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NEWS in REVIEW
By Jacob Solis
INTERNATIONAL
Fighting breaks out hours before
planned Yemen cease-fire
Gun battles just north of the Yemeni capital of Sanaa marred what
was to be the start of a cease-fire in
the countrys civil war on Sunday,
according to Al Jazeera. The fighting
between forces loyal to President
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and
Houthi rebels killed more than 20,
per reports from residents.
Even so, Saudi forces, which have
been bombing the Houthis for
over a year, have agreed to abide
by the U.N.-brokered cease-fire.
The ceasefire is the fourth since
March of last year, when the Saudi
bombardment of Yemen began, and
was to act as a preface to upcoming
peace talks in Kuwait.
Two rounds of negotiations last
year failed to end hostilities in a war
that has killed over 6,200. Though
these new negotiations are set for
next week, the Houthis have yet to
inform the U.N. of their terms for a
long-lasting cease-fire.
The war began last February after
Houthi rebels stormed the capital
of Sanaa, driving President Hadi
out. Both groups, however, remain
opposed to al-Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula, according to the BBC.
STARTING THE
NATIONAL
Kentucky Gov. sued by own
attorney general over education
cuts
Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt
Bevin was sued Monday by his
Democratic attorney general, Andy
Beshear, over cuts Bevin made to
the states higher education system,
according to Time Magazine.
The cuts in question were part of
a larger plan to cut $650 million in
spending over the next two years.
In turn, the money saved would
go toward Kentuckys estimated
$30 billion in public pension debt.
However, when the state legislature
rejected part of the plan, which
amounted to a 4.5 percent cut to
state university budgets, Bevin went
ahead with the cuts anyway.
Last week, Beshear gave Bevin
one week to undo the order, but the
governor ignored him.
LOCAL
New state voting law leaves
nonpartisan voters without
voice in some races
Nonpartisan voters may be out of
luck this November as a new state
law governing the way one-party
elections are handled goes into
effect, according to the Las Vegas
Review-Journal.
Before this year, races that only
had candidates from a single party,
which happens most often in statelevel races, were decided in the
general (if there were more than
two candidates, the top two votegetting candidates would move on
to the general). Now, these races
will be decided during the June
primaries instead, and the winners
there go on as the de facto winners
of the election come November.
Because
Nevadas
primaries
are closed, meaning only those
registered with the Democrats or
Republicans can participate in
their respective primary, the tens of
thousands of nonpartisan voters in
addition to some partisans will be
left without a voice come November.
The RJ found that in Senate
District 4, the all-Democrat ballot
leaves roughly 19,000 nonpartisans
and Republicans out of the picture.
In the Republican Assembly districts 13, 19 and 26, some 60,000
nonpartisans and Democrats will
be left out.
ENCOURAGE DISCUSION
By Marcus Lavergne
With the ever prevalent influence of
corporate news and social media looming overhead, organizations on campus
are taking the time to help students hold
educational conversations on important
social and political issues regardless of their
political affiliations.
The Young Democrats: University of
Nevada, Reno Chapter and University of
Nevada College Republicans teamed up to
launch their Wolf Pack Smart Talks campaign last Wednesday. The discussions are
focused on national issues, most of which
are surrounded by heavy controversy. That
evening, the groups brought in adjunct
professor of political science Dr. John Scire
to lecture on the U.S.s past, present and
future in the Middle East.
What I wanted to do was take the issues
that are most important to America, [that]
people do claim they care about, and bring
a professional to the university to give those
Political student
organizations band
together to foster
educated discussions
students the facts and give them the chance
to make an educated opinion, said Young
Democrats President Kyle Sharp.
Most of the seats in the Ansari Business
Building lecture hall were filled during the
conversation with Scire, who began by asking students a simple, albeit loaded, question: why is the U.S. in the Middle East?
Some responded with popular theories like
protecting oil producers, catering to business interests and facing the multitude of
challenges presented through terrorist organizations. Others based U.S. involvement
off relationships with countries like Saudi
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Rick Gorka speaks to a crowd of students inside the Joe Crowley Student
Union Theater on Tuesday, April 5. Gorka worked communications for the McCain campaign in 2008 and the Romney campaign in 2012.
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STUDENT
ART FORUM
THINGS TO
WATCH OUT
FOR THIS WEEK
By Blake Nelson
ARTISTS
LECTURE: JAIME
LYNN SHAFER
DATE: Tuesday
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Reynolds
School of Journalism,
Studio A
INFO: Jaime Lynn Shafer
will be discussing her
time as the Nell J. Redfield
Fellow in Book Arts at
the Black Rock Press this
Tuesday. Shafer has taught
art internationally and is a
Corcoran College of Art and
Design Master of Art and
the Book. Suffice it to say
that Shafer is a qualified
individual on the topic of
the book. The speech will
largely benefit anyone who
is interested in the Black
Rock Press or printmaking
in general. Free entrance
for anyone who wants to
attend.
POOKIE AND
THE POODLEZ
CONCERT
DATE: Wednesday
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
The student speakers of the Art History & Visual Culture Studies Student Forum pose for a picture together in the Wells Fargo Auditorium on
Saturday, April 9. They participated in the forum with Dr. Brett Van Hoesen as
the host and one of the discussants.
Project
INFO: Pookie is back at
The Holland Project, and
hes bringing his band and
its quirky pop sound. The
last time that the band
made it to town it certainly
made waves. With Pookie
is the egregiously named
Cumstain, with a selfpurported dirty pop sound,
and Renos all-girl surf rock
band Snack. Rounding out
the night is DJ Bloody Holly,
so everyone can dance their
Wednesday woes away.
Cover charge is only $5.
By Blake Nelson
JUST TONY
SHOWING
DATE: Sunday
TIME: 3 p.m.
LOCATION: Nevada
Museum of Art
INFO: This is for all the
film buffs out there. NMA
is continuing with the old
Westerns that are related
to history in some way. The
silent film is centered around
a twisting story involving
revenge, love and the
breaking of a horse. Check
out the early showing on your
quiet Sunday afternoon and
enjoy. Only $7 admission for
the general public and $5 for
students.
Blake Nelson can be reached
at tbynum@sagebrush.unr.edu
and on Twitter @b_e_nelson.
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is me and my
girlfriends
efore Blake
Lively was Serena
Vanderwoodsen, the
most coveted girl in
the Upper East Side, before
America Ferrera showed us the
true meaning of inner beauty
in Ugly Betty, before Alexis
Bledels finale of everyones
favorite
motherdaughter
bonding
show,
Gilmore
Girls, and
before
Amber
Tamblyn
Ali
stormed the
Schultz
soap scene
Schultz Happens playing
one of the
biggest roles on General
Hospital the four girls came
together In The Sisterhood
of the Traveling Pants. They
played starring roles in one of
the most important cinematic
displays of the power of
female friendships.
I might not have known
the magnitude of the movie
as an 11-year-old when it
debuted, nor the priceless
importance of having strong
female relationships, but upon
rewatching the movie as a 21
year old with a little more life
experience, I was reminded
that there is no greater force to
be reckoned with than strong
female friendships.
There are many great big
screen depictions of female
empowerment through the
outlet of friendship. We have
the classics, Thelma and
Louise, Beaches (A real
frickin tear jerker) and Steel
Magnolias, but for millennials
there is such a sense of relatability in the Sisterhood.
Rewatching this movie with
a few of my personal closest
girlfriends I realized just how
important this movie really
was for female friendships.
Through tragic deaths, boy
troubles, family drama and
more of lifes whirlwinds
there was one constant the
girls were always there for
each other whether they
were experiencing some of
lifes biggest blessings or lifes
most unfortunate tragedies.
There is something distinctly
special about the relationships
formed between your closest
girlfriends.
When the workload
heightens, love life crumbles
and lifes odds just seem to be
against you there is a calming
reassurance women find in
confiding in their lady friends.
Adulthood isnt easy. As a
female, navigating adulthood
is especially hard, but with a
solid group of girl friends it is
manageable.
Upon reflecting on all the
relationships I have shared in
my life whether they be friendships between males, love
interests or female friendships
I recognized a particular
affinity for the bonds I shared
with my best friends that were
women.
As social norms change
and a large majority of
society tends to put marriage
and other relationships off,
women seek companionship
elsewhere which tends to
blossom from friendships we
share instead. We are often
told romantic relationships are
supposed to make us whole,
when at my age, more often
than not the relationships
that ensured more of a sense
of completeness were the
relationships between my girl
friends.
The blast from the past in
watching The Sisterhood of
The Traveling Pants sent me
into a revelatory thought of
the completeness I found in
my own personal relationships. Seeing the chemistry
between the fictional best
friends made me naturally
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UPCOMING
GAMES
WEEKLY TOP 5
Unbreakable
Records
JOE DIMAGGIO:
56 GAME HIT
STREAK
NOLAN RYAN:
5,714 STRIKEOUTS
vs. Sacramento
State
6 p.m.
4/12
at Fresno
State
6:05 p.m.
4/15
at Fresno
State
6:05 p.m.
4/16
at UC Santa
Barbara
3 p.m.
4/18
Pack
Back
on
track
Nevada creeps up to winning record with
series win over Texas State
Conf.
Overall
New Mexico
12-3
23-9
Air Force
8-4
18-8
Fresno State
9-6
21-12
Nevada
6-4
15-14
UNLV
5-10
12-19
9-20
10-21
Category
SSU
OFFENSE
.285
Batting avg.
.256
5.52
.391
Slugging percentage
.349
.379
On-base percentage
.323
PITCHING
4.58
4.34
.275
9.45
9.3
FIELDING
.977
5.08
Fielding percentage
.969
By Ryan Suppe
MENS TENNIS
If there was ever a time for the
Packs mens tennis team to
win a match, it was on April 10.
Nevada arrived at the Appleton
Tennis Center in Boise, Idaho, to
take on the 64th ranked Broncos.
While most teams confidence
would falter in the event of
facing a nationally ranked team,
the singles competition was
ultimately a wash, as both Boise
State and Nevada won three
of the six matches. The true
test came during the doubles
competition. The first doubles
match went Boise States way,
with a 6-2 victory, but the Pack
wouldnt be defeated so easily.
The team put its foot on the
gas taking the last two doubles
matches of the day. This win over
Boise State ended the teams fivematch losing streak.
MENS BASKETBALL
Coach Eric Musselman has added
two assistant coaches to his staff
who are highly respected in the
basketball community. First off,
we have assistant coach Yann
Hufnagel, whos spent time at Cal
State, Vanderbilt and Harvard.
CBS named Hufnagel as a part of
its nine Dream Team assistant
coaches and went on to call
him one of the most relentless
and energetic recruiters in the
game. The second assistant
coach joining the Wolf Pack is
Ronal Dupree. Reno natives may
remember Dupree from his time
spent in the NBA D-League with
the Reno Bighorns as well as his
six years spent playing in the
NBA. Coach Musselman had
nothing but praise for the work
Dupree did while at LSU, stating,
Hes a great mentor to studentathletes, both on the floor and
academically.
WOMENS GOLF
The Nevada womens golf team
won its first weekly award within
the last four years. Celyn Khoo
was named Mountain West
Womens Golfer of the Week due
to her impressive performance at
the Cowgirl Classic. Khoo was an
unstoppable force, as she scored
two 71s back to back. She went
on to be one of three competitors
to finish overall under par out
of 110 contestants. Luckily for
the Nevada womens golf team,
Khoo is only a sophomore. Khoos
third-place finish allowed Nevada
to be placed in the top five. The
Wolf Packs next endeavor will
take place on April 18 in Rancho
Mirage, California. Here the team
will play to win the Mountain
West Championship and
bragging rights for next season.
MW STANDINGS
Standings
vs. Air
Force
6 p.m.
4/22
Nevada pitcher Mark Nowaczewski (24) winds up for a pitch against San Diego State on Sunday, April 3 at Peccole Park. Nevada won two
out of three to win the series.
IS GOLF DEAD?
Golf is not dead by any means. The sport is in a
transitional period. Golf is trying to find itself in the postTiger Woods era and is looking for life. Sure, the ratings
for this years Masters werent exactly something to be
excited about if youre a die-hard fan of the game, but
lets not overreact. Every sport has its down periods.
The NBA finals were on tape delay during much of the
1970s and people were saying the league was dead.
Then Magic Johnson and Larry Bird came along and the Neil Patrick
league has never looked back. Golf is just in dire need of Healy
some characters to make it interesting.
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STOCK UP
PJ WILLETT
As Danny Willett was on his way to a Masters
victory, his brother PJ was live tweeting the best
way you can drunk. It is a tweet-by-tweet
documentation of a brothers intoxicated account
of the Masters unfolding before his eyes, as his
brother became the second Englishman to win the
green jacket.
The tweets start out with the simple dig as heavy
favorite Jordan Spieth was going through an epic
collapse.
Spieth is lining up his putt, PJ Willett said. If
Im quick I can get a beer, go to the toilet, and paint
the spare room b4 he hits it.
A few tweets later, PJ Willett tweeted out a photo
of a bottle of champagne with the caption Just
downed in one. Work will understand. Behave
yourself, Spieth. Such golden nuggets like Green
makes you look fat, refuse the jacket and My boy
has massive bollocks lead me to believe that we all
need support like this from our family members.
If theres one thing we learned, its that drunken
Twitter rampages from our loved ones show that
they truly care.
STOCK DOWN
JORDAN SPIETH
If youre having a bad day this week, just be
thankful that youre not Jordan Spieth. The entire
sports world watched in horror as the reigning
Masters champion squandered his lead on
Masters Sunday by a quadruple bogey on the
12th hole. The ESPN headline later that day read,
Jordan Spieths collapse at the Masters is the
most shocking in golf history. Spieth had the
tournament locked up for three and a half days,
was getting ready to go back to back and had his
green jacket fitted for him when he puked up a
1-stroke lead. He finished tied for second with Lee
Westwood three shots behind Danny Willett, who
shot a 67 in the final round on Sunday.
People are already comparing him to Greg
Normans Masters collapse in 1996, who also met
his choking climax on the 12th hole. Talk about
rubbing salt in the wound, you know your collapse
was epic when people forget the name of the
guy who won the tournament. On ESPN radio
some hosts had to keep referring to Willett as the
Masters champion because they kept forgetting
his name. Golf is cruel because there are no
teammates to lean on or help shoulder the blame.
Its all on him, so itll be interesting to see how
Spieth responds, and if he can collect himself after
such a mental meltdown.
Neil Patrick Healy can be reached at neil@sagbrush.
unr.edu and on Twitter @NP_Healy.
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Softball
Positions:
Chief Justice
Elections Chair
Job Requirements:
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Must have a minimum cumulative of a 2.75 GPA
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NCAA shows
hypocrisy with
satellite camp ban
henever there is
a major college
athletic event, the
NCAA puts out
a series of commercials that
paint a scene of helping student
athletes reach their full potential
both on and off the field. It is the
farce that the
NCAA tries
to convince
us in order to
justify some of
the flaws and
hypocrisies in
its organization. From
making over
Neil Patrick
$1 billion in
Healy
2014 while
still being
listed as a nonprofit to making a
majority of that money off free
labor, the NCAA has been known
to have holes in its stance on
benefiting student athletes.
In just the latest example of
NCAA hypocrisy, on Friday, April
8, it ruled to ban all satellite
camps effective immediately.
Satellite camps have been a
new and controversial trend in
the college football recruiting
world, and the issue came to a
boiling point when Michigan
head coach Jim Harbaugh first
stepped foot on Ann Arbors
campus.
To understand the effect
this ban will have on student
athletes, one must know exactly
what a satellite camp is. A satellite camp is when coaches from
schools can be invited to camps
held by other universities as
guests. The NCAA prohibits
programs from hosting a camp
50 miles from its campus, but
the former rule did not specify
coaches coming as guests. It is a
loophole that allowed Harbaugh
and other Power 5 conference
schools to basically take over a
camp hosted by Georgia State or
Stetson. To simplify it, coaches
from schools hundreds of miles
away can get an easier look at
prospects in other areas that
arent as close to their campus
as their traditional recruiting
pipelines.
The reason this became such
a hot-button topic in recruiting
circles is because Harbaugh
put the practice on steroids
by planning a nine-camp tour
spanning seven states. Many
of those camps were planned
in the talent-rich areas of the
southeastern part of the country,
where ACC and SEC schools do
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April 9, Nevada
football held
its annual spring
game at Bishop Manogue High
School. The game was hosted off
campus because of the renovations
taking place at Mackay Stadium.
Nevadas first team
offense, wearing white,
faced off against the first
team defense, wearing blue.
Because it was just a
spring game, the scrimmage
wasnt nearly as physical or
intense as it will be in five
months. The white team
ended up winning 53-49 in a
Jack
shootout, although the final
Rieger
score wasnt really of much
importance. However, there
were a few interesting developments that
may have some bearing on the games that do
matter come September.
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Stewart,
who will
be a senior in
the upcoming
season, started
every game for the Wolf
Pack last year in his first season as the
starting quarterback. Stewart averaged
164.5 yards, one touchdown and completed
57 percent of his passes last year, and the
junior led Nevada to an Arizona Bowl victory
over Colorado State.
Stewart was crisp on Saturday, completing
5-of-7 passes for 79 yards in a brand new
Nevada offense. He looked especially good
on throws down the field, which is something he struggled with last year. Stewart did
throw an interception on a screen pass, but
during the scrimmage he was accurate and
his timing with receivers was synchronized.
Pack softball
riding high after
5-1 home stand
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Garrett Felling. The Nevada boxing team poses with the third-place trophy in the Alaska
Airlines Arena in Seattle.