.25 an
hour for employers who also offer
health insurance. This new measure
would have raised the minimum
wage to $13 gradually. Backers have
said that the issue is likely to come
up again soon, during either the
2017 legislative session or the 2018
election.
Jacob Solis can be reached at jsolis@
sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush
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VOLUME 122, ISSUE 22
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Gray space:
woes of the
undecided
By Marcus Lavergne
Saturday was the day that everyone was waiting for it was
Nevadas Democratic caucus, an
event that could give some insight
into the future for Democratic
presidential
hopefuls
Bernie
Sanders and Hillary Clinton. At
the University of Nevada, Reno,
the rooms for each precinct were
packed with attendees ranging
from old to young, and spanning a
broad spectrum of races, genders
and backgrounds.
Participants sported apparel
and carried signs projecting their
preferred choice for the democratic nomination. Once inside
the rooms, the caucusing began,
and the divide between Clinton
and Sanders supporters became
even more apparent.
For those who already stood
firm behind their favorite candidate, caucusing was relatively
simple a person sat on one side
of the room with other supporters,
documented their choice, and, at
times, argued with those on the
opposite side of the room about
which side was right.
For those scarce few caught
between the divide, it became a
game that involved listening and
learning. The room resembled a
small battlefield, with soldiers on
both sides ready to draw firearms
in the form of pitches for their
candidates. For Nicholas-Martin
Kearney, a first time caucusgoer
and undecided voter, these events
hold special importance.
Kearney is a middle-aged, gay,
white man. Hes curious and
open-minded, and he enjoys being a part of the democratic system. When he sat among the other
attendees in the Schulich Lecture
Hall room, he came in search of
some answer, some new piece of
information that would pull him
off the fence.
He knows hes only growing
older, and this time around hes
realized just how important it is
for him to place his confidence
and, even more importantly, his
vote in the right person. Bearing
witness to all the excitement
surrounding Sanders while being
a fan of Bill Clintons administration has essentially split Kearney
in two.
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80,000
Number of caucusgoers
according to state
party officials
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Students line up outside the Nazir Ansari Business Building before the Democratic caucus on Saturday, Feb. 20. Despite efforts by the Democratic Party and its candidates, turnout for the caucus was 33 percent lower than it was in 2008.
Sen. Harry Reid speaks to The

Nevada Sagebrush inside the
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Reid has represented Nevada in the U.S. Senate
for nearly 30 years.
Student Achievement Center focuses in on student zen

By Marcus Lavergne
Packed planners, mounds of homework and cramming for exams while
trying to maintain something representative of a social life is the stereotypical
college experience for many.
Students are in close proximity to
their peers for several hours out of the
week, and combining that with a job or
internship can put a severe strain on
time for other things hobbies and
sleeping, for instance.
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Another aspect of relaxation that can

easily be pushed to the back of the mind
is self-reflection, a practice involved
with meditation. Administration at the
University of Nevada, Reno, is hoping
to further facilitate creating a healthy,
holistic student lifestyle through the
campuss new 78,000-square-foot Student Achievement Center.
Although the center has numerous
locations where students can interact
with other friends and colleagues,
including but not limited to offices
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containing medicine balls, whiteboard

rooms, a wide, wooden social staircase and large open courtyard, it also
offers a place where one can enjoy
solitude. The SACs meditation and
reflection rooms are intended for students who wish to be still and invite in
peace.
Finding personal quiet time to indulge in meditation on campus is less
tedious now, and the benefits are worth
it. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health says
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meditation can help ease symptoms

aligned with anxiety, insomnia and
stress. Diving even deeper, a study
done by the organization in 2012
showed that adults who spend more
time meditating may have more folds
in the outer regions of the brain. The
process is known as gyrification, and
may help people process information
more efficiently.
For the university to incorporate
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In the weeks and months leading up to

the event, polling was sparse and gave little
insight into what Nevada would actually do
in the caucus. While Clinton led by double
digits only one month ago, the only poll
released within two weeks of the caucus
showed Clinton and Sanders in a virtual
tie. This, coupled with internal polling that
likely showed similar data, prompted
Clintons campaign to heavily downplay
expectations in a state that had previously
been a surefire win.
Even so, Clintons spirits werent dampened as she gave her first true victory
speech of the year.
You know, I am so, so thrilled and so
grateful to all of my supporters out there,
Clinton said. Some may have doubted us,
but we never doubted each other.
In the Sanders camp, staffers were hoping for a large turnout to help boost the
self-proclaimed democratic socialist to
victory. That turnout never really materialized, as only an estimated 80,000 people
turned up to caucus, according to state
party officials. Its a drop of 33 percent
from the last Democratic caucus in 2008
and represents only 17 percent of the halfmillion registered, active Democrats in the
state.
On an appearance on NBCs Meet the
Press last Sunday, Sanders directly attributed the loss to low turnout.
The voter turnout was not as high as I
had wanted, Sanders said. And what Ive
said over and over again, we will do well
when young people, when working-class
people come out. We do not do well when
the voter turnout is not large. We did not do
as good a job as I had wanted to bring out a
large turnout.
Now the Democrats will turn their attention to Saturdays primary in South
Carolina, where Clinton is projected to win
big off the strength of her support among
that states African-American voters, and to
next weeks Super Tuesday, where voters in
14 states and American Samoa will all head
to the polls.
While the Democratic race may be over
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Caucusgoers sit and talk in a room in Schulich Lecture Hall on Saturday, Feb. 20. Supporters hold signs and wear shirts and pins projecting their endorsement of Democratic
presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
in the Silver State, the Republican race is

heating up, and its heating up fast.
Hot off a massive victory in Saturdays
South Carolina primary, real estate mogul
and surprise front-runner Donald Trump
has firmly established his lead over every
other Republican candidate. Because South
Carolina is a winner-take-all state, Trump
took home all 50 of the states delegates. Its
put Trump 56 delegates ahead of the next
closest contender, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
The victory was so sound that it put the
final nail in the coffin for former Florida
Gov. Jeb Bush, who officially suspended
his campaign after a fourth-place finish in
the Palmetto State. Bushs exit has officially
whittled the race for the Republican nomination down to five contenders and only
two of those contenders Rubio and Ohio
Gov. John Kasich are standard establishment candidates.
Cruz, Trump and to a lesser extent retired
neurosurgeon Ben Carson have all managed to stay in the race on the strength of
their self-proclaimed outsider credentials. Trump and Cruz especially have been
buoyed by a core of conservative voters
who are more than a little upset with the
Republican establishment, and who are
calling for an immediate sea change.
In Nevada, its become clear that the

caucus is Trumps to lose. Both the latest
Gravis poll and the latest CNN/ORC poll
have Trump with a double-digit lead on
Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. While
victory for either of the two senators left in
the race is not outside the realm of possibility, it is looking less and less likely as the
caucus draws closer.
Nevadas Republican caucus differs from
its Democratic counterpart largely due to
the fact that Republican voters use a secret
ballot system. In addition, Republican
caucusgoers had to be registered to vote 10
days in advance, largely negating the possible sway of first-time voters. This removes
the possible swaying of undecided voters
that happens in the Democratic caucus,
and makes it less likely that results will
deviate too far from the polls.
To close the gap, these last five candidates have all been making their rounds in
the state in a last-minute effort to close the
gap between themselves and Trump.
Republican voters officially head to the
polls at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
Jacob Solis can be reached at jsolis@
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the students of the University of
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SENATE VOTES TO
CENSURE SEN. ABBIE
SCHEPPS
saying, maybe my vote doesnt

matter that much.
On the contrary, voters like
Kearney may have the ability to
bring neglected issues into the
spotlight. From start to finish,
he came in search of answers
and left disillusioned, but in
the near future the mysterious
power of the undecided voter
could turn out to be, well, everything.
Sen. Abbie Schepps of the

College of Science was officially
censured by the ASUN senate.
Schepps addressed the senate
on Wednesday with an apology
for what she called a lack of commitment to her role this session.
For a senator to be censured,
they must accrue a total of seven
points. Points are given to a
senator when they are absent,
unexcused, from senate meetings, committee meetings or
office hours. Once censured,
a senator needs only four additional points before they are
expelled from the senate.
Schepps claimed that she
was unaware of her number of
acquired points and stated that
she recalled missing a meeting
due to a mix-up of dates, but as
for the other points, she could
not recollect the reasons for her
absence.
Now that Schepps has been
informed of her total number of
points, she understands that she
has not represented the College
of Science correctly. Schepps
also stated that she finds it an
honor to be a part of the ASUN
senate, and she is ashamed that
she was unable to meet the
entirety of her job requirements.
The motion was carried unanimously.
Marcus Lavergne can be

reached at mlavergne@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@mlavergne21.
Maddison Cervantes can be

reached at mcervantes@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
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Sen. Mikayla Ragnone of the

College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources
co-wrote the resolution, originally proposed by Provost Kevin
Carman. Ragnone explained
the resolution was a response
to the Board of Regents, saying
that the senate of the Associated
Students of the University of Nevada supports the joint proposal
between the University of Nevada, Reno, and the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas. The proposal
would be going up before the
Board of Regents in March, and
would raise the student technology fee by $2 per enrolled credit,
which would allow both schools
to update their technology,
expand and improve the Wi-Fi
system, and implement a lecture
video-recording system.
To further explain, Sen. Brian
Huynh of the College of Science,
who wrote the resolution with
Ragnone, stated that the current
student technology fee is at $7
per credit. By increasing it to
$9 per credit, that $2 increase
would generate approximately
$1 million in additional revenue.
The average student takes about
15 credits a semester and two
semesters in a year. With the fee
increase, that would cost an extra $60 a year from each student.
Sen. Huynh also made a point
to ask his constituents what they
thought of it. Being that many
of Huynhs constituents have
classes in the campuss older
buildings where the technology
is not as up to date as the rest of
UNR, he stated that professors
often have difficulties managing
it.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters attempt to persuade first-time caucus attendee and undecided voter, Nicholas-Martin
Kearney (second from left) on Saturday, Feb. 20. Kearney caucused in hopes of learning more about Bernie Sanders whom he hopes he
can confidently support later in the election.
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I think at this point Im old

enough to be hopeful about
Bernie, Kearney said. But, Im
realistic enough to believe that
Hillarys probably going to do
it. Im a long-standing Clinton
supporter, but I want desperately to not choose [Clinton]
this time.
Sanders
campaign
has
sparked a renewed excitement
for politics for many, largely
among young voters. He uses
words like revolution, implying that if hes elected president,
people can expect true change
within the U.S. political system.
Kearney wants more. For him,
theres still something missing,
something that isnt being discussed. Thats why the senator
cant quite sway him yet.
After Clinton and Bernie supporters separated the room into
two groups, Kearney was left in
the middle. Precinct captains
from each side were given five
minutes to try to convince him
to come to their sides. As he was
subjected to arguments from
both sides, his face remained
stern and unimpressed. Hed
heard it all before.
What are you looking for?
That was the golden access key
into Kearneys inner thoughts
and the issues hes truly passionate about. Kearney works
for the university as a Core
Humanities
administration
assistant, but outside of campus he works in the nonprofit
sector, calling it his bread and
butter at this stage in his life.
The Bernie Sanders side
agrees that nobodys talking
about nonprofits, Kearney
said. The Hillary side is saying,
Yes, well, she has a bleeding
heart. OK?
OK means what else? for
Kearney. According to the

Urban Institute, the national
clearinghouse for data on the
nonprofit sector in the U.S.,
over 1 million nonprofit organizations registered with the Internal Revenue Service in 2013.
In 2014, around 25 percent of
U.S. adults volunteered time
to an organization for a total
of more than 8 billion hours of
service. Those hours are valued
at close to $180 billion.
For Kearney, the job sector,
which contributed over $900
billion to the U.S. economy in
2013, isnt getting the attention
it deserves and for some voters
like him that could make all the
difference.
Employment for nonprofits,
Kearney said. Theyre talking
about job crashes in all of these
other markets, but nobodys
talking about nonprofit work.
In this industry, there are huge
numbers [of workers]. Someone here has to tell me how
theyre going to help me and all
of those other people who work
in nonprofits.
After the small number of
Hillary supporters prevented
her from receiving delegates,
they left the room. Kearney
stayed among the Bernie supporters until the delegate
election began, but eventually
walked out with a countenance
of displeasure and concern.
When it was all said and done,
Kearney had not found clarity.
To him, the ultimate vote was
precious, something that cant
be given without conviction,
but his feelings were altered
after the conclusion of the
caucus.
Kearney was stranded in a
gray area after looking down
at his phone and checking out
projections of Clintons win,
while taking into account the
majority of Bernie supporters in
his precinct. He thought about
what reality was versus what he

perceived things to be.
I guess theres no fighting
politics, Kearney said. I still
have to figure out who to vote
for. Im even more undecided
now.
After taking another look at
his phone, he pondered the
projection. He questioned what
a packed room full of Sanders
supporters even symbolized
when the numbers showed
something completely different. In the end, he considered
the actual importance of his
vote, and left after solemnly
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Meditation
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with Harry Reid
We have to focus on education

so that it means something
to get a degree
Staff Report
During his senatorial career spanning nearly 30 years, Harry Reid, love
him or hate him, has left an indelible mark on the state of Nevada.
On Wednesday, Feb. 17, Reid sat
down with the Nevada Sagebrush to
discuss the importance of making
college more accessible, as well as
why Nevadas third-in-the-nation
caucus position is good for the state.
Nevada Sagebrush:
Can you tell us about the
new student debt bill?
Sen. Harry Reid: We have a
program that we call In the Red.
We think that the Republicans have
made a big mistake not allowing us
to adjust the loan rate, not doing
things to help reduce the burden
of parents and children. The highest debt we have in America is
not credit cards, its student loans
$1.3 trillion. And [loans] have
just decimated the ability of young
people to go to school. And the
further sad part is once [students]
graduate, the jobs are not as good
as they should be. So we are going
to do everything we can to focus
attention on this, what we call In
the Red.
We want young people to have
an opportunity in the future to get
out of the red, and those who have
borrowed money in the past some
relief needs to be given. Now, weve
done some things, in spite of the
objections weve gotten from the
Republicans.
In 1974, an order was issued by
the president that anyone making
less than $23,00 a year would not
be paid overtime. They would be
managers, and they could work 80
hours a week, they would get paid
their $23,000. President Obama
hes promulgated a rule, and now in
July of this year, hes going to consider inflation having taken place.
And now, anyone making less than
$53,000 a year will not be able to get
overtime.
Now who will that affect most
of all? Itll affect 40,000 people in
Nevada, and sadly 53 percent of
the people now who are managers
making less than $23,000 a year are
college graduates. Think about that:
these are people whove struggled
to get out of college and they get
a job as a manager at McDonalds
or one of these casinos the jobs
are no good. They work long, long
hours, and thats going to change
come this summer. I think thats
tremendous. But the reason I mention that [is because] it shows how
we have to focus on education so
that it means something to get a
degree. Right now those people that
were making $23,000 a year, they
will get a huge raise. If not, theyll
be paid for overtime.
NS: In your opinion, what

is the best way to reduce the
cost of or stem the rising cost
of higher education?
HR: First of all, the federal government and the state government have
to stop paying for the university
education on the backs of students.
The last 25 years, we have done so
little to help education that the state
universities are stuck with no other
alternative than just to raise tuition,
fees everything. So we have to make
sure that we put pressure on state and
federal government to help education;
we have neglected it.
And [student loans] burden
people. So we have to have a much
lower interest rate and we have to have
a period of time that when people are
working and weve done this partially and thats been good. You work
for a certain amount of time, you pay a
certain percentage of your income into
getting rid of the debt. If you arrive at a
20-year, 25-year period of time and you
havent paid off, they should forgive
the debt. Because people work long
periods of time trying to pay off this
debt and it never goes away because
interest keeps building.
NS: Of the plans to reduce the

burden of student loan debt
being floated in the presidential race right now, which plan
do you see as most feasible? In
other words, which plan do
you think is most likely to pass
through a Congress similar to
the one we have now?
HR: Interestingly enough, Bernie
Sanders has been very honest. He said
How are you gonna pay for all this free
stuff? Raise taxes. So thats a choice
that has to be made are we going to
raise taxes to pay for all this stuff?
...No matter what we do, were going
to have to change the ability of young
men and women to go to college. A
Pell Grant, initially was given so that
it would take care of all your costs for
that year; now, its a drop in the bucket.
We need more grants rather than just
loans. We need more grants. And its
great that there are scholarships for
people, thats nice. But the private sector should not have to pay for what is
the responsibility of the government.
NS: As a matter of public

policy, where does the cost
of higher education rank
among other issues?
HR: Well, as I told you, when the
largest single debt we have in America is student loans, that says it all. I
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with The Nevada Sagebrush inside the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center on Wednesday, Feb.
17. Reid has served as a senator for the State of Nevada since he
was elected in 1987.
dont know why anything would be

more important than that. And what
people also should understand is
that we talk about national security,
but being a secure nation is more
than bombs and bullets and scanners to find out if you have anything
on you; having an educated public is
also good for our security.
NS:Could you expand on how

having an educated population is good for our security?
HR: Its been proven over generations of time that countries are stronger that are the best educated, and
we are no longer the No. 1 educated
country in the world. Were losing our
place.
We have great universities, but
theyre terribly expensive for most
people. And what I suggest is that
we lessen the burden so that we can
have a more educated population.
When I went to school, I got a few
scholarships but I could work in
the summers and put myself through
school. You young people cant do
that, its too expensive. You need
help. If someones willing to work
really hard it shouldnt take you eight
years to get a bachelors degree, or 10
years. Thats whats happening now,
and its bad for our country.
NS: Lets move on to discussing the Democratic caucus.

You worked very hard to help
Nevada secure its place as
third in the nation and first
in the West. What does that
spot mean to you, and what
does it mean to Nevada?
HR: Thats in inverse order. Its important to Nevada because it focuses
a lot of attention that Nevada wouldnt
normally get. Number two, it brings a
lot of money into the state every time
we have these caucuses. People come
from all over the world to see whats
going on here. It generates millions
and millions of dollars.
The reason its important to the
country is because we should not
be dependent on two states that are
not diverse at all New Hampshire
and Iowa to determine whos going to run for president. Nevada is
noteworthy because the population
centers of America are moving west
of the Mississippi. We have huge cities
out here that didnt exist a few decades
ago. I mean, think about Las Vegas:
more than 2 million people live in that
metropolitan area alone. And there
are issues in the West that dont exist
east of the Mississippi. All the public
lands issues, all the drought problems
were having out here, you could
go through a long list of things it
LEAP/FIELD DAY
1 PM - 4 PM
on the KC Lawn
exposes people running for president

NS:What are your hopes for
to what our issues are in Nevada and
years caucus?
inthis
the West.
HR: I hope they turn out so no

ones complaining about their not
being fair. Thats the reason I havent
endorsed anybody pre-caucus. I hope
that the weather is good and we get
big turnout. Its good for Nevada and
good for doing these caucuses in the
years to come.
NS:Even though Democrats

saw record caucus turnout in
2008, it was still only around
30 percent of the voting
electorate. In your opinion,
what is keeping Nevadans
from participating in the
caucus at higher rates?
HR: Well, we could always do better,
not just for caucuses but for elections
generally. But the caucuses are a little
different. People are afraid of them;
they have to actually appear there and
be for somebody. Other people dont
want to do that. Theyd rather do it in
the quietude of a voting booth. But the
caucus is a part of America, and its
really grassroots politics at its best. I
hope we do as well, if not better, this
time as we did eight years ago.
NS: If turnout is low this year,
HR: That wont be a reason for

Nevada losing its place. The only
reason we would lose it is reactionary Republicans who, in the last state
legislature, tried to get rid of it. They
dont like this attention, this focus on
Nevada. They would rather do it in a
smoke-filled room late at night, I guess.
NS: As you mentioned, people

sometimes get nervous about
the caucus or think its too
much work. What would
you say is the importance of
putting in that effort?
HR: Well, it doesnt take much
time. All the precinct meetings
are close to where you live. And if
you havent registered ever in your
life, or if your registration is failed
because you didnt vote last time,
you can go there five minutes before
the [Democratic] caucus starts and
register on the same day. And thats
really good.
The news desk can be reached at
jsolis@sagebrush.unr.edu and on
Twitter @TheSagebrush.
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what chance is there that

Nevada loses its third-in-thenation spot?
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A meditation and reflection room inside the

William N. Pennington Student Achievement
Center is shown on Thursday, Feb. 11. The
SAC opened its doors and gave tours of the
mediation area on Monday, Feb. 22.
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For the university to incorporate an area

like the meditation rooms in the new SAC
exemplifies more of the administrations
newfound emphasis on all aspects of student wellness. One of the most significant
correlations to focus on is the relationship
between student achievement and meditation.
In 2013, Thomas Ehrlich and Ernestine
Fu, contributors to Forbes, wrote on
a discussion with Harvard University
professor Howard Gardner who started a
program called Reflecting on Your Life.
The program inspired Ehrlich, a professor
at Stanford University, who was able to
convince administrators to incorporate
self-reflection in the form of a voluntary
program for undergrads. Stanfords Reflections helped students open up about
insecurities and better articulate thoughts
and feelings.
UNRs meditation room is a safe, quiet
place for exercises involving the mind,
body and spirit, according to Rajan Zed,
the President of the Universal Society
of Hinduism, who has commended the
university for recognizing the need for a
space for meditation, prayer and spiritual
attunement. In a press release discussing
the meditation room, Zed called the space
a positive move.
With the presence of a meditation
room for prayer, UNR students [can] have
a spiritually meaningful life in addition to
material success after they graduate from
here, Zed wrote in an email.
Inside the meditation area, there is a
larger space among the three rooms for
yoga and other exercises where groups
can gather. Two smaller rooms provide
the chance for more introverted exercises,
or maybe even a nap. Between the spaces,
there is a feet-washing station a practice
mentioned in the Bible and performed as a
ritual of purification.
While the SAC can serve as a place where
students can regenerate and refocus with
peers, its newly opened meditation rooms
can deliver a repose from the hustle and
bustle of student life.
Although the art of meditation has its
origins in Buddhism, its become a common custom for several religions and
lifestyles. According to Zed, prayer and
spiritual practices that involve meditation
dont have to be disconnected from daily
student life. In fact, they can heighten the
university experience.
[The] intersection of spirituality and
education makes an educational institution wholesome, Zed wrote. It helps in
all-round development of students.
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By Blake Nelson
OPEN MIC NIGHT

DATE: Tuesday
TIME: 6 p.m.
LOCATION: The Works
INFO: Join your peers at
The Works for free waffles

and coffee, while brave
participants perform for
no other reason than to
exhibit their talents. Any
student is allowed to
attend with no charge. Or
you could perform and
wow students with your
kazoo-playing abilities
or whatever you got.
KAAAAZOOOOOOO!!
POETRY OUT
LOUD STATEWIDE
SEMIFINALS
DATE: Thursday
TIME: 5 p.m.
LOCATION: Nevada
Museum of Art
INFO: Experience high
school students bear it all
with recited poetry at the
museum. The competition
helps students grow
their speaking and public
performance skills. Hosted
by The Holland Project,
the event is going to be
a great way to support
the incoming generation
while also supporting a
great local organization.
There is also no charge for
entrance.
RECEPTION FOR
SOUVENIRS
FROM EARTH
DATE: Friday
TIME: 5 p.m.
LOCATION: Church
Fine Arts, Sheppard

Contemporary
INFO: After the installation
of Brendan Tangs exhibit
Souvenirs from Earth, a
reception with Tang will be
held to discuss the exhibit.
Tangs art is described
as a fusion of Japanese
ceramics with manga
aesthetics with some
Western pop-culture icons.
This exhibit will no doubt
showcase these skills as
well as new ones.
BENEFIT
FASHION SHOW
DATE: Saturday
TIME: 7 p.m.
LOCATION: The Holland
Project
INFO: A fashion show that
is presenting fashion pieces
from Ashlee Marie and
Matthew Hayashi, all
hosted by Sophimoya with
some of her pieces in the
show as well. Not only is
this a great show in general,
but it also benefits a great
organization. The Eddy
House helps homeless
and at-risk children with
fostering and other forms
of support. Admission
is free but donations are
recommended to go to The
Eddy House.
Blake Nelson can be reached

at tbynum@sagebrush.unr.edu
and on Twitter @b_e_nelson.
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n East Second Street, just off Wells

Street, sits the newest location of
The Potentialist Workshop an art
venue that hosts much more than
concerts and art space.
The space is home to a performance art space, artist studios and an
art gallery, as well as participating in
exchange programs with worldwide organizations. The
Potentialist is specifically aimed toward the expansion of
art in Reno and other parts of the world by continually
allowing artists the opportunity to contribute to the community without financial stress.
The project, housed in an expansive space that covers
over 10,000 square feet, was founded five years ago by
Pan Pantoja. Originally, The Potentialist was located in
the back of a thrift store on Keystone Avenue and has
since expanded to the current space on East Second.
The new space has opened the project up to be much
more inclusive for artists while still being able to reach a
breadth of individuals who otherwise wouldnt be able to
benefit from the offered resources.
All the amenities that are offered by The Potentialist
come with a price, something that many organizations in
town have struggled with throughout the years.
However, Pantoja prides the project on being largely
self-funded.
The Potentialist will never be anything other than
that, which is paying for it strictly off of the art, Pantoja
said.
Initially funded by a commissioned mural on the Keystone bridge, the space is now funded by its day-to-day
activities. Ticket sales to concerts and theater events, as

well as the funds from the 14 art studios for rent, make
up the regular revenue. Event planning around town has
also allowed for another means of income.
Compared to other art venues in Reno, The Potentialist
is singular in the self-funded aspect.
And it seems to be working the calendar for the
space is mostly full every month, whether it be a theater
production by Pantoja himself, or workshops whose
topics change weekly. This doesnt include events outside
of the venue, like fundraisers or associated projects with
Reno Art Works.
To keep costs down, the project only employs four
directors for executive, marketing, space and music matters. Pantoja mentions that these are not the directors'
only duties at The Potentialist though; all the directors
also have backgrounds in various disciplines in art. The
directors also write plays and compose either performance or musical pieces that are hosted at the space.
Besides the staff, the project offers internships to art
students who want to learn multidisciplinary approaches
in the art field.
Community members are also allowed to audition for
roles in developing plays and performance art pieces.
All this activity is to cultivate a community that can
make and sustain culture. To Pantoja, The Potentialist
isnt just an art space, but rather a philosophy on the
creation of art.
We want to continue to spread the idea that you can fix
your world, Pantoja said The thought and the veracity
at which we create at will hopefully inspire other cities.
Pantoja has always worked to engage "The Potentialist" philosophy beyond Reno and has recently succeeded
in doing so.
The project was recently engaged with the Niyo Cultural Center, an organization that helps support Rwandan
children through education and art, to exchange art with
Rwandan artists to expand the recognition of art and
further the Centers cause.
The Center came into contact with The Potentialist
Workshop to set up an art exchange program with them
to tour with art from Rwandan artists.
A collection of art by six Rwandan artists is currently
being exhibited at The Potentialist Workshop as a result
of the exchange. Niyo founder Pacifique Niyosenga is on
tour with the exhibition and is set to go to Europe as well
as other parts of America.
The Potentialist is going to go on tour with some collected local work to Europe and Africa later this year.
Pantoja hopes to be able to disseminate The Potentialist
philosophy as well as bring recognition to the Reno community through this endeavor.
Although the structure of The Potentialist is not very
conventional in approach, Pantoja likes to think that the
recent expansion and worldwide engagement is a sign
that it is viable.
I like to be an example that people can point to when
they are told things are impossible, and show them that it
can be done, Pantoja said.
Overall the project is a beacon to what Reno has to offer
not only the residents of the city, but to other communities around the world. The combined efforts of Pantoja
and the other directors, as well as community artists and
volunteers, has allowed a culture of change by way of art
to grow in Reno.
Blake Nelson can be reached at tbynum@sagebrush.unr.
edu or on Twitter @b_e_nelson.
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The Life of Pablo is a captivating mess

By Joey Thyne
Once again, Kanye West ignited
controversy through a catastrophe of
an album rollout. This came after 2
1/2 years of directionless singles, three
prior titles, several different tracklists,
a beef with Wiz Khalifa and a string of
bizarre Twitter rants. The controversy
culminated with the albums release on
Feb. 13, two days late and available only
on Tidal.
Kanyes albums have a great track
record for amazing opening songs and
The Life of Pablo is no exception.
Ultralight Beam is gorgeous, with lush
synths and a powerful gospel choir. This
feels like a perfect beat for Chance the
Rapper, fellow Chicago native who is
influenced by Kanye. This young MC
delivers a masterful verse while paying
homage to his idol.
I made Sunday Candy Im never going to hell, I met Kanye West Im never
going to fail, reads Chance the Rappers
lyrics on the track.
What follows is an exhilarating roller
coaster. Sounds sporadically shift in a
gleefully disorienting way. Pt. 2 has
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Album Review
THE LIFE OF PABLO
Kanye West
Release Date: Feb. 13

Genre: Rap
four separate beats in the span of two
minutes and 10 seconds, suddenly
making the disarray of the cover make
sense.
While the music is good, it is familiar.
Instead of the ambition seen in his former albums, he returns to the places he
has found success in the past.
There are times when the album is
reminiscent of Yeezus, his last studio
effort. Feedback is similar to On
Sight from his last release because
of its glitchy beat and braggadocious
lyrics. Freestyle 4 has dark tones and
sexually graphic themes that recall Im
In It. Both of these share a minimalist
beat spawning from the acid house
scene.
Songs like FML and Real Friends
are reminiscent of 808s & Heartbreak
with looming synths and somber lyrics.
However, this time its more mature and
less maudlin.
The soul-sampled bliss in songs like
No More Parties in LA is evocative of
Kanyes early work. The lighthearted
interludes are also similar to the skits
found in College Dropout and Late
Registration.
Famous and Highlights are radio
friendly and will most likely gain popularity in the months to come. Much
like Graduation, they are extremely
accessible.
But the material really succeeds when

the music sounds nothing like his previous work, or anyone elses. His ability
to combine older styles with modern
innovations creates a sonic palette that
is otherworldly and transcends genres
Father Stretch My Hands, Waves,
Wolves and 30 Hours are all great
examples.
One component missing from Yeezus was guest performances. The
Life of Pablo compensates, with songs
elevated by compelling features from
some of musics most provocative artists, including Young Thug, The Weeknd
and Frank Ocean. Kanye is proudly
exhibiting all the people hes inspired
and helped throughout the years.
However, for the most part his lyrics are characteristically mediocre. It
sounds like he meticulously perfected
the beats for two years and then hastily
scribbled down some lyrics in the final
week, like a student who procrastinated
on a book report. Although lackluster
wordplay is quite prevalent throughout,
there is a handful of redeeming songs.
In No More Parties in LA he out-raps
the most prolific MC in the genre, Ken-
drick Lamar. Unfortunately, these types

of verses from Kanye are becoming few
and far between; perhaps his success
has made him complacent.
While the variety of styles on the
album is refreshing, it lacks cohesion
overall. At times it feels more like a
compilation than a focused album. The
record should finish after the climactic
Wolves like it did when it premiered
at his fashion show. Everything subsequent feels like an afterthought. Kanye
should have waited a few weeks and
released the final four songs on a deluxe
edition.
The Life of Pablo makes no grand
statements, nor does it break down any
boundaries, nor is it a flawless album.
In vintage Kanye fashion, it is just as
frustrating as it is entertaining. But
above anything else, The Life of Pablo
is an incredibly fun listen. If anything,
this album helps prove that Kanye is
still releasing intriguing music seven
albums into his career.
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@TheSagebrush.
Deadpool just might be this generations superhero

By Blake Nelson
Deadpool opened with massive
box-office success, and throughout the
past week it has continued on to break
previous records for R-rated films; 10
days into the films box-office release, it
sits at just under half a billion dollars.
The widespread appeal that the movie
has garnered seems to derive from
its overall connection to the current
moviegoer.
Every generation since the mid1900s has had a popular superhero that
represents the eras ideals. The 1950s
had Superman, the idealized fighter of
evil with no flaws, while the 2000s had
the ordinariness of Spider-Man to look
up to.
The millennials seem to be no different, however, our superhero is no hero
at all, but rather a cynical anti-hero
with a sarcastic slant.
The titular character in the new film
is played by Ryan Reynolds, an actor
who is known for his wit and generally
sardonic demeanor, and many people
have drawn connections between him
and the character before.
Deadpool, the character, is a sort of
hyper-Reynolds. Being ironic and selfaware, and using crude language are
just some of the ways that Deadpool
is characterized by fans of the comic
books. Most notably, Deadpool is
able to break the fourth wall, a feature
heavily used in the film that creates a
dramatic irony for comic effect.
The film especially succeeds in the
comic realm, probably being the funniest Marvel film to date. With quick
quips and niche pop-culture references, the film holds the attention of
the audience, which is waiting to catch
the next meta joke directed straight at
it.
This meta relationship that the movie
has with its audience is partly the key
to why our generation enjoys the film
so much millennials tend to see the
flaws of popular forms of media and, as
a result, turn to parody or satire.
Multiple times in the film, Deadpool
suggests that filmmakers didnt have
the budget to accommodate some of
the action. This is true, as 20th Century Fox cut $7 million dollars from
the budget before it was greenlit for
production. Audience members seem
to appreciate this sort of commentary
on comic movies and film studios as

a whole in a biting realism that only
makes it funnier.
The film does great regardless of
budget cuts, coasting through jokes
that make it clear that only Reynolds
could play this character. All of these
jokes are spot-on and biting in delivery.
However, one of the only problems
comes from the typical format that
the movie so loves to mock. Despite
how original Deadpool as a character
may be, the story was a run-of-the-mill
superhero movie with an antagonist
who is essentially every other bad guy
in most movies.
The directing was standard as well,
without too much going on stylistically some of the scenes in between
action were drab with hardly any direction besides exposition and the one offcolor joke to keep the viewer interested.
By extension, the action was also directionally uninspired. The fight scenes
were bullet time effects, big explosions
and quick cuts in between all of the
action.
But all of this can be forgiven because
of the films refreshing take on the action-comedy genre. Most instrumental
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in this is the Deadpool character itself.
The film is carried by Deadpool in
the way only a good character can carry
a film. Thats not to say the film will
age well, considering its directed specifically toward millennials and fans of
meta humor. But with a character that
relevant and good, it can be expected
that a Deadpool sequel will be coming soon.
If the numbers speak for anything,
then they only show that audience
members love Deadpool. The coming weeks will only show how much
this generation actually enjoys the
character of Deadpool, but so far its
record-breaking.
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Elections
Wednesday 3/2/16
Senator for the

Division of Health Services
Senator for the
College of Engineering
Primary Elections
Voting in the Presidential Race Only
This will narrow down the Presidential race to
2 candidates for General Elections
March 2 & 3, 2016, online via WebCampus
or in person in The Joe, 2nd Floor
Voting Opens: March 2 at 8am
Voting Closes: March 3 at 5pm
General Elections
Voting for President, Vice President & Senator Seats
March 9 & 10, 2016, online via WebCampus
or in person in The Joe, 2nd Floor
Voting Opens: March 9 at 8am
Voting Closes: March 10 at 5pm
How to Vote online via WebCampus:
A. Sign on to Webcampus using your NetID
B. Click on the Nevada ASUN tab in the center of the page
C. Click on the "vote in ASUN Elections link"
D. Make a difference at our university
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Opinion
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STAFF EDITORIAL
Encryption is not a
privilege, it is a right
Opposing
this order is not
something we take
lightly. We feel
we must speak
up in the face of
what we see as an
overreach by the
U.S. government.
Tim Cook
Apple CEO
n Tuesday, Feb. 16, Apple CEO Tim

Cook wrote a letter to all Apple
customers. In it, he detailed Apples
fight with the federal government
over digital privacy. Its a fight that, as Cook
said in his letter, has implications that reach
far beyond the scope of this single case. The
United States federal government should not
be allowed expose the privacy of the American
people.
But first, lets lay the facts out that led up to
this discrepency.
On Wednesday, Dec. 2, Syed Farook and
Tashfeen Malik shot and killed 14 people at
the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino,
California. It was the most devastating terrorist
attack on American soil since 9/11 and struck
the American psyche hard due to its proximity
to the Paris attacks less than a month before.
After Farook and Malik were each killed in
a shootout with police, the investigation into
why the shooting happened. Its an investigation thats now been shoved into the public
eye as federal investigators at the FBI have
recovered Farooks iPhone.
The problem lies in the fact that Farooks
phone, much like most peoples phones, is
locked. More than that, the data inside the
phone is encrypted, so even if the feds were
able to break into the phone, they would be
unable to easily decipher any of the information inside.
Because of this, the feds have asked Apple
to break into the phone for them, as well as
retrieve and decipher the data inside. Last
Tuesday, a federal judge ordered Apple to
comply. Its a common request for the FBI.
A report from NPR found that prior to this
very case, the feds have asked Apple open up
iPhones around 70 times.
Apple had been complying, at least according to its lawyers, because it thought it had no
other choice. But in October of last year, when
the FBI asked Apple to break into the phone of
a Brooklyn drug dealer, a federal judge decided
to ask Apple if it had any objections to the
order. The answer was a hard no.
The reason that the feds can ask Apple to do
any of this in the first place is because of something called the All Writs Act. Originally passed
in 1789 and updated a few times thereafter, the
act allows the federal government to compel
any private company to carry out a search
warrant.
The reason that federal judge Judge James
Orenstein chose to ask Apple whether or not
it had any objections to the order was largely
because the Department of Justice was basing
its case off a law from the 1700s. To him, and to
Apples lawyers, it just didnt make sense.
And for good reason, too.
A law written in 1789 can be used on a
iPhone from 2015 because the law itself is
hopelessly vague and absurdly broad. In its
entirety, the All Writs Act reads:
The Supreme Court and all courts
established by Act of Congress may issue all
writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their
respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the
usages and principles of law.
Thats it. Thats the whole thing.
Now, while it may be necessary for the feds
to break into this phone, a backdoor to the
encryption protecting the phone is without a
shadow of a doubt inappropriate. If Apple were
to create this backdoor, there is no way that
the FBI can guarantee that that backdoor only
applies to this one device, nor can it guarantee
that that backdoor stays out of the hands of
malicious hackers.
And where this law may have applied in the
past, it most certainly does not pass muster
here. Todays mobile phones are more than
just phones. They hold so much information
that in 2014, the Supreme Court acknowledged
in Riley v. California that cell phones are
immensely different from any kind of recordkeeping that humans have ever used.
Back in the day, you might have just had a
diary. Investigators may have found that diary
and used it as evidence, but the odds of that
happening were slim. Nowadays, its almost a
given that investigators will find a cell phone.
With this in mind, the courts and the FBI
have to recognize that the privacy of everyday
Americans is worth more than the contents of
that phone. The Fourth Amendment guarantees it, if not explicitly then implicitly. To
ignore the importance of privacy in the name
of national security is to start down a very
slippery slope that doesnt end well for anyone.
Stand with Apple. Stand for privacy.
The editorial staff can be reached at tbynum@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.
Sorry, but the service industry stole my soul
imbo, lust, gluttony, greed,

anger, heresy, violence, fraud
and treachery. These are the
infamous Nine Circles of Hell
depicted in Dantes Inferno, but I
guess somewhere between publishing
discrepancies and the editing process
Dante carelessly cut out some of the
most important layers of hell. Dante
forgot to mention the
deepest, darkest circle
of them all, the 10th
circle, which would
obviously be working
in the restaurant
industry.
I used to consider
myself a bit of an
optimist. I had a
Ali
bright outlook on
Schultz
humanity as a whole
Schultz Happens and was eager to
meet new people,
and submerge myself in social scenarios. That was until one day I made
a terrible mistake. Days before I turned
21, I applied via Craigslist to a servers
wanted ad.
I would move on to get the job and
training started almost immediately.
When I began training, there appeared
to be a common theme present in
almost all my new co-workers. They
were all undeniably jaded. So young

and naive to why everyone around
me looked tired, and all had the same
cynically sarcastic sense of humor, I had
no idea that my optimistic feelings on
humanity and life as I knew it would
soon be tarnished.
Soon I would view accomplishment
as simply being able to make it through
my shift with my pen. Id begin to lose
sleep to night terrors of the ketchup
I forgot to bring table 4 and have to
replace my fuck you thoughts with
a smile and thank you for coming in
closing message.
Working in the restaurant industry
takes a little part of your soul with no
intention of ever giving it back. Heres
some insight into what its like to work
in the restaurant industry.
First of all, you must thicken your
skin, or you wont last more than a
week. Theres no crying in baseball? No.
Theres no crying in taking the potato
skins out to the needy guy sitting at
table 33. For some reason, some people
seem to lose all sense of moral decency
when passing the threshold of restaurants. Suddenly manners become a
taboo word of a different tongue, and
you find yourself questioning whether
you are working your day job or are
some sort of indentured servant. Take
it down Queen Elizabeth, youre in a

Dennys, not Buckingham Palace, sorry
to inform you but there is only one way
to make scrambled eggs and they dont
come with a side of pixie dust for you,
or anyone else. You have to be able to
take orders and do it with a smile on
your face.
Restaurants teach you that humans
are wired to make things difficult for
others around you. The dreaded right
this way folks. This is your table, only
to hear Umm, actually Im sorry but
can we sit over there. No, you cant.
If you were able to sit there, dont you
think we wouldve went there in the first
place. You lead people to their table and
like clockwork, theres some mysterious
magnetic field pulling these people to
a table on the clear opposite side of the
restaurant.
Working as a server you begin to
realize we have fiercely entered the
zombie technology apocalypse. Servers
can pretty much agree one of the rudest
most awful thing a customer can do
is refuse to make eye contact while
ordering because youre consumed
with Stacys Facebook relationship
status. Please, it takes two seconds to
look up from your less than interesting
social media apps and order cheese
enchiladas.
Common courtesy is clearly a

thing of the past when closing time
approaches. Also, the restaurant closes
at 10 p.m. By no means does that make
it acceptable to wait until 9:59 to come
in the restaurant. Are you going to eat
your food in 60 seconds? Didnt think
so. Come back and see us tomorrow,
during business hours.
Then theres the infamous party of 30
who wants to somehow split the check
45 ways. Listen, your gluten intolerant,
no nut, light ice order was really difficult
enough. The least you couldve done
was bring cash and deal with this at
home. I mean for Gods sake, I dont
even have enough booklets to put your
checks in.
One of the darkest realities of serving
is that you dread interactions with international tourists. Not all (of course),
but many foreigners dont understand
the concept of tipping. In America,
it is common to tip 15 to 20 percent.
Typically, servers livelihood depends
on tips. Travel across the globe to China
or Australia and tipping servers is an
almost unheard of art. Its almost a
matter of self control in not greeting our
foreign friends with a little disclaimer
like, Hi my name is Ali, Im your server
this evening. And Please remember
Toto, youre not in Australia anymore.
Leave 20 percent, cheapskate.

You realize youre truly in the bottoms
of hell in your restaurant when youre
even scared to serve the religious folk.
If youve worked in the restaurant
industry long enough chances are
youve dropped a bill only to receive
literature pamphlets as monetary
compensation. And while the gesture
may be noble and lead to some higher
enlightenment, it sure as shit isnt going
to pay my WiFi bill.
Working in a restaurant is definitely
no walk in the park. It can crumble your
optimism and chew you up and spit
you out. You find yourself doubting the
greater good of humanity, and genuinely start to hate everyone. Luckily, most
of the people who work as your peers
feel the same way you do. Theyve been
stiffed on checks and have gotten the
pain in the ass can we sit somewhere
else table. So as hard as it may be, find
solace in your co-workers. Put a smile
on your face and refrain from putting
hair in the guys food who has made you
run you back to the kitchen for the 17th
time. Dont let the restaurant industry
get the best of you.
Ali Schultz studies journalism. She can
be reached at alexandraschultz@unr.edu
and on Twitter @AliSchultzzz.
OPINION | A7
Be a man, stand up for consent
arlier this week, some truly

upsetting information about
our university was released
in an article from the Reno
Gazette-Journal, by higher education
reporter Siobhan McAndrew.
According to the director of UNRs
Title IX office, Denise Cordova, there
was a grand total of 135 investigated
cases of sexual
assault, sexual
misconduct, sexual
harassment, stalking and domestic
and dating violence
last year alone. Of
that 135, there were
16 reports of sexual
assaults handled in
Terrance
Cordovas office last
Bynum
year as well.
Sexual assault
is obviously a real problem, not only
on this campus but in the nation.
According to rainn.org (Rape, Abuse
& Incest National Network), the
nations largest anti-sexual violence
organization, women ages 18-24 who
are enrolled in college are three times
more likely than women in general
to experience sexual violence. And,
according to a report by the Rape
and Sexual Assault: A Renewed Call
to Action (The White House Council),
1 in 5 women have been sexually
assaulted while in college.
This is an issue that deserves way
more attention than it has been
getting. With election season upon
us, some candidates have rolled out
platforms to address what has been
called an epidemic of assault on
campuses, but its simply not enough.
With the majority of these sexual
assault reports, the assault is happening to women. Rainn.org also states
that 1 out of every 6 American women
have been the victim of an attempted
or completed rape in her lifetime
(14.8percent completed rape; 2.8
percent attempted rape). As for men,
3 percent of American men or 1 in
33 have experienced an attempted
or completed rape in their lifetime.
For the most part men arent the
targets, men are the offenders. Rather
it be rooted in poor upbringings or
simply the lack of education men
are receiving on the topic, there has
to be more of an effort put in by the
Courtesy of Bob Felten
The YES! Always team tables outside of the newly-opened William N. Pennington Student Achievement Center on Monday, Feb. 22. Student Cassie Breazeale (left) and Alana Ridge (right) took the first shift tabling this morning in hopes of
informing people about consent.
members of our communities in order

stop or at least decrease the statistic
of sexual assault towards women.
Even in most recent news, the court
case involving Ke$ha illustrates that
yet another young woman has been
assaulted and seen no justice.
Walking at night, I dont ever fear
that Ill be sexually assaulted, or even
on the weekends when Im drinking
I never worry if someone is going
to take advantage of me due to my
intoxicated state. Its an unfortunate
reality, but it is true.
Outside of the William N. Pennington Student Achievement Center
today there were a group of young
women tabeling outside with an easel
that said YES! consent is. Coming
straight from yesalways.org, YES!
Always is a campaign aimed at getting
college students to ask for consent

while also empowering them to own
their bodies, using consent-driven
and sex positive messages.
The campaign hit the ground running last semester, and it did a great
job at gaining student attention. Last
semester it was a campaign that had
predominantly female involvement
but this semester its looking to extend
the connection more directly to male
students in hopes of spreading the
campaign to other campuses and
communities.
I agree. Its campaigns like YES!
Always that need to be talked about.
Sex should be talked about. But I think
young men that dont understand
the importance of consent need to
be educated on the topic of sexual
assault. Theres nothing masculine
about sexually assaulting a woman,

so why not be a gentlemen and learn
more about consent and spread that
knowledge.
I have a younger sister coming to
this university next year that I hold
very dear to my heart. I couldnt even
fathom the thought of my sister being
sexually assaulted in a place that
should be safe. If youre a guy put
yourself in the shoes of the closest
woman in your life; and, imagine finding out that that woman was sexually
assaulted. Lets stand up and be real
men men that care about and take
action towards enforcing consent.
Terrance Bynum studies journalism. He can be reached at tbynum@
@TerranceJBynum.
Senate race 2016: how this election cycle

Nevada will embody its Battle Born nickname
he political world is a
constant battle for control.
While there has been only
one legitimate recorded
event of literal fighting erupting
in the nations Capitol, an event
in which Rep. Preston Brooks
nearly beat Sen. Charles Sumner to
death with his cane after Sumners
comments on
the Senate floor
about the Bleeding
Kansas event (1856)
had become notably discriminatory
toward Southern
culture at a time
when tensions
were beginning to
Jake
boil over before the
Truscott
onset of the Civil
War, the political
banter tends to never extend beyond
words. But much like the cult epic
film Highlander from 1986, in the
political world there can be only
one. Though noticeably irrelevant
in the eyes of the American populace
due to our current fixation on
the presidential primary season,
Senate campaigns across America
are beginning to call together their
partys campaign committees
for endorsements and call upon
Americans to begin contributing to
their individual campaigns. In the
Battle Born state, stakes have never
been higher. With the announcement that Senate Minority Leader
Harry Reid, D-Nev., will be retiring
Take advantage
of the benefits
walking to
school provides
after nearly three decades of service

at the nations highest legislative
body, the reality that the Democratic
Party will be losing the head of its
Senate leadership with not only a
Senate majority up for grabs, but a
newly elected president who will be
inaugurated in January of next year
as well, has set in. And all across
Nevada, Democrats and Republicans
are preparing for battle.
So why is this so important?
Well, it all revolves around the
possibilities of the near future. With
the end of the 44th presidency, the
unfortunate (or fortunate) reality
that a new person will inherit the
nations highest office along with a
policy initiative that may completely
define the status quo beginning
next January has become apparent
in the minds of both parties, as they
have both undertaken strategic
maneuvers to protect their power in
the nations capital. While President
Obama began his presidency with
all eyes on how he will attack the
financial crisis and the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan, there were not
many other immediate initiatives to
undertake at the time of his inauguration. In contrast, the next commander in chief with have a plethora
of expectations and responsibilities
beginning next year that will be
greatly affected by the majority in
the United States Senate.
But what makes Nevada so special
this election cycle? Apart from losing
Sen. Reid, the Senate races across
the country are extremely competitive this year. According to Politico

and Larry J. Sabatos Crystal Ball
(a website headed by University of
Virginia Professor of Political Science
Larry J. Sabato that has notably high
rates of accuracy in predicting the
outcome of political races across
the country), Nevada is one of the
only noteworthy tossup states in the
country. This means that while while
most races can be predicted to be
leaning toward or safely protected
by a certain party, no political source
anywhere in the country has been
able to confidently predict a winner
in Nevadas Senate race. And with
only six spots separating a majority
in the nations upper house, the
stakes have never been higher.
So who is running to represent
the Battle Born state in the nations
upper house?
DEMOCRAT
Catherine Cortez Masto Former
two-term attorney general, Catherine Masto is a proven candidate
within Nevadas government. A
champion for Latinos and female
rights in the state of Nevada,
Catherine is a graduate of the
University of Nevada, Reno, and has
been endorsed by Sen. Harry Reid
as his hand-picked successor to
champion the Democratic cause in
the Senate.
REPUBLICAN
Rep. Joseph Heck Currently
representing Nevadas third district,

Rep. Joseph Heck is not only a
brigadier general in the United
States Army Reserves, but also
served as a medical director to
his own organization that trained
law enforcement and military in
emergency medical services. While
in the House of Representatives, he
has been noted to have sponsored
three different pieces of legislation
while being a member of three
separate House committees. He has
also been noted to regularly vote
along the Republican party line.
The race will be extremely tight.
What will truly be the determinant is
who decides to vote in this election
cycle. While many will argue that this
is an election decided primarily by
the millennial generation, which is
taking an interest in political activism unlike any generation before it,
there is still that pessimistic belief
that the millennials will not rise to
the challenge. In my opinion, the
reality is this: if millennials come
to the polls in Nevadas urbanized
areas, Catherine Masto will win
this race, even if it is to be by one of
the slimmest margins in the states
history. However, if they do not,
Joseph Heck will be the victor. But
regardless, do not forget to vote in
this years Senate race!
Jake Truscott studies journalism.
He can be reached at alexandraschultz@unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.
n every walk with Nature one

receives far more than he
seeks. John Muir
Walk to school, you lazy
turd. Yeah, Im talking to you. The
one who could walk to campus in 10
minutes but instead you hop in your
Toyota FJ Cruiser five minutes before
class, almost take out three kids in the
blinking crosswalks and
then park in the West
Stadium garage, which
is probably farther from
your classroom than
your apartment.
Not only does walking
to school save money
on gas and hundreds
of dollars on a parking
Ryan
pass (or parking tickets
Suppe
if youre too cheap to
buy a parking pass),
walking to school is an enlightening and
healthy experience in itself.
If you drive to school, can you enjoy
the inspirational quotes painted on
Eleventh Street and Buena Vista or the
fuck off on the sidewalk in front of Pub
N Sub? If you drive to school, can you
mingle with friends and colleagues at the
light on Virginia and Artemesia? If you
drive to school, can you shoot dirty looks
at freshmen through the windows of the
DC? If you drive to school, are you going
to reach your Fitbit goal today? Probably
not.
When John Muir went for a walk, it
was usually in the most beautiful places
in the world. You cant really compare
a walk through Yosemite and a walk
through an alley with garbage cans next
to a cemetery in northwest Reno. But if
you keep your eyes open and your mind
sharp in that alley, you can receive far
more than you seek. Maybe youll see
a cute dog or a bum fight or youll find
somebodys wallet. Thats a viral WORLDSTARHIPHOP video and a Launderland
credit card that you would have never
received if you didnt walk with nature.
Walking to school can be tough
depending on where you live. If you live
around campus its a given that youll be
walking up a hill at some point. Thats
why I recommend walking over riding
a bike. I tried that for a while, and one
day when I didnt feel like riding up the
Eleventh Street hill I left my bike on
campus and it stayed there for three
months. It was in the same spot I left
it, so I guess it was too cheap to bother
stealing.
When you walk to school you can
burn some calories, you can enjoy the
sunshine or you can enjoy the snow, you
can walk with friends or you can walk by
yourself, you can practice just walking
if you arent very good at it, and you can
listen to almost all of The Life of Pablo
at once. What other activity allows you to
do all those things at the same time?
Walking can be meditative. You can
decide that walking time is me time,
and it provides an opportunity to think,
breathe and take a break from the day
for a few minutes. Or you can use that
time to get caught up on your texts, sexts,
tweets and grinds. Just look up from your
phone when you cross the street.
Unfortunately, not everyone can walk
to class. If you are physically disabled,
if you live in Lemmon Valley or Carson
City, or if you have four jobs at different
locations throughout the day like my
friend Anthony, you are excused from
walking to campus.
For everybody else, you better lace
up your sneakers, throw in your headphones, pack a water bottle and dress 10
degrees cooler than you think you should
because you are in for a world of back
sweat.
Ill leave you with one more quote
from John Muir. He said, The clearest
way into the Universe is through a forest
wilderness. Im pretty sure by forest
wilderness he meant your walk down
Evans from the Republic.
Ryan Suppe studies philosophy. He can be
reached at alexandraschultz@unr.edu and
on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
Court Report
@SagebrushSports | nevadasagebrush.com
A8
UPCOMING
MENS GAMES
WEEKLY TOP 5
Top 5
Baseball Parks
WRIGLEY FIELD
Old school baseball

fans consider Wrigley
heaven on Earth. Manual
score board, ivy on the brick
and the seventh-inning
stretch. Is Wrigley discredited
because the Cubs havent
won a World Series since
1908? I dont think so; in
fact it adds to the drama of
Waveland and Sheffield. By
the way, the Cubs are good.
vs. New
Mexico
7 p.m.
3/05
at Boise
State
6 p.m.
3/02
vs. Colorado
State
2 p.m.
2/28
at Las
Vegas
TBD
3/09
rebels stun pack late

Nevada ekes out ugly win in San Jose, and
loses to UNLV on last second heave
PNC PARK
DODGER
STADIUM
Although it opened
in 2001, PNC Park
has the feel and look of an
older stadium. The most
aesthetically pleasing
aspect of the stadium is the
Pittsburgh skyline in the
background with the yellow
Roberto Clemente Bridge.
Although its in a
terrible part of town and the
traffic is horrifying, Dodger
Stadium is still an American
treasure. Its hard to imagine
Dodger Stadium and not
think of Vin Scully, who has
been calling Dodger games
since the team moved from
Brooklyn in 1958. Also home
of the Dodger Dog.
AT&T PARK
A park that has seen

three World Series
Championships in six years,
AT&T Park is infamous for
McCovey Cove beyond right
field and the orange and black
that fills the stadium on game
days. When the park was built
in 2001, engineers from UC
Davis designed the stadium to
limit the effect of wind, which
had negatively affected Candle
Stick Park.
THIS WEEKS GAME

Nevada vs. Utah State
When: Wednesday, Feb. 24.
Where: Lawlor Events Center
(11,536)
TV: Campus Insiders
Standings Conference Overall
SDSU
13-1
20-7
Fresno State
9-5
18-9
New Mexico
9-5
16-11
Boise State
8-6
17-10
Nevada
8-6
16-10
UNLV
7-8
16-12
Colorado State
6-8
14-13
Wyoming
6-9
13-15
Utah State
5-9
13-12
Air Force
5-10
14-14
San Jose State
3-12
8-19
WOMENS SOFTBALL
Nevada softball is off to its best
start since 2014, going 5-0 in its
tournament and going on a sixgame winning streak in Las Vegas,
Nevada. The Wolf Pack played
UC Davis first, winning 8-7 with
a great game from junior Raquel
Martinez, with three runs and two
RBIs. Nevada hit four home runs
against UC Davis, which ties for
the fourth most home runs in a
single game in program history.
Nevada went on to take out UTEP
8-5, with Martinez showing up
with two runs and two RBIs,
as well as senior Megan Sweet
grabbing three runs and one RBI.
The Wolf Pack defeated Portland
State 4-2 next, with freshman
pitcher Brooke Bolinger striking
out a career-high seven batters
and Sweet hitting the go-ahead
two-run home run in the top of the
sixth. The Pack had seven home
runs on just its first day in Vegas.
Nevada finished its sweep with a
9-0 victory over Robert Morris,
and an 8-0 victory over Southern
Utah.
By Jack Rieger
Nevada basketballs week was close to being disastrous, or ultra successful, depending on how you look at it. The Pack was 0.1 seconds
from going 2-0, but was also lucky to beat San Jose State early on in
the week. With the Mountain West tournament approaching, Nevadas
season will be determined by how they play in close games like these.
PACK DOES JUST ENOUGH

AGAINST SPARTANS
Trap games are a common
theme during the course of a
college basketball game, and
they usually come just before
big matchups. On Wednesday
night, Nevada found itself
falling victim to a trap game
when it was outscored 31-22
in the first half against lastplace San Jose State.
The lethargic first 20
minutes were probably
due to various injuries and
illnesses,
including
Tyron Criswell throwing
up on the team bus, DJ
Fenner missing practice with
an illness and Marqueze Coleman being absent from
Mondays practice due to his mothers heart surgery.
Lindsey Drew also didnt start after missing a class, as
Nevada used its 12th starting lineup in 26 games. Coach Eric
Musselman confirmed his teams lackadaisical preparation to
reporters after the game.
I dont think we were ready to play like we have been, said
Musselman. I dont think we were on edge like we have been.
Nevada rallied in the second half thanks to the play of DJ Fenner
(16 points), Marqueze Coleman (15 points) and Cameron Oliver
(nine points, six rebounds and two steals), winning by a final score
of 61-55, and avoiding its first real, ugly loss of the season.
WOMENS BASKETBALL
The University of Nevada womens
basketball team lost a close one
at San Jose State University
Wednesday night 76-63. The
Wolf Pack, which is 4-20 on the
season, has been struggling all
season to get an offense running.
Nevada sophomore Teige Zeller
shined, grabbing her first doubledouble and ruling the boards
with 11 points and 18 rebounds,
13 from the offensive glass. The
New Mexico native helped the
Wolf Pack out-rebound SJSU 5645. Kelsey Kaelin racked up four
assists against SJSU. Kaelin has 24
assists and just three turnovers in
her last six games.
NEVADA LOSES A THRILLER TO RIVAL REBELS

Just when we thought the Wolf Pack had surpassed UNLV both in
talent and in organizational structure, the Rebels handed Nevada its
most dramatic loss of the season thanks to a 30-foot circus shot by
Patrick McCaw with 0.1 seconds left.
The first half was 20 minutes of ugly Mountain West basketball, as
Nevada shot 29.6 percent from the floor with 10 turnovers. UNLV
wasnt much better, shooting 34.3 percent from the floor in the first
half, but the Rebels improved their play in the second half, finishing
the game shooting 33-73.
The Rebels were without three of their four best players and were
forced to play five guards the entire game. Nevada coach Eric Musselman and senior Marqueze Coleman admitted after the game that this
UNLV team was much harder to guard than when UNLV played in
January with its highly touted big man, Steven Zimmerman.
While much of the game was sloppy and uncoordinated, the final five
seconds of regulation proved to be worth the watch. Coleman nailed a
go-ahead 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds remaining, only to be outmatched
by McCaws sensational 3-pointer at the buzzer, sending the game to
overtime. In the extra period, Nevada was totally outmatched by UNLV,
which outscored the Pack 22-11 and won by a final score of 102-91.
MENS GOLF
The Nevada mens golf team
opened up its spring semester
with a victory at a dual event
against Colorado State at
Pasatiempo Golf Course in Santa
Cruz, California. Nevada, which
was led by Grant Booths 3-under
67, ended up getting the best of
the Rams by six shots as Nevada
shot 283 and CSU shot 289.
Freshman Travis Fredborg shot
70 for Nevada, while sophomores
Jooho Lee shot 72 and Corey
Eddings shot 74. The Pack is
heading to the Tucson, Arizona,
for the National Invitational
Tournament beginning Sunday.
WHATS NEXT?
With an 8-6 conference record, Nevada finds itself tied for third in
the conference with just four games remaining. The Pack hosts Utah
State (13-12, 5-9) on Wednesday night and Colorado State (14-13, 6-8)
on Sunday afternoon. Nevadas chances of getting the No. 2 seed depend on its ability to go 2-0 this week, as the teams season concludes
with tough matchups at Boise State and at home against New Mexico.
Will Compton can be reached at

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

@JackRieger.
Nevada vs. Colorado

State
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
When: Saturday, Feb. 28.

Where: Lawlor Events Center
(11,536)
TV: CBS Sports Network
MOUNTAIN WEST STANDINGS
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
FENWAY PARK
Thank you, Jimmy

Fallon, for introducing
millennials to Fenway Park in
the movie Fever Pitch. The
most senior park in baseball,
Fenway has some of the
quirky characteristics only an
old park can pull off. Pesky
Pole, the green monster in
left field and the triangle in
center field.
vs. Utah
State
7 p.m.
2/24
Photo courtesy of Nevada Athletics
Marqueze Coleman (1) celebrates after hitting a 3-pointer against UNLV on Saturday, Feb. 20 at the Thomas & Mack Center. Coleman
finished the game with 31 points.
Competition is not only

the basis of protection to
the consumer, but is the
incentive to progress.
Herbert Hoover
WHO IS THE BEST SPORTS RADIO HOST?

It is clearly the Dan Le Batard show, with eh
Stugotz as his ancient Cuban father says in his
accent. Le Batard wants everyone to think about
sports in a different way. As Le Batard puts it, he
lures people into his show with the stupid parts so
they are around for the smart parts. He rants about
Rob Gronkowski being a polar bear who runs routs
and says Donnie Walsh looks like hes in town to kill
a guy. He also takes the side of the athlete rather
than management and says we should have more
empathy for athletes.
VS
Neil Patrick
Healy
THE WEEKLY DEBATE
Jack
Rieger
Its pretty sad how much I listen to sports radio, and how
polarized Ive become with Colin Cowherd over the last
three years. He has a knack for seamlessly incorporating
real-life themes with sports issues, and I feel smarter every
time I listen to him. Cowherds honesty and his willingness
to talk about touchy subjects like race and religion make him
a really fun listen. Honorable mention to Bill Simmons, who
makes Boston fans seem intelligent and rational, and does a
great job of discussing sports and popular culture. Simmons
also isnt afraid to talk sports gambling and brings on guests
who specialize in movies, television and various authors.
UP
Stock
DOWN
with
Neil Patrick Healy
STOCK UP
Memphis Grizzlies lineup
Memphis is sitting in the middle of
the playoff picture, as the Grizzlies
are the No. 5 seed with its star
forward Marc Gasol out for the year.
The changes the Grizzlies made to
its roster are awful and exciting at
the same time. This lineup has to
be an all-time great in terms of the
amount of pure craziness on one
roster.
First is the ruthless defender
Tony Allen, who starts plenty of
scuffles while screaming First team
defense! Add Lance Stephenson,
the NBA nomad (Memphis is his
third team in two years) who is a
locker room A-Bomb and likes to
blow in LeBrons ear. Then theres
Zach Randolph, who was a member
of the affectionately known JailBlazers and once punched a player
in the jaw while he was a member
of the Clippers in 2009. Dont forget
forward Matt Barnes, who was
surrounded in controversy when he
attacked former New York Knicks
coach Derek Fisher, after Fisher was
romancing his wife. And rounding
out the top-5 is Chris Bird Man
Anderson, who I am convinced is
more tattoo than man. Andersons
tattoo artist estimates that 65
percent of his body is covered in ink.
The Grizzlies are projected to
play the Los Angeles Clippers in
the first round of the playoffs, and
I want the Clippers to sign Derek
Fisher as an assistant coach so we
can see Barnes fight him during
pregame warm ups.
STOCK DOWN
RIO DE JANERIOS WATER
Rio hosts the 2016 Summer
Olympics this summer, the the
condition of the citys water has
taken center stage. With the possibility of Olympic athletes having to
swim in actual shit, in comes sports
SWAT team to expose the depths of
the scandal.
On Feb. 17, ESPNs Outside
the Lines released its extensive
coverage of the water crisis in Rio
and how the water is unsuitable
for Olympic events. Rio may not
have been scared of the Olympic
committee, but when ESPNs Bob
Ley and Outside the Lines come
banging on the door, you have
serious issues. OTL has covered
stories that resulted in hot takes and
heated debates nation wide about
sports biggest controversies such as
the Louisville basketball sex scandal,
which has resulted in a self-imposed
postseason ban for 2016, and
broke the story of how former USC
basketball star O.J. Mayo received
improper benefits from a sports
agent, which led to an investigation
of USCs athletic program from the
NCAA.
You dont mess with Bob Ley. He
has a very particular set of skills,
and he will find you and he will kill
you. OK, not kill, but hell expose
you. Hes the Liam Neeson of sports
journalism.
Neil Patrick Healy can be reached at
neil@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @NP_Healy.
SPORTS | A9
Champions
Coachfore.org defines a championship caliber team as one that consists

of a strong work ethic, team chemistry
and trust. The Nevada womens swim
and dive team has all of these characteristics and boasts them proudly.
But there is one characteristic not
mentioned by the site that is often
overlooked. Selflessness is huge when
referring to a championship team,
because the player has to want to be
there, not only for themselves, but the
group as a whole. They have to relish
competition within their own team,
instead of shying away from it.
Coach Harper understands this and
has a challenge for the people of the
world. Hed like to challenge anyone to
look at his team and pick out anyone
thats selfish.
The Nevada womens swim and dive
team deserves infinite praise for its accomplishments in the Mountain West
championships in College Station,
Texas.
[Im] very proud of the athletes for
being able to pursue their degree while
mastering their arts, said President
Marc Johnson at the team celebration
on Sunday, Feb. 21.
President Johnson isnt alone in this
statement, as the university gave the
team a warm welcome, upon entering
the lobby of the Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
After a week of blood, sweat and
tears, I was really proud of their efforts
and they did a nice job, Harper said.
Brandon Cruz can be reached at neil@
@TheSagebrush.
Commish
My final addition is the one that

would have the most people talking.
The issue of players entering the NBA
draft out of high school is one that has
been hotly debated since the rule was
put in place back in the 2006 draft. The
solution is taking a note out of baseballs
book. High school players can enter
the NBA draft, but if they sign a letter of
intent with a school, they are linked to
that school for two years. A clause: if a
high school player enters the draft, but
isnt selected, he is allowed to go back
and sign a letter of intent with a school.
MLB
The amount of inter-league play
needs to be addressed. I love interleague play around late May until July
4, but there is no reason that the two
leagues should be playing each other in
August and September when the games
really start to matter. Keep inter-league
play from Memorial Day through July 4
and it is perfect, but why are the Giants
playing the Orioles in August? The
teams should be playing teams in their
leagues to make their pushes for playoff
berths. The Red Sox playing the Padres
Baseball
He only threw three innings this

fall, Bruce said. It was an ongoing recovery process, and he earned his spot
by the way he came out and worked.
In an 11-2 Nevada win on Saturday,
Nowaczewski threw six innings, giving
up three hits and one earned run, and
he is credited with the first win on the
pitching staff of the season. Northwestern hitters batted .143 against
him.
While the pitching staff averaged
four runs allowed per game this week-
Breanna Denney/Nevada Sagebrush
The Nevada swimming and diving team celebrates

at the Reno Tahoe international airport on Sunday,
Feb. 21. The swimming and diving team won its
first Mountain West title in program history.
in September is useless baseball.

Former ESPN analyst Keith Olbermann suggested this and I completely
agree: Dodgers announcer Vin Scully
announces every World Series game.
Youre welcome, America.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The time has come to up the
amount of scholarship players for
each program. The NCAA limited the
amount of scholarships to 85 in 1992
when the normal schedule was 10 to
11 regular-season games and one bowl
game. Fast forward to 2015, and certain
teams are poised to play anywhere from
13-15 games. Now many teams have
a conference championship game,
the possibility of making either a bowl
game or the college football playoff
and can take advantage of the Hawaii
Exemption (which allows teams to play
a 13th regular-season game that season
if they play a game at Hawaii). With
the increase of games and the raised
awareness of player safety, increasing
the amount of scholarship players will
alleviate some of that pressure. More
depth along collision-heavy positions
like running backs, offensive linemen
and defensive linemen would encourage rotating players to keep players
fresh. It wont eliminate injuries, but it
end, the Nevada bats struggled to get
going until game three.
In 2015, four runs allowed per
game would be more than enough
for Nevadas offense, but Austin Byler,
Ryan Howell, Kewby Meyer and Cal
Stevenson are all gone. In 2015, those
four hitters combined for 291 hits, 37
home runs and 197 runs batted in.
Nevada does return Trenton Brooks
and Bryce Greager, who were big offensive producers last year, but Bruce
has said that the Wolf Pack lacks one
of those big power hitters this year. So
the challenge will be to find a way to
score runs other than the long ball.
We are pretty multidimensional,
will cushion the blow.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
The main complaint for college
basketball is that it is over-coached. Its
time to dock a timeout from each coach
to keep the game moving. The amount
of media timeout and stoppage of
play built into the game are more than
enough.
Some small changes also include:
changing the shot clock to 28 seconds
and changing from two halves to four
quarters (like the rest of the basketball
world).
about player safety have a small roster

and play a minimum of 16 games a
season? Adding seven spots will increase
depth and will allow collision-prone
positions to have more depth and
coaches to rotate players in and out.
Plus the addition of seven roster spots
per team will result in 224 more players
being employed. Yay, jobs!
PRESCRIBED PAINKILLERS VS.

MARIJUANA
NFL
Athletes, notably football players, are

in the business of putting their bodies
through pain, so why are we limiting the
options that athletes can use to numb
the pain? Medical marijuana would be
an alternative to the painkillers athletes
are currently being prescribed that are
both harmful to the body and addictive.
A football game is the equivalent of
getting into a car accident, according
to a Virginia Tech study where players
had sensors in their helmets that are
used to trigger airbags. With medicinal
marijuana becoming more prominent
in our society, its time for sports leagues
to embrace the usage of medical
marijuana.
Oh, the NFL. So much that I cant even

fathom where to begin. First, its time to
increase the size of the roster from 53
to 60. How does a league that claims its
Neil Patrick Healy can be reached at

neil@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@NP_Healy.
NHL
Hockey is a good product, but the
league isnt given enough exposure. I
purpose a new contract with ESPN that
will air on Tuesday and Thursday nights.
The NBA gets Wednesdays and Fridays,
so no one is stepping on anyones feet
and ESPN has the number of platforms
to get hockey on the air. NBC tries, but
no one can promote a sport like ESPN
can.
and we can do quite a bit, said Bruce.

We can drag, we can push, we can
run, we were nine for 10 on stolen
bases this weekend, so if we can stay
the course well be fine.
As expected, Brooks and Greager
started in the middle of the order for
the doubleheader on Friday. Brooks
hit third and Greager hit fourth. But on
Saturday, Bruce moved Brooks into the
leadoff spot, a move he attributes to
some of his past coaching experiences.
The thought process behind it was
to get him one more or two more atbats, Bruce said. I remember a staff
that I coached on at Long Beach State
in 2005 Tulowitzki hit leadoff, and a
staff last year I coached on at UCLA

our second round shortstop hit leadoff
or second.
Bruce says hes not sure if Brooks will
stay in the leadoff spot. For now, hes in
pretty good company being compared
to Troy Tulowitzki.
The Wolf Pack remains in the
Phoenix area this week where it will
play Arizona State in a single game on
Tuesday. The Sun Devils are off to a 4-0
start after sweeping Xavier on opening
weekend.
Ryan Suppe can be reached at neil@
@SagebrushSports.
Nevada falls back to Earth after UNLV evens series
hen the betting line for the Nevada

vs. UNLV game opened, I was
surprised to see that UNLV was
favored by 5.5 points at home
(along with my degenerate gambling friends).
Vegas was missing its best player, Steven
Zimmerman, as well as another talented big
man in Ben Carter, while also suffering through
its worst season in 21 years. But as always, the
Vegas line-makers proved
wise when UNLV won by 11
points in overtime thanks to
a miraculous 3-point shot
by Patrick McCaw with 0.1
seconds left in regulation.
NEVADA SLAPPED WITH

REALITY CHECK
Nevada basketball fans dont
want to admit it, but the Wolf
Pack isnt quite as talented as
its record (16-10, 8-6) indicates.
Much of Nevadas success this season is due to
new coach Eric Musselman, who has enhanced
his teams confidence and established a winning
culture. Nevadas lack of depth and its inability to
stay out of foul trouble was exposed on Saturday
night, as both DJ Fenner and Tyron Criswell fouled
out, forcing Nevada to play two big men against
UNLVs all-guard lineup.
UNLV had just six scholarship players available,
as Dwayne Morgan hurt his shoulder at the morning shootaround, and big men Steven Zimmerman
and Ben Carter were both out with knee injuries.
UNLVs smaller lineup allowed the Rebels to push
the tempo, and both Musselman and Marqueze
Coleman admitted UNLV was actually harder to
Jack
Rieger
guard despite missing its talented bigs.
that overshadowed an otherwise sloppy game.
CHAOTIC FINAL FIVE SECONDS
UNLV AND NEVADA STILL TRENDING

IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS
The final moments of regulation were insane.

First, Nevadas Marqueze Coleman nailed
a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds left,
which was a spitting image of last years game
winner at the Thomas and Mack. Next, UNLVs
Patrick McCaw galloped up the court in just two
dribbles and drilled a 30-footer with .1 left on
the clock.
Upon further review, these five seconds of
game time become even more interesting. First,
Musselman decided not to foul McCaw, which
wouldve sent him to the line for two free throws
and prohibited UNLV from making a three.
The CBS television personalities questioned
this decision, but fouling in that situation is
incredibly risky because you risk fouling a
3-point shooter and sending him to the line for
three shots. Secondly, Musselman instructed his
players to not pressure the inbound, which gave
McCaw a running start at the basket, catching
Nevada between pressuring the ball and
guarding the 3-point line. Although he wouldnt
admit it, Im guessing Musselman would have
pressured the inbound if he could rent H.G.
Wells time machine and go back to the Thomas
and Mack.
And lastly, McCaw actually traveled before
hoisting up the game-tying shot, as the slowmotion replay clearly shows McCaw taking
three steps before shooting. Officials tend to
swallow their whistle in the final moments of
games, allowing the players to decide who wins.
Speaking as a Nevada student, I was happy to
see McCaws shot count. It was a terrific play
The Rebels deserve tons of credit for winning

with just six scholarship players available. In
fact, head coach Todd Simon looked at the
football roster before the game for potential big
men to use. But dont let UNLVs narrow win
sidetrack you from the Rebels disastrous season
and their ambiguous future.
UNLV is on track for its worst season in 21
years, when the team went 10-16 in 1995-1996.
The Rebels have no idea who their coach is
going to be next year, which is problematic
considering recruits decide where they go to
school based on the coach who recruits them.
They wasted their one year with freshman
Steven Zimmerman, one of the most coveted
recruits in program history, who is currently
projected by ESPN to be drafted 11th overall by
the Washington Wizards.
Meanwhile, Nevada basketball is having its
best season since joining the Mountain West.
After going 9-22 last season, it currently stands
at 16-10 and is tied for third in the conference
with four games remaining. More importantly,
Musselman has injected excitement into a
program thats been incoherent for almost 10
years. Going into Saturdays game at the Thomas
and Mack, local media from both Las Vegas and
Reno actually picked Nevada to win in Sin City.
Whens the last time Nevada was expected to
beat UNLV on the road? And Musselman has
quietly recruited a solid 2016 incoming class,
including four-star point guard Devearl Ramsey,
ranked as the 104th best player in his grade.
DOES THIS GAME CHANGE ANYTHING?

The announcers on television claimed this was
UNLVs best win of the season, which represents
how dysfunctional 2016 has been for the Rebels.
UNLV (16-12, 7-8) currently stands sixth in
the conference, and the teams only chance of
making the NCAA tournament relies on winning
the Mountain West tournament.
Nevadas loss was somewhat significant, as it
dropped the Wolf Pack to third in the conference,
one game behind a two-way tie for second. The
top five seeds in the Mountain West get a bye in
the tournament, and if the season ended today,
Nevada would be the fifth team.
The biggest impact of the loss to UNLV was
how emotionally demoralizing it was for Nevada.
Not only was the loss delivered via a last-second
circus shot, but also with three of UNLVs four
best players out. Musselman, who is usually
bitter after losses, was reserved after the defeat,
and didnt have much to say to his team, who
he thought battled until the end.
Nevada has a legitimate chance to finish
second in the Mountain West with just four
games remaining. Imagine if someone told you
before the season that Nevada would be the
conference runner-up in the regular season.
Thats the result of bringing in an experienced,
historically successful coach. Its similar to
a failing business hiring a new CEO who has
spent his career rescuing flawed companies.
With Musselman, Nevada has found its CEO of
the future, and UNLV will spend the offseason
finding its own.
Jack Rieger can be reached at jrieger@sagebrush.
unr.edu and on Twitter @JackRieger.
Sports
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A10
he tune of Queens We Are the

Champions resonated across the
airplane that held the Nevada womens swim and dive team as the Wolf
Pack returned home triumphant,
from its four-day stint in College
Station, Texas. The competition the
team faced in the Lone Star State
wasnt easy in the slightest, but when adversity struck, the
Pack showed it the door.
Throughout the season, coach Neil Harper had a simple
goal for his team, not allowing the youngsters to feel sorry
for themselves. As much as they may have wanted to wallow
in self-pity during a defeat, coach Harper, his staff and their
teammates wouldnt tolerate it. While it may have been hard
for the swimmers to set aside despair and anguish, in the end
their ability to keep looking forward is the primary reason
Swimming and
Diving team wins
By Brandon Cruz
Photos by Breanna Denney
they became Mountain West Conference Champions.
In the waning moments, during day four of the Mountain
West Conference Championships, Nevada trailed Boise State
by 10 and a half points, with just two events remaining. But
Nevada wasnt shaken by this deficit.
We kind of knew there would be some events where they

would score higher than us, but we knew we had ours coming, Harper said. We knew that our last three events were
very strong. I think we were the only team in the building
that knew that was coming.
Harper is referring to the come-behind victory his team
orchestrated. The Wolf Pack dominated the second to last
event and was in the lead with 17 and a half points, following Krysta Palmers first-place finish, Zoe Leis secondplace finish and Sharae Zhangs fourth-place finish on the
platform dive. Teresa Baerens (JR), Emma Payne (SO), Caitlyn
Richardson (FR) and Rebecca Murray (FR) were now in the
drivers seat. The Wolf Packs championship fate lay in their
hands. They went on to become the unsung heroes of the
Nevada womens swim and dive program.
See CHAMPIONS page A9
Pack splits series with Wildcats PACK FALL TO

REBELS IN OT
By Ryan Suppe
On Feb. 19, Nevada opened its season

in Mesa, Arizona, where the team took on
Northwestern in a four-game series under
new head coach T.J. Bruce. The Wolf Pack
and Wildcats split the series, and Bruce is
2-2 in his first season as a Division 1 college
baseball coach.
Northwestern won the first two games in a
doubleheader on Friday by a score of 4-2 and
5-1. Nevada took the next two games as the
offense exploded for an 11-2 win on Saturday
and 10-6 win on Sunday.
Sophomore outfielder T.J. Friedl led the
Wolf Pack offense with seven hits in 17 atbats, including one home run and six runs
scored over the weekend. Junior college

transfer Miles Mastrobuoni and junior Justin
Bridgeman each had three stolen bases.
Junior pitcher Ty Pennington made two
appearances out of the bullpen in which he
tossed three and two-thirds innings, giving
up one run on two hits, and he tallied four
strikeouts.
Nevadas batting order experienced an
extreme makeover this year; however, many
of the same pitchers will return to the mound
for the Wolf Pack in 2016. The pitching staff
returns most of its innings from the 2015
team, and that experience showed this weekend against Northwestern.
The Wolf Pack gave up 17 runs on the
series, which may seem like a lot, but Nevada
starters put their team in a position to win in

every game. Starting pitchers gave up just 10
runs over 23 and one-third innings with an
earned run average of 3.86 on the weekend.
They forced contact early, they didnt
worry about striking everybody out, they
used our defense, said Bruce. The pitching
staff in general showed their maturity.
The highlight of the pitching staff in the
first series was a man who hadnt started a
game in over a year and a half, Mark Nowaczewski. The right-handed, redshirt sophomore started game three of the series after
sitting out last season as a medical redshirt
for Tommy John surgery.
See BASEBALL page A9
If I were the commissioner of major sports
look around the sports landscape and

I sometimes think, This would work
so much better if I were in charge. If
I had absolute power as the commissioner of all of sports, I would make some
sweeping declarations, some fundamental
changes and finally some tweaks that just
make sense.
NBA
Neil Patrick
Healy
Top 16 teams make the

playoffs, regardless of
conference. Historically,
one of the conferences
(mostly the east) sends
teams to the playoffs
that have a losing
record. On the flip side,
the other conference
has a team with the stronger schedule

and a better record that is left out and
is stuck with the last pick in the lottery.
This change would mean that the leagues
would have to play a more balanced
schedule, but travel isnt an issue because
the means of travel are better now than
they were in the 1980s. Each team that
wins its division clinches a playoff berth
and the rest of the seeds are up for grabs.
This would almost eliminate teams with
losing records making the playoffs.
I would also start the NBA season three
weeks early in order to eliminate the brutal
back-to-backs and three games in five
nights. These stretches of the season cause
major player fatigue and increase the odds
of injury, so by starting the season on Oct.
4 instead of Oct. 27, the players are more
fresh for games and dont need to be rested

or dont succumb to injury. Eliminating
back-to-backs is a key staple of my
improvements of the NBA.
My third addition is one to All-Star
Weekend. I believe that the NBA has
the best All-Star festivities in sports, but
one tweak can make it better. Everyone
complains about the actual All-Star game
itself, so have all the All-Stars team up in
three-man teams and they play to 11 in a
massive All-Star tournament. Imagine the
three-on-three matchups wed get to see!
Something like Steph Curry, Kevin Durant
and Anthony Davis vs. Damien Lillard,
LeBron James and Dirk Nowitzki. Itd be
like NBA Street, but in real life.
See COMMISH page A9
Photo courtesy of Nevada Athletics
Nevada senior point guard Marqueze Coleman (1) takes the ball up
court at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev on Saturday, Feb.
20. Despite Colemans 31 points, Nevada lost in overtime 102-91.

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