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By Marcus Lavergne

INTERNATIONAL
South Koreans ready Zika-proof
uniforms for upcoming Olympics
The mysterious Zika virus and its
connection to microcephaly in babies and Guillain-Barr syndrome
in adults have shaken things up in
Brazil, and South Korean athletes
are taking measures to prevent
contracting the virus.
The countrys Olympic participants will wear uniforms that have
to ability to protect them from mosquitoes that may carry the disease.
The outerwear will be infused
with a repellent that should keep
the insects away, and athletes will
don long pants and blazers outside
of competition. Event kits, the actual competition clothing, will not
be infused.
The 2016 Summer Olympics are
less than 100 days away, and South
Koreas efforts underscore just how
dangerous Zika may be.
According to the BBC, doctors in
Brazil suspect the virus could be
linked to even more neurological
disorders, which could affect up to
a fifth of all the babies within the
countrys infected pregnant women.
The U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention has advised
pregnant women to stay away from
areas where the disease may be
prevalent, which includes much of
Latin America.

VOLUME 122, ISSUE 32

Renos LGBTQ+ community unites


Our Center aims to
support and empower
By Marcus Lavergne
In Reno, Nevada, theres a haunting
number of homeless youth residing in
areas downtown and throughout the
city. Nearly half of those children identify somewhere on the diverse LGBTQ+
spectrum, according to information
from the Transgender Allies Group.
Reno hasnt had a public place for
members of the LGBTQ+ community to

congregate, find resources and get counseling for about eight years. That short
era came to an end this past Friday during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Our
Center, northern Nevadas only LGTBQ+
community center.
Reno-ites celebrated the grand opening Saturday afternoon with live music,
a food truck, a bounce house and tours
of the new facility. Brooke Maylath, the
president and an advocate with TAG,
came in full support of Renos newest
addition.
For Maylath, Our Center is a safe place
where members of the genderqueer and

queer community can feel safe to openly


be themselves, congregate and engage in
different activities.
Theres a prominent disconnect in the
area and throughout the nation between
the gender-expansive community and
those who identify as cisgender. That
divide can be seen in the national controversy surrounding several pieces of
state legislation that could potentially
impact both groups.
North Carolinas Legislature recently
passed a law requiring people in the
state to use bathrooms based on the sex
they were assigned at birth. In Oxford,

Alabama, transgender people could


face up to six months in jail for using a
restroom based on their gender due to a
new ordinance approved by the Oxford
City Council.
Perhaps most notably, nearly 1 million
people have signed an American Family Association online petition, which
started last Wednesday. The organizations goal is to start a large-scale boycott
of Target, which said it would allow
transgender visitors to use the restrooms
that best align with that persons gender.

See LGBTQ+ page A3

NATIONAL
Teacher sickout causes closure
of nearly all Detroit schools
The Detroit Federation of Teachers called for the sick day of more
than 4,000 teachers after the Detroit
Public Schools transition manager
disclosed that the district wouldnt
be able to pay teachers this summer
without funding from the state.
More than 1,500 teachers ended
up participating Monday, causing
the closure of 94 of the districts
97 schools and forcing more than
45,000 students to miss classes.
Some teachers who live paycheck
to paycheck and opt to have their
pay spread out over a 12-month period have expressed their need for
pay after June 30, the day funding is
set to stop.
A lack of money will also prevent
classes and special needs programs
over the summer.
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder told
ABC News he hopes lawmakers,
who are considering a $720 million
restructuring plan, will make moves
before the end of the school year.

LOCAL
Clark County looks to ease
teacher shortage with veteran
help
Clark County School District is
facing a shortage of around 2,000
teachers. Theyre hoping to fill
some of those positions through
an accelerated teacher training
program for military veterans and
their spouses.
District officials say anyone
who will finish a military commitment by January 2017 and have a
bachelors degree in any subject
can apply for the expedited, stateapproved program.
Although the teacher shortage is
being worked on, the district is still
in need of 400 employees to place
in support positions, including bus
driving and substitute teaching.

Marcus Lavergne can be reached


at mlavergne@sagebrush.unr.edu
and on Twitter @mlavergne21.

THE PASSIONS OF JOE

UPHILL
BATTLE

Even as the sky remained unflinchingly gray as rain pattered against the
windows of the James S. Brady briefing room, 50 student reporters from
around the country lobbed question
after question at Press Secretary Josh
Earnest. The students came to the
room that day as part of White House
College Reporter Day, a new event from
the Obama administration aimed at
bringing student journalists into the
national fold. But with all eyes on Earnest, a familiar face emerged from the
back of the room.
It just so happened to be President
Barack Obama himself.
Striding to the podium, Obama came
to the room that day to talk shop on evBy Jacob Solis erything from higher education to voter

While White House tackles


student loans, cost still grows

ASUN senate
signs off on
new budget

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Staff Report

The Associated Students of the University of Nevada senate gave the OK


last Wednesday to a brand new budget
for a brand new fiscal year. ASUN is the
steward of an estimated $3 million garnered from student fees and profit from
the Nevada Wolf Shop, itself owned and
operated by ASUN.
Those millions are spread out across
dozens of different departments, programs and staffers, funding everything
from the Campus Escort service to
concerts and events.

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apathy. But more than the event itself,


the administration used the time to
push new programs from the Department of Education and the Consumer
Finance Protection Bureau aimed at
tackling mounting student loan debt
a debt thats growing faster than ever.

Laughing Planet CEO talks shop on new location


Editors note: The Nevada Sagebrush
sat down with Laughing Planet CEO
Franz Spielvogel to talk about his history with Reno, the university and the
chains new location on Virginia Street,
just across the street from the University
of Nevada, Renos residence halls. This
interview has been edited for length and
clarity.
The Nevada Sagebrush: Tell us
about yourself and what you do as CEO
of Laughing Planet.
Franz Spielvogel: I am originally
from La Paz, Bolivia, where I was born
and raised. I went to the American
Cooperative School in La Paz. I came
to Reno to go to college. I worked at a
couple of great restaurants and cafes
while going to school. One is still in

Staff Report

Photo Courtesy of the White House

President Barack Obama takes questions


from student reporters on Thursday, April
30, inside the James S. Brady Press Briefing
Room. Obama made an appearance as part
of White House Reporter Day, an event that
brought student journalists from around the
country to the White House to hear from senior advisors on a range of issues affecting
college students today.

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Breanna Denney/Nevada Sagebrush

Laughing Planets Tenth Street location as it appeared on Monday, May 2. It is


the second location to come to Reno after the Oregon-based chain started its
Reno roots in MidTown.

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ASUN

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Though the senate had a few


questions here and there and a few
clerical errors to fix, the budget
passed through the senate chambers with relative ease. What questions the senate did have, however,
pertained to a sizable increase in
the programming budget.
The Department of Programming, in charge of everything
from concerts to the various spirit
weeks on campus, is receiving an
additional $13,000 in the quest for
bigger headliners at this falls Biggest Little Festival. The department
is also receiving another $5,000 to
be used for food at events, in addition to an extra $5,000 for ASUNs
premier-level sponsorship of
TEDxUniversityofNevada, on top
of the $10,000 it had already been
giving TEDx.
There were also some large
shifts in the amount of money
set aside for the ASUN Center
for Student Engagements professional staff. Three graduate
assistant positions are being
changed to full-time professional
positions, amounting to a $30,000
net increase in salaries.
ASUN senators, who are paid
based on the cost of credits,

received a raise since the price


of tuition is still slowly climbing.
More funds were also allocated
for a new 22nd senator, added after a ballot measure last session.
All this is purely temporary, as
the budget will have to change
two more times before the fall semester once in June, when the
leftover monies from the current
fiscal year roll over, and again in
August when extra revenue from
student fees, itself buoyed by
increasing admissions, starts to
come in.
Its at that point that ASUN
expects to release what it calls the
simplified budget, a series of
pie charts that clearly break down
what ASUN money goes where.
As things stand now, the budget
can only be viewed in spreadsheet form and the spreadsheet,
being fairly dense, is not the most
user-friendly document.
President Brandon Boone and
budget and finance chair Sen.
Kyle Feng, College of Science,
hope this changes with the new
simplified budget.
That simplified budget is expected to be released sometime
this fall.
The news desk can be reached at
jsolis@sagebrush.unr.edu and on
Twitter @TheSagebrush.

Loans

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Surpassing $1.2 trillion, student loans


are the No. 1 one source of debt for
Americans. Some 70 percent of students
have had to take out loans in order to pay
for skyrocketing tuition prices. But what
can the Obama administration, which is
quickly approaching lame-duck status as
elections in November inch closer, do to
curb the decades long inflation in the cost
of college?

THE NEW PLAN


In an effort to slow, but perhaps not stop,
the bleeding, education secretary John
King announced a new plan Thursday to
make student loans more manageable
and more affordable.
Specifically, the Department of Education announced an effort to put 2 million
more student borrowers on the new Pay
as You Earn plan, which ties monthly
student loan repayments to income. The
plan, which was implemented late last
year, lasts twice as long as the other fixed
and graduated rate plans almost 20
years. This means that graduated students
with lower incomes can have lower
monthly payments, on average.
On top of that, the CFPB announced
a separate effort to simplify information
regarding the separate plans a student can
use to repay loans: PAYE (income-based),
fixed rate and graduated rate.
Its PAYE that has the Obama Administration excited, but recent numbers from
the Government Accountability Office
show that there are millions of Americans
who qualify for the plan who are not
enrolled. Instead, these people stay in
graduated or fixed-rate plans that often
have much higher monthly payments because on these plans, loans must be repaid
within 10 years instead of 20.
More than that, the GAO found that
70 percent of delinquent borrowers,
or borrowers who have missed at least
one payment, qualify for PAYE and for
lower monthly payments. The reason this
number is so high, according to Earnest, is
largely because the plan is so new.
To help mitigate these numbers, the
CFPB has released a simplified fact sheet
on the studentloans.gov website called the
Student Loan Payback Playbook. Its more
or less a simple chart, but CFPB Director
Richard Cordray says itll go a long way in
putting more borrowers in a better position to repay their loans.
Millions of Americans are burdened by
this debt, Cordray said. We cannot leave
them in the dark about their repayment
options or set them adrift without strong
consumer protections. They deserve a
well-functioning student loan-servicing
marketplace.

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

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Breanna Denney/Nevada Sagebrush

A statue of former senator and University of Nevada, Reno, alumnus Richard Bryan sits reading a copy of The U of N Sagebrush on Monday, May 2, in front of the William N. Pennington
Student Achievement Center. The statue was sculpted by Benjamin Victor, the same man who
produced the Sarah Winnemucca statue that currently occupies Nevadas slot in the statuary
hall inside the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.

Add on to this the effort to enroll 2 million Americans on PAYE by this time next
year and it seems the Obama administration is giving an earnest go at solving the
loan problem.

FIXING OLD PROBLEMS


These new initiatives still leave the
broader issue the fact that many Americans have to accrue this debt in the first
place untouched. In a conference call to
the reporters participating in Reporter Day,
King reiterated the necessity of a college
education in the modern workplace.
But speaking to a room of the same
student reporters the next day, King
conceded that while these efforts from the
Obama administration, particularly PAYE,
are a step in the right direction, there
remains plenty of work to be done on the
state level.
States need to carry their share of the
burden, King said. Over the past few
decades, theres been a disinvestment
by states in higher education. As a result,
those costs are passed on to students and
their families.
The disinvestment King mentions has
been marked, to say the least.
Since the 1980s, the annual percent
increase in the cost of tuition has always
been higher than the percent inflation.
After the Great Recession, these increases
became drastic. In Nevada, tuition has
gone up 24 percent since 2011 and in
some states, like Georgia and Arizona,
tuition raises have been as high as 60 and
80 percent over five years, according to the
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
The primary reason for this, according to King, is a lack of commitment by
individual states to fund higher education.
This was expressly the case in Nevada,
where regents for the Nevada System of
Higher Education openly doubted that
funds cut during the recession would ever
be replenished.
We cannot realistically expect the Legislature to fund enhanced medical education and a Tier 1 effort if we dont take
responsibility for our own future, said
regent Michael Wixom in a 2014 interview
with the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The Department of Education and
the White House at large can do all they
can to push states to better fund colleges
and universities, says King, and Obamas
Americas College Promise plan has at
least incentivized states to fund college.
But at the end of the day, these funding
decisions are made in the statehouse,
not the White House.
Its a fact thats disappointed the White
House.
Too many state governments, in their
zeal to cut government spending, are
reducing their support for public colleges
and universities, Earnest said. Thats a
bad thing. That is a really poor choice. Its

States need to
carry their share
of the burden.
John King

Secretary of Education

a short-sighted decision to make to cut


an investment in something thats going
to be critical to the long-term success of
your state.
But these statehouse policies aimed at
taking the higher education system off the
balance sheets doesnt look to be letting up
anytime soon.
In Nevada, legislators and higher education officials have been locked in battle
for some time now since Carson City took
an interest in reforming the states higher
education funding model in 2011. According to a report just last month from the
Las Vegas Review-Journal, officials with
the Nevada System of Higher Education
actively fought to undermine the legislative process during that time in an effort
to keep the funding model from changing
adversely.
The now-embattled Chancellor Dan
Klaich has defended NSHEs actions, saying that the body is largely independent
from the Legislature under the Nevada
constitution and that the organizations
efforts five years ago were in search of a fair
and equitable funding formula.
On the other side of the table, much of
the Nevada Legislature has turned against
NSHE. Two Democratic legislators announced last Monday that they would introduce legislation that would completely
overhaul NSHE, giving less power to the
chancellor, more power to regents and
create better mechanisms for oversight.
Former state Senate majority leader and
Democrat Steven Horsford, who chaired
the committee at the time, has also
thrown his voice into the chorus, offering
a number of different responses in an appearance on KNPRs State of Nevada.
I was appalled, alarmed, disgusted,
dismayed and I dont understand why,
to this date, Dan Klaich has not offered
his letter of resignation, Horsford said.
This goes against every basic tenet of
academic integrity that higher education
is to uphold, not just in the state of Nevada
but everywhere.
The outrage over NSHEs meddling
hasnt limited itself to the left either. In an
interview with the RJ, Assembly Speaker
John Hambrick, R-Las Vegas, had choice
words of his own.
NSHE has always been difficult to get
a straight answer from, Hambrick said.
They are funded by taxpayer dollars
and we are stewards of those monies. We

need to get good answers and responsible


answers.
At the end of the day, this legislative
furor marks a win for transparency in the
NSHE system, but could jeopardize the
systems funding models. However, the
Nevada Legislature wont meet for another
session until January of next year, so there
is plenty of time for a back-and-forth
between NSHE and the statehouse before
any legislating actually starts happening.
But funding problems arent unique to
Nevada. Illinois cut off funding to public
universities in March, and schools in Kentucky are already planning tuition hikes to
offset $40 million in funds cut earlier this
year by Gov. Matt Bevin.
These constant hikes have quickly
become an issue on the campaign trail,
where Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders,
whose shot at the Democratic nomination has become increasingly distant in
recent months, has promised free tuition
at public colleges and universities. His
opponent, Hillary Clinton, has promised
to hold colleges and universities accountable when it comes to tuition prices. Even
so, either of these proposals are less-thanlikely without legislative help and are also
hugely (perhaps obviously) dependent on
his or her election in November.
And while candidates look to the future,
the White House has been trying to make
some steps toward institutional change,
according to Roberto Rodriguez, the presidents deputy assistant for education.
Resources matter greatly and the president has put forth proposals to Congress
to invest great resources in a new federalstate partnership, which we believe is one
way to really build out the public higher
education system, Rodriguez said.
Right now though, there isnt much the
bureaucracy within the DOE or the White
House can do to affect institutional funding, especially with a Republican Congress
that is less than keen to work with an outgoing president. For Rodriguez, the onus
for staving off debt in higher education
falls mostly on the shoulders of students,
at least for the moment.
In light of the situation, the Obama administration has increased the Pell Grant,
which helps low-income students in addition to pushing community college as
the gateway to four-year universities. But
increasing the amount of federal money
students can use to go to college wont do
anything from stopping institutions from
simply raising their prices because they
cant find money at the state level.
With no institutional change in sight,
the outlook for American college students
past, present and future continues to
grow dim.
Jacob Solis can be reached at jsolis@
sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.

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A group of attendees visit with local pop station, 106.3 Pop FM, and visit a food truck on-site at Our Centers grand opening on Wells Blvd.
Saturday, April 30. The LGBTQ+ community facility is the only one of its kind in northern Nevada.

LGBTQ+

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The bottom line is that there is prevalent


separation among the national community,
but Maylath says times have long been hard
for LGBTQ+ individuals.
It is still not safe to be different in our
culture, Maylath said. We have places
for heterosexual people. Its called a coffee
shop or a bar. Its called the senior center or
the Boys & Girls Club, but the Boys & Girls
Club isnt even safe for a transgender child.
Maylath relates the civil rights era of
the 50s and 60s to what members of the
LGBTQ+ community have been facing for
years. She says the ongoing battle to be
accepted as a human being is a similar
struggle one that begins during childhood.
We look at a child that is expressing
that he is a rough n tumble boy, and we
applaud that, Maylath said. But we look
at a child that was born male and wants to
play with dresses and makeup and we look
down upon it. Theyre just trying to be who
they are and express their own individuality.
Maylath says discrimination and the
negative stigma surrounding transgender
individuals can put them in mental and
physical jeopardy. Jerome Manke, the Build
Our Center board president, says that more
than four years of fundraising and city support has created a place of acceptance.
The community feedback has been so
positive, from the local businesses and
residents in the area who are just excited
to see the center opening here on Wells to
the mayor and several of the City Council
members [who] came out last night,

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Supporters talk amongst each other at the grand opening of Our Center, Renos only
LGBTQ+ community center on Saturday, April 30. The new facility offers counseling and
support services and houses a youth drop-in area.

Manke said.
Some of the specific resources at Our
Center include meeting spaces for groups
and nonprofits, a youth drop-in center, a
counseling center, and support groups.
Manke also said the center holds different activities throughout the week and
welcomes anyone, no matter their sexual
orientation or gender.
Students from the University of Nevada,
Renos Queer Student Union were also in
attendance in a show of solidarity with Our
Center and its supporters. QSU President
Kimberly Uribe says the presence of Our
Center is a positive step toward unifying
the Reno community.

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It just shows how determined we are,


Uribe said. It shows our zest. This centers
been in the works for a long time now and
it shows how motivated we are in reaching
our goals.
In light of rising strife involving LGBTQ+
rights issues, Our Center is a haven in Reno
and may one day serve as a guide for other
communities in northern Nevada. But for
now, Our Center represents home for one
of the nations most marginalized groups of
people.
Marcus Lavergne can be reached at
mlavergne@sagebrush.unr.edu and on
Twitter @mlavergne21.

existence, which is La Vecchia


up on Skyline Blvd. I also
worked at the mighty Deux
Gros Nez, which was a Reno
institution owned by John Jessie
and Tim Healion. That cafe was
open for 20 years. I went on to
work for a couple of sporting
goods companies as VP of international sales as well as VP of
sales and marketing. I got tired
of the constant travel and lack
of meaning in what I was doing,
so I joined my former business
partner in getting Laughing
Planet going in Portland,
Oregon. My business partner
and I met while I was working
at Deux Gros Nez. I bought him
out four years ago and set out
to create a multi-state company
with a sustainable supply chain
model and a great place to work.
My main role with the
company is to make sure that
everyone is stoked to come to
work every single day. Every
day I work on having a positive
company culture and make sure
that we keep things as simple as
possible. I also work on selecting our restaurant locations
and coordinate the design and
construction.
Laughing Planet has been
in business over 15 years now
and we are very excited to be in
Reno.
I have been married 20 years
to my wife, Christina Barnet,
who was born and raised in
Reno. We have twin boys that
are almost nine.
NS: What about the 10th
Street location should people
be excited for?
FS: It is a total transformation
of that corner. I lived in Sierra
Hall when it was the College
Inn. There was nothing around
other than the beer barrel and
Giant Burger. We have created a
wonderful ambience that is fun,
consistent with our brand while
maintaining the integrity of the
building. We have huge patio
seating and three very distinct
seating zones.
NS: What kind of environment will the 10th Street location have? How will it be different for the MidTown location, if
at all?
FS: MidTown is a large, flat
sprawling space.
Our 10th
Street location is very vertical
as we have two stories of dining
space plus a huge shared patio.

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We try to take the building into


consideration when doing our
build-out. We dont just try to
shove our look into the space,
we respect the bones of the
building and try to bring out its
best features.
NS: Will you offer any sort
of discounts to university
students? If so, what kind of discounts?
FS: A program is in the works,
but I am not a huge believer in
discounts. My philosophy is to
keep our prices low so anyone
can eat at Laughing Planet.
There will be a ton of support
given to student clubs and
organizations that are trying to
make this planet better.
NS: Are there going to be any
new dishes on the menu?
FS: All 17 locations have the
same menu. Consistency is
paramount to what we do. We
are rolling out a couple of new
seasonal bowls in addition
to introducing our summer
menu, which focuses on great
salads and smoothies. We have
a weekly special that rotates
every Tuesday and a seasonal
special that runs about eight
weeks at a time. This keeps our
offerings interesting, seasonal
and varied.
NS: When did you decide you
wanted to have a location near
the university?
FS: We always knew that
we wanted to be part of the
university community and the
surrounding
neighborhood.
There is a lack of variety and
good, healthy, tasty food close
to campus. You have mostly
national tenants like Jimmy
Johns and Subway. We are the
opposite of what they are. Our
spaces are cool, vibrant and
awesome to hang out at while
serving well-priced food that is
good for you.
NS: How long has it taken
to get the 10th Street location
built?
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I am very impatient when it
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came to altering the floor plan.
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space was a seven-bedroom
house. Our team, WCC construction, was amazing, truly
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UNR journalism
professor hosts RSJ
crypto-party aimed at
teaching encryption
By Marcus Lavergne
More than 200 billion emails
were sent every day in 2015,
according to the independent
technology market research firm
The Radicati Group, Inc. The
number is expected to grow to a
little less than 250 billion emails
a day in 2019. Those emails are
being sent by more than 4 billion
email users.
The large number of those
emails flying through cyberspace isnt an issue by itself, but
in a time where cybersecurity is
becoming increasingly delicate
due to hackers and data-stealing
technology, those emails can
result in negative consequences
like the theft of personal information and spam accounts.
For journalism students at the
University of Nevada, Reno, the
chance to begin fortifying their
email security came last Friday.
Renos first crypto-party took
place in the Donald W. Reynolds
School of Journalism. The event
was hosted by assistant professor Ben Birkinbine, who believes
there are several steps people
should take in protecting their
personal data.
Birkinbines guest speaker,
assistant computer science professor Ming Li, revealed that out
of all the email traffic soaring
through their servers, 99 percent
is unprotected.
Whenever one of the servers
is compromised, attackers can
see and steal information, Li
said.
Strong evidence that private
data isnt all that private came
in 2013 when actions by former NSA contractor Edward
Snowden disclosed the govern-

Marcus Lavergne/Nevada Sagebrush

University of Nevada, Reno, assistant journalism professor Ben Birkinbine helps a small group of students set up the Pretty Good Privacy
email encryption program on their laptops at the Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism on Friday, April 29. Services like PGP are aimed
at tightening security around personal data and obstructing hacking and data theft.

ment surveillance of U.S. citizens. That caused a shift in the


focus on data protection.
According to a 2015 Pew
Research Center survey, 25 percent of U.S. citizens who heard
about the surveillance programs
reportedly changed the way they
emailed, sent text messages and
used search engines for the sake
of protecting their information.
Thats a small number compared to the 46 percent of people
who reported that even after the
information came to light, they
did not use email protection
programs. Pretty Good Privacy,
the program used during Birkinbines lesson, is one well-known
resource used to guard emails.
Perhaps even more frightening, in 2014, the worldwide email
service AOL caught national me-

dia attention when it revealed


that a significant number of
its more than 120 million users
had been hacked. To this day,
AOL has not disclosed the exact
number, but it did reveal that
the hacked email accounts were
sending out a link that could
cause a malware infestation,
viruses and phishing attacks.
Birkinbine says there are several types of security involved
when
protecting
personal
information. Human security is
a large factor and includes keeping strong passwords, using
different passwords with different accounts, and being wary of
shared computers.
During the crypto session,
students learned about the
power of encryption, one of the
most effective methods for se-

curing data. Encryption involves


a process where encoded data,
or ciphertext, is sent to authorized recipients who have the
one and only key to opening
or decrypting the message. This
creates a secure link between
the sender and whoever receives
the content at the other end.
During the Snowden controversy, Snowden relayed his information to Glenn Greenwald,
a journalist and co-founding
editor of The Intercept. Although
Snowden reportedly attempted
to teach Greenwald how to use
encryption, there were issues
learning gaps that played a part
in Snowdens discovery by the
NSA.
I offered the workshop
because I thought it would be
important, and that people

might be interested, but more


specifically for, say, journalism
students, Birkinbine said. If
theyre interested in soliciting
sources who want to contact
them in a secure manner, thats
one small way that they can
signal that theyre able to receive
those types of communications.
Anyone with an email service
can find open-source, free tools
for encryption or pay for encryption services something
many businesses are investing
in today. Although there are
several different reasons for approaching encryption measures,
the ultimate goal for most is
securing the communication
network from outsiders.
That being said, Birkinbine
says encryption is not an invin-

cible, all-encompassing means


for defending that network.
Services like PGP can only protect so much, but information
including subject lines, times
and dates of communication,
and ones network of associates
may still be exposed. Thats one
reason Birkinbine says its important for individuals to assess
their risk level and determine
just how sensitive the information could be.
Birkinbine added that for
some, encryption means buying
more time before that information is exposed or compromised,
namely by the government.
People look at it and say,
listen, political solutions have
seemed to have failed when
it comes to radical reforms,
Birkinbine said. Social solutions pop up and sort of subside.
You know they may make small
progress, but the technological
realm is still one where people
out there have more knowledge
and those people are often
tapped by places like the NSA or
FBI.
Although Birkinbine is an
advocate of protecting some
information, be it from agencies like the FBI or malicious
hackers, he does believe the
government has a responsibility
to develop an improved protocol for dealing with people who
would cause others harm, rather
than innocent citizens.
There are pros and cons to encryption, but in an age of rapidly
growing Internet dependency
and lightspeed information
transportation, its important
to exercise tight cybersecurity
practices.
In the end, it could make the
difference between a secure online conversation and identity or
credit card theft.
Marcus Lavergne can be
reached at mlavergne@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@mlavergne21.

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THINGS TO
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FOR THIS WEEK

Poetry

By Blake Nelson

CHRISTOPHER
NEWFIELD: THE
GREAT MISTAKE
DATE: Tuesday
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Wells Fargo

Auditorium
INFO: Dr. Christopher
Newfield is coming to
the University of Nevada,
Reno, to talk not only
neoliberalism but also
neoconservatism. Newfield
is a graduate of Cornell
and now studies at the
University of California,
Santa Barbara. The Great
Mistake tackles the idea
of how modern politics
have reshaped universities
for the worse. If you
want to know how the
private sector killed your
education, then come check
out this free speech.

24-HOUR
STUDY HALL
DATE: Wednesday
TIME: 12 a.m.
LOCATION: The Joe

Crowley Student Union


INFO: So you made it
all this way through the
semester, coasting, its
been pretty chill. It gets to
the end of the semester and
you look at your grades and
oh my, you need to get a
really good grade to pass
the class. Go to the Joe on
Dead Day and study free
food, free drinks and moral
support. This will be going
on for 24 hours so get there
and study.

LOCATION: The Holland

Project
INFO: The Digital Media
Lab of our very own
University of Nevada, Reno,
is presenting a unique
exhibition at The Holland
Project. The works will
examine different aspects
of digital media, including
virtual reality and 3-D
printing. Come down to the
gallery and see some of the
most interesting art that
UNR has to offer. There are
usually snacks at exhibit
receptions, so if thats your
slant then so be it.

LOCATION: Reno Arch

He took the podium with a calm repose that can only be


earned after years of handling large matters. Joe Crowley
wasnt beginning to speak to the University of Nevada,
Reno, or even to a very large group of people. Rather,
Crowley was giving a reading at Sundance Bookstore of
his recently published book of poems, Hats off to the
Cap.
Crowley shared both his poetry and some reflections
on life in general. His book, released on April 17 earlier
this year, is filled with 40 poems, each a rumination on
different aspects of life.
His reading only lasted a little over an hour, but the
topics jumped all over early life, the writing process
and the waning years of an accomplished man were all
subjects discussed in the intimate setting of Sundance.
The most surprising part of all this is Crowleys age, 82.
After 23 years of being a president of UNR, it seems that
taking up poetry might not be the next step, but Crowley
has always enjoyed writing.
Writing has been a passion for me since I was a senior
in high school, Crowley said. I had been thinking about
writing serious poetry for sometime, but I never thought
Id be releasing a book.
Writing multiple papers and a plethora of articles
throughout his career, Crowley was no stranger to the
written word, yet he didnt begin writing the poetry that
would compose a large part of his book until 2006, after
stepping down as the acting president of UNR. Although
Crowleys poetic career didnt start until much later in his
life, what he doesnt have in years of experience, he makes
up for in effort.
Through, attending workshops with Gailmarie Pahmeier here at UNR alongside students, being critiqued
by our very own peers, and taking workshops in Iowa and
New Hampshire, Crowley has worked to hone in on his
style and voice.
Crowleys poetry can be best described as plain-talking
free verse with an easygoing tone. It depicts scenes of
youth as well as age, all with somber wisdom and an eye
for humor, just as to be expected of a man who has lived
such an eventful life.
The response to Crowleys poetry has been collective
appreciation, with one review by Steven Nightingale calling the book a blessing. All of this proves that even late in
life a person can find something that they truly love to do.
The story of Crowley at UNR doesnt need to be retold

Joe Crowley

TIME: 6 p.m.

TIME: 5:30 p.m.

By Blake Nelson

DATE: Friday

DATE: Saturday

The lesson learned from


Joe Crowleys poetry

After being a failure


there, I still wanted
to go back to college,
and I grew to love the
college life.

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Joe Crowley gives a reading


from his new book Hats off to
the Cap at Sundance Bookstore on Wednesday, April 27.
Crowleys book of poetry was
published by local Baobab
Press.

here; his history is all over the university, a building was erected in his honor and he set the record
for longest-standing president. The remarkable
aspect lies in Crowleys ability to simultaneously
lead his life and let his life lead him.
Crowley attended two years at the University of
Iowa, but eventually dropped out to join the Air
Force, then eventually returned after his term
was finished.
After being a failure there, I still wanted to go
back to college, and I grew to love the college
life, Crowley said. Then I came to the University of Nevada, Reno, and stayed.
And now, over 25 years after coming to Reno,
Crowley has allowed life or life has allowed
him to publish a book of poetry. Crowley
doesnt necessarily know where he would
have gone if he had pursued poetry early on,
but he appreciates the experience that a long
life beforehand has given him.
The lesson here is not to worry too much
about where life takes you, and if your
passion is not apparent at first, just wait
and explore. Life seems to take its time,
not necessarily taking you where you want
to go at first. It took Crowley much of his
life to start to pursue one of his greatest
passions. If you havent found yours yet, at least youre in
good company.
Crowley doesnt have any definite plans to release
anything large anytime soon, but he intends to release a
shorter book sometime in the future. His current book,
Hats off to the Cap, can be picked up at Sundance.
Blake Nelson can be reached at tbynum@sagebrush.unr.
edu or on Twitter @b_e_nelson.

INFO: This is probably

one of the most integrated


events in Reno local
artists are involved with the
event, community members
as well. Come check out
around 15 visual artists
and a myriad of musicians.
Spanning three days, the
festival is mostly free, with
multiple stages and some
after-parties occurring later
on throughout the night.
Support the community
and have a great time this
weekend.
Blake Nelson can be reached at
tbynum@sagebrush.unr.edu or
on Twitter @b_e_nelson.

Cash Your Investment enlightens any student


By Blake Nelson
Graduation is this weekend for
many of us here at the University
of Nevada, Reno, and that means
facing the dreaded real world.
As if college wasnt real enough,
with the pressure from years of
schooling, thousands of dollars
spent and many a sleepless night,
now you have the next challenge.
Arguably the hardest part about
graduating, or the second birth as
I like to call it, is finding a career
that suits your aspirations.
Recently I received a copy of
S. A. Eberweins book Cash Your
Investment, a guide to getting

that dream job, and I am feeling


a little bit more confident as my
personal graduation approaches.
Eberwein wrote this book to
give a leg-up to anyone who is
nearing graduation, and this sentiment is apparent in the writing.
The entire book reads less as an
instruction guide and more like
someone trying to help you. What
is particularly nice about the writing is the no-nonsense style of
writing and relatable anecdotes
with applicable lessons to be
learned.
The book is broken up into five
chapters, each crafted in a way
that is cohesive and comprehen-

sive. All of which can be read by


even the busiest of prospective
graduates quite easily. The work
needed to apply these tips is another issue for the busy, but more
on that later.
Although this may not be
applicable to those immediately graduating, my favorite
tip is Master Your Mind, or
have the mindset of confidence
during your last year of college.
Attending your last year of college
should be done with the same
assurance one would have when
trying to ask someone out.
Other bits of bountiful knowledge include how to interview

for the job you want, leveraging


your internship into a job, and
one that can be applied immediately: utilize a mentor. Anyone
can get a mentor. Think about it,
your respective field of study here
at the university has a multitude
of professionals who will readily
help you not only graduate, but
also land a great job.
The book does get a little wordy
when discussing job searching.
I think that it was a little too
exhaustive, even though the
title of the chapter is Conduct
an Exhaustive Job Search.

See A7 page Eberwein

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Beyonc demands
respect on Lemonade
By Joey Thyne
Almost three months ago,
Beyonc, one of the biggest
superstars on the planet, polarized popular culture with her
Super Bowl appearance and
music video for Formation.
Both were an expression of her
feminine power and black pride.
Its exciting when artists of her
stature still take risks.
She must have understood
the unlikelihood of recreating
the pop excellence from her
last album. Instead, her music
on Lemonade takes a slightly
darker turn. The result is her
strangest, most vulnerable and
intriguing album to date.
The prevalent theme throughout the album is her apparently
tumultuous marriage with rap
mogul Jay Z, and referring to his
infidelities, the lyrics drip with
indignance. The album opens
with the words You can taste
the dishonesty / Its all over your
breath on Pray You Catch Me.
On Sorry, a song that could
have settled for a boring single
but is instead a haunting work
of art, she says, Looking at my
watch he shoulda been home /
Tonight I regret the night I put
that ring on / He always got
them fucking excuses / I pray
to the Lord you reveal what his
truth is.
It may be just pandering
to her fan base (see Single
Ladies). It may also be a conscious effort to create a spectacle in order to invoke memes
and lure more people into a
Tidal subscription. Regardless,
on songs like the frantically
rocking Dont Hurt Yourself
she seems genuinely pissed,

Eberwein

Continued from page A6

Although all of the information is


helpful, I think that if some of the
information had been consolidated the book would have flowed
better.
Cash Your Investment is a
book that should be considered

which is a blast to listen to.


The contributors are eclectic
to say the least. Guest vocalists
range from hip-hop prophet
Kendrick Lamar to garage-blues
veteran Jack White. Indie-folk
singer/songwriter Father John
Misty and electronic dance
music DJ Diplo collaborated
on Hold Up. Samples include
the neo-psychedelia of Animal
Collective and the classic rock of
Led Zeppelin.
The overabundance of sources
never makes it feel bloated,
though. In fact, Hold Up has
the most hands on it, and yet
its the tightest, most focused
song on the album. The melodydriven tune is also probably the
best. Because its music is so
minimal it exists in an ethereal
ambiguity too rare in pop music.
The understated synth is sweet,
but the catchy lyrics are tart. Sort
of like lemonade.
A few of the tracks are forgettable. Daddys Lessons and
Love Drought seem like a clear
low point on the album, but that
can be forgiven. Above anything
else, her gorgeous voice is still
intact. She could have an album
of her covering Riff Raff songs
and I would still enjoy listening
to it. The anger propelling the
first half of the album melts away
into the heart-wrenching ballad
Sandcastles.
Lemonade ends on a note
of empowerment. She cries for
independence from an oppressive marriage and a society that
treats African-Americans and
women as second-class citizens.
On the raucous gospel anthem
Freedom, she sings, I break
chains all by myself / Wont let
my freedom rot in hell. At times
by students that are preparing to
graduate, this is not for people
that arent willing to prepare and
actively put themselves forward.
Although, a person can conceivably implement some parts of this
book over others, it will still take
time to actively apply the teaching
of S. A. Eberwein.
Beyond the work that you
would have to put in if you fol-

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Album Review
LEMONADE
Beyonc

Release Date: April 23


Genre: Pop
in the past she has presented
herself as a sexual object (see
Partition), but on this album
she is presenting herself as a
much more admirable role
model: a hardworking and successful businesswoman. On the
gritty southern banger Formation she sings, I might just be
a black Bill Gates in the making
and Always stay gracious / best
revenge is your paper.
Beyonc
is
promoting
feminism. Not in a sort of flimsy
dancehall way (see Run the
World (Girls)), but actually making a social statement. However,
these sentiments are lost if not
conveyed in a sonically gratifying way. Beyonc accomplishes
all of this beautifully.

START PUSHING YOURSELF.


START CHALLENGING YOURSELF.
START BUILDING CONFIDENCE.
START RAISING THE BAR.
START DEVELOPING SKILLS.
START TAKING ON CHALLENGES.
START MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
START EARNING RESPECT.
START STRONG.

Joey Thyne can be reached at


tbynum@sagebrush.unr.edu or
on Twitter @b_e_nelson.

lowed the instruction of Cash


Your Investment, I could foresee
this book actually making a difference in your post-graduation life.
I know that I will keep Cash Your
Investment as my senior year
inevitably approaches.
Blake Nelson can be reached at
tbynum@sagebrush.unr.edu or
on Twitter @b_e_nelson.

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A8

Graduation
from a
juniors
perspective

ts that dreaded time of the year


again finals. Which means
graduation for seniors is just
an arms length away. With
graduation so close it seems seniors
are shaking in their boots. They are
now bombarded with the dreaded
So what are your plans after
college? question
while giving the
dreaded impromptu answer
Im moving back
in with my parents
for a little while.
The fact that the
so-called best
years of our lives
Ali
are coming to an
Schultz
end is undoubtSchultz Happens edly scary. I mean,
actually having to
be a real adult sounds terrifyingly
subfuscous. However, while all you
seniors shun the idea of entering
the real world, I look toward you
with loathing and immeasurable
envy.
The truth of the matter is, as I
find myself getting kicked out of
the Knowledge Center at 2 a.m. in
the midst of my self-induced Adderall bender, not having slept for
three days straight and on the brink
of a full-blown mental breakdown,
I tell the seniors to stop their
whining and embrace graduation
wholeheartedly.
I get it. Blacking out on a Tuesday
no longer being entirely acceptable
can be a scary concept. Having
a potential 9-5 desk-job career
doesnt sound like much fun
either, but you know what sounds
like fun? Being able to breathe
for 10 seconds and not waking
up to night terrors your anxietydriven subconscious provides you
with. Stop your crying and start
bedazzling your grad cap already.
Because while youre taking your
gap year in Prague, us juniors have
a whole new year of sleep deprivation, waitlisted courses, teachers
with mediocre Rate My Professor
ratings and stress.
Lets be honest, junior year is
arguably the worst year in college.
Freshman year everything is new
and exciting. The world is your
oyster. Sophomore year is a breeze;
you actually start taking courses
you may enjoy and its the end of
the nightmare that is Core Humanities. Senior year is the final stretch.
Its the time to live it up and look
forward to what the future has in
store. Almost like a breathing point.
Youre almost there. But junior year
is nothing short of hell. You develop
premature senioritis and your life
is a constant string of Why didnt
I do the 15-to-finish crap sooner?
If I have to do a super-senior year,
Ill have no choice but to drop out.
Junior year is undoubtedly the
year of absolute madness. You hit
a peak of blandness. You unknowingly become bored with all your
college life is offering you, whether
it be the overdone bar scene or
the repetitiveness in your daily
routine. The excitement lacks and
it becomes rather difficult to not
develop a type of been-there, donethat mentality toward everything.
Youre too far from the finish line
to have the senior nostalgia set in
where you have a divine appreciation for things, therefore your
attitude is somewhat stagnant.
Junior year is a full Debbie Downer
embodiment.
So seniors, I understand that
parting with certain chapters
in your life can be difficult. The
workforce may make you seem
like a small fish in a big old pond.
However, instead of honing in on
how sad you are college is ending,
focus on some of the things that
wont be missed. You might even
be able to appreciate a full eight
hours of sleep for once. College is
an amazing time in our lives. It is a
time of self-discovery and priceless
memories. But try to wash it off
with fond appreciation instead of
bewilderment that it is coming to a
close. Because while you complain
about having to work a big-girl job,
I have a whole new year of getting
kicked out of the Knowledge Center
against my own will.
Congratulations, class of 2016,
you made it. Welcome to the next
chapter in the rest of your lives.
Ali Schultz studies journalism.
She can be reached at alexandraschultz@unr.edu and on Twitter
@AliSchultzzz.

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If at first you dont succeed, its okay


Heading into graduation,
remember its OK to not
have it all figured out

very spring, college graduations across the country


spark a seemingly endless
onslaught of advice and
optimism. Commencement speeches will reflect fondly
on the best years of our lives and
encourage us all to look toward our
inevitably bright futures because,
after all, this isnt the end of college,
its the beginning of something
great.
Since our early education, weve
been taught that a college degree is
our golden ticket to a great job and
a lifetime of security and happiness.
Later, were told that the college
years are the best of our lives the
years that well make our lifelong
friends, have unforgettable experiences and begin to craft successful
careers that weve always dreamt of.
But thats mostly bullshit.
The reality is this: not everyone
will be wildly successful during or
after college. Almost no one will
immediately trade their diploma
for a six-figure salary. Not everyone
will get into the grad school of their

finished last
in student
body president
election

dreams. And you know what? Thats


100 percent OK.
This graduation season, lets
remind ourselves that our worth
doesnt depend on how many
degrees we earn, that we are more
than our job title and that the
true value of a college education
lies in the personal growth that it
facilitates.
The things we learn in college
may not make us millionaires, but
they often make us better people.
Throughout the four (or more)
years that we spend at an institution of higher education, we learn
to place our lives in the context of
history. We learn to see things from
the perspectives of others, to hear
opinions that are not our own and
effectively support the opinions
that we hold most dear. We gain
the ability to pick apart important
issues and analyze the parts that
constitute the whole. We become
efficient at living away from home
and being responsible for our own
success and well-being.
These are the skills that will
serve us well for the rest of our
lives, regardless of how we end up
earning a living. They will help us
remain empathetic, informed and
engaged in the world for the rest of
our lives. Careers arent permanent,

fired
from first
reporting job

but the ability to grow and adapt


that we cultivate during our college
years will stick with us until our
inevitable demise.
Of course, like all things of great
value, the benefits of an education
come at a price; weve all had days
when were completely overwhelmed by all our responsibilities
and would rather shoot ourselves
in the face than read another word
about Cartesian dualism. But we
persevere, and sometimes, we actually learn something that alters our
perspective or presents us with the
opportunity to think critically about
a topic that is important to us.
These are the opportunities
we have in our lives to be truly
free-thinking individuals. If we
fail to take advantage of them and
instead get caught up in trying to
outdo our colleagues, we are doing
ourselves a much greater disservice
than if we fail to have a prestigious
internship.
We have the rest of our adult lives
to be cogs in the capitalist machine,
but we only have our educational
careers to steer our lives in the
direction of our interest. So in the
grand scheme of things, its alright
if you dont have a job lined up after
graduation. Its alright if you dont
know exactly what you want to do

with your life.


If you dont have everything
figured out, youre not a failure.
Even some of the greatest minds of
our generation werent immediate
successes; Kanye didnt release an
album until he was 27, and now hes
both our centurys greatest artist
and the most financially successful
philosopher in history. If youre
approaching 25 and still havent
made it, you most certainly are
not alone, and you most certainly
are worth more than other peoples
evaluation of your productivity. But
most importantly, you have a whole
life ahead of you, full of potential
that wont expire once you pass a
certain age.
When you leave this institution,
dont leave behind the lessons it
taught you. Hold on to the resilience, the successes, the failures,
the moments of joy, the moments
of self-doubt and outright hopelessness, hold on to everything. They
are what will remind you that if you
can get through college, you can get
through anything, even living with
your parents again.
The Nevada Sagebrush editorial
board can be reached at tbynum@
sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.

told he wasnt
a good enough
cartoonist

released
first album
at 27
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Five vital life lessons learned from a graduating senior

hen reflecting on the past


few years of my college
experience, I think back to
the memory of an 18-yearold kid walking into his dorm room for
the first time you know, the one that
wouldnt even let his mom hug him in
public for fear of embarrassment and
ridicule. As Im sure
many of my fellow
graduating seniors
can relate to, I look
back at that person
that kid and laugh,
wishing that I knew
then what I know
now, but also thankful
for the lessons that
Caden
these years have
Fabbi
given me.
Take this for what
its worth; I know everyones experience
is different. But here are some things
Ive learned that I never thought I would
understand four years ago.

COLLEGE IS EASY BUT ITS


ACTUALLY REALLY HARD
Yes, upper-division courses can be
very challenging. Yes, every once in a
while youll come across that class where
the material feels impossible to learn.
But the fact is that the fear mongering
from our high school teachers that what
you do here is nothing compared to
what youll have to do in college is one
of the most ingenious (and effective)
scare tactics I have found in my 17

years of academia. In the vast majority


of flunking-out cases that Ive seen, the
failure has much more to do with a lack
of work ethic/motivation combined with
excessive FIFA-playing and too many
distractions, rather than the persons
actual ability to learn the material being
presented.
The greatest challenges of college
dont come directly from the classroom.
Rather, they come with finding a
balance. It can be exceptionally difficult
to find the perfect combination between
class, a job, extracurriculars, a social life
and basic human necessities like, for
example, eating and sleeping. Problems
arise when someone puts too much
weight into one of these categories
without investing at least a little bit of
time in the others. Find that balance
and youll find the best possible level of
happiness.

IT GOES BY FAST
It seriously feels like four days ago that
I was walking into Room 102 of Nye Hall
to start my freshman year of dormitory
debauchery, not four years. Three days
ago my college idols were walking across
the stage to receive their diploma, two
days ago it was the most intelligent
people Ive met and just yesterday it was
my best friend. How can it be that its
now my turn to be the one that others
are staring at on the big screen? My piece
of advice is to take advantage of every
moment. Time you enjoy wasting is not
wasted time.

THINGS CHANGE
The transition from the end of our
teens into our early 20s results in some
of the most dramatic, formative years we
will have in our whole life. What does this
mean? A lot will change from freshman
to senior year. This is a good thing. We
cant be a college freshman forever, no
matter what Kehoe says.
As we evolve as individuals, the people
we surround ourselves with will evolve as
well. Some of the people that I thought
would be in my life forever just three
years ago are now sort of an afterthought.
The other night I was having a conversation about this with one of my customers
at the bar, and he said something that
particularly struck me: regardless of the
longevity of a relationship that you have
with someone, we owe it to ourselves
to learn something from every person
we meet. There is no need for elongated
resentment; sometimes life will just take
people in two different directions. But if
we take the best qualities of each person
that we meet with us, we will become
better people. A strong person will accept
that things change over time and dream
of the possibility of a happier life.
Still, as things change around us
and as we change as people the few
that do stick around through it all, the
good and the bad, become absolutely
invaluable.

NOBODY IS PERFECT
Reality: even the person that we
least expect to will let us down. And

sometimes we make mistakes that will


even surprise ourselves personally. The
only thing that can ease the pain of being
let down is acceptance of the fact that we
will never find the perfect person. Lifes
perfection is its imperfection! It is failure
that makes our worlds possibilities
endless. Embrace it.

THE BEST IS YET TO COME


Weve all heard our parents generation
tell us how college is supposed to be
made up of our most memorable years
in life our peak. So many students
misinterpret this to mean we should
drink til we forget our names or accept
every dare without hesitation. I dont see
it this way. Personally, the times from
college that Ill remember the most
are the ones that were spent alongside
meaningful people doing meaningful
things.
College is about creating a foundation
to build from for the rest of our lives.
As we grow older, we have the ability to
build upon our roots to create something
we can be proud of a piece of art that
is unique to us and fully understood by
nobody else. We can change the world.
Who knew that something so wonderful could rise out of a tiny brick campus
of 20,000 dream-chasers in Reno,
Nevada.
What will your story be?
Caden Fabbi studies political science. He
can be reached at alexandraschultz@unr.
edu and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

@TheSagebrush | nevadasagebrush.com

OPINION | A9

PEACE OUT,
K
C
A
P
F
L
O
W
Reflecting on the
past while looking
toward the future

newspaper in Nevada every week.


From miserably late deadlines to unforgettable Sager Ragers, the newspaper has easily
been the most important part of my college
career. Sure, classes made me a little smarter
and internships helped me gain real-world
experience, but my time with the Sagebrush
has honestly been the most eye-opening and
genuinely enjoyable thing to happen in my life
thus far.
Ive met some of my closest friends on staff
and made unforgettable memories that, if I had the
opportunity to, I would experience all over again in
a heartbeat. Between fan-girling over Harry Potter
with Megan Ortiz, late-night Zumba on the football
field with Alex Mosher, non-stop bickering with Kenny
Bissett, listening to Boys, Boys, Boys on repeat with
Chris Boline, and pretending to like Eric Uribes weekly
Kanye West references, Id say Ive seen nearly every walk
of life come through this office.
While I clearly did more with my life than live in the
Sagebrush office despite what many may believe or have
seen with only 700 words to articulate the best of my
college experience, the Sagebrush takes the cake.
Of course Ill miss those late night study sessions for a test I
already knew I was going to fail, and the one-hour breaks where
I attempted to catch up on the 900 pages of reading I hadnt done.
Jokes.
What Im honestly going to miss are the opportunities to dive
myself into campus culture and interact with people who are open
to new ideas (and all the free food, of course). I keep hearing that
the real world is full of close-minded people who hate self-entitled
millennials. While theres nothing that makes me want to take
another college class for as long as I live, theres also nothing
worse than leaving and not having any idea whats going to
happen next.
While Im not trying to calculate my 10-year plan like my dearest roommate, Kyler Lund, or relaaaxxx like my brother, Michael
Kowalewski, Im not afraid to admit that Im nervous for what
happens next. I know Ill figure it out eventually, but if I could get
a 3x5 cheat sheet to scribble on, thatd be much appreciated.
And so Ill end with this:
To the past Sagebrush staff, you are all an inspiration. Im
ecstatic to have met and/or worked with those of you that I did
and I cant wait to call myself Sagebrush alumnus. Lets make
that happen soon, Amy Beck.
To the current Sagebrush staff, you are all awesome sauce.
The newspaper turn-up will remain strong as long as Terrance
Bynum is in the house and Beyonce is blasting from his office.
To the future Sagebrush staff, your first Sager Rager is
always a shit show. Dont let anyone convince you otherwise.
And just like that, its all over.
#1893tilinfinity

ts Monday, May 2, at 2:30 a.m. and


Ive just finished the final paper of my
college career. After scrambling together
the last 3,000 words I had in me, I now
find myself sitting here having to write my
farewell column for The Nevada Sagebrush
and Im speechless. Who do I thank? What do I
write about? Who should I mention?
This isnt an acceptance
speech for the Academy
Awards, Nicole; lets not be
so dramatic. In all honesty,
the only people who will
actually read this anyway
are my parents, most of the
Sagebrush staff, and one
or two Facebook friends
if I even post it. With that
Nicole
eloquent introduction,
Kowalewski
heres what I have to
say about my last four
years.
Starting my college journey at the
University of Nevada, Reno, in fall
2012 was typical. One minute
I felt like a badass college
student, and the next I felt
like a timid freshman who
cant make their way around
Cain Hall. My best friend and
roommate at the time, Sara
Hanafi, and I wanted nothing more
than to make friends with everyone
in our dorm and go to awesome college
parties. So naturally, neither of those
things happened. Instead, we did things
like spending our Valentines Day stopping
at four fast food restaurants to make the
ultimate a la carte style munchie meal
and climbing to the roof of Morrill Hall at
midnight.
As fun as we made our freshman year,
the real story begins the moment I
decided to volunteer for The Nevada
Sagebrush. I came into college from
what I considered was the best
high school experience I could
have had, and that was mainly due
to the newspaper
staff I was a part of. I figured if working on a newspaper
made me happy, then why not do it again?
I met with former editor Ben Miller, and little did I
know my fate was set. Within two months of volunteering, I had already moved up to my dream position of
being the design editor and four years later Im still
proud to be putting together the oldest student-run

Nicole Kowalewski studies journalism. She can be reached


at nkowalewski@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.
Illustration by Zak Brady/Nevada Sagebrush

Appreciate both the remaining


college days and sleepless nights

hat an experience
college has been. Diplo
at Lawlor was unforgettable. Receiving an A
in a difficult class was satisfying.
Having my own cat made me feel
like a mom. But my favorite part of
college the all-nighters.
I dont mean lying-in-bed-nosleep-life-sucks
kinds of nights. I
mean the nights
where I made the
decision to give
up my beloved
sleep because
I wanted to
enjoy the regularly
neglected hours in
Jessica
my day.
Sasman
Youre thinking,
I have a paper
due at 9 a.m. and I havent done it
yet. I dont want to stay up. I need
to stay up. Im thinking, I cant
wait to stay up tomorrow night; this
is going to be fun!
All of my procrastinator friends
are waiting until the last second to
finish their work and we already
know were in it together. How fun
does being locked in a building on
campus with your friends all night
sound? The funniest moments
happen while the rest of you are
slumbering. With lack of sleep and
gross amounts of energy drinks
flowing through our blood, we all
get a little weird in the middle of
the night.
When the work is all done, theres

a sense of achievement like Wow.


Who knew I could finish a 10-page
paper in one night? It feels good to
finish a project right before the sun
is about to come out. Ive seen a lot
of beautiful sunrises that I would
have never been able to catch
otherwise. Its even more rewarding
when the whole team finishes its
work in time to see it together.
If youre pulling an all-nighter
alone, youre doing it wrong. I
promise youll never regret the
nights spent with the people you
love. When youve been in the zone
for too long and need a break, its
the perfect time to catch up or get
to know someone. Were all so busy
during the day focusing on school,
work and extracurricular activities.
Its nice to have a conversation with
no distractions around (besides
that assignment thats due in two
hours now). But seriously, some of
the best conversations Ive had with
friends were during an all-nighter.
Maybe youre never procrastinated and you finished your
project the second you saw it on
the syllabus. Good for you! Pull an
all-nighter and go out with your
friends instead. You can hit the
town and go to random places
youve never been before. Are we
too old to toilet paper someones
house? Or you can hang out at a
friends house and finish a game
of Monopoly. Im even ok with the
idea of staying up the entire night
to binge-watch your favorite show
on Netflix. Its more fun when you

can watch a character grow up, get


married and then get divorced in
one sitting.
Were young and although sleep
deprivation is believed to be an
unhealthy practice, we can make
up the sleep weve lost later. I dont
recommend pulling all-nighters
weekly. Id say limit it to maybe
once a month at the most. Do it
too often and you might go crazy.
If you need just a little sanity, try it
out. Theres a calmness in the night
where problems dont matter and
theres room to breathe.
As my senior year is coming to
a close, all I want is to enjoy a few
more late-night adventures with my
friends. The thought of having some
fun while trying to push through
the stress is all I need to finish this
semester strong. The best time of
the semester is during final exams.
The free goodies and fun activities
around campus keep spirits alive.
To all of the seniors: think about
your friends who are graduating
with you. Theres practically no time
left. Sleepless nights probably wont
work anymore. Well never be in this
same place with these same people.
Enjoy our beautiful campus. Share
stories with your friends. Catch
a few of these beautiful Reno
sunrises. Be present and appreciate
the moments that are left!
Jessica Salsman studies political science. She can be reached at alexandraschultz@unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.

Free the millennials from voting shackles

ccording to the most recent


Census data, only 41 percent
of eligible voters between
the ages of 18-29 voted in the
2012 election, a stark contrast from the
56 percent of voters age 30-44 or the
71 percent of voters age 60 and above.
The discussion has long raged on:
Why dont millennials
vote? Hundreds of
answers have popped
up, usually along
the lines that were
apathetic because we
would rather spend
an hour checking our
Twitter feeds instead
of checking a box on
Luke
our ballot card.
Keck
But truthfully, its
not that young people
dont vote because we only care about
Twitter and Instagram or memes and
Vines; its not that we dont care about
the future of the United States or that
were uneducated about the issues. Its
that weve spent our entire voting lives
being told that were stupid millennials
whose opinions dont matter because
were just that, stupid millennials. In
a widely shared clip from the HBO
show The Newsroom, Jeff Daniels
character proclaims that todays young
people are the Worst. Generation.
Ever, and that even though its not our
fault that America is falling behind, we
should be careful if we ever accidentally wander into a voting booth one
day.
Why would we want to express our
political opinions then if weve spent
our entire lives hearing that what we
think is either wrong or that it doesnt
matter? If were part of the Worst.
Generation. Ever and our thoughts are
just a product of our own naivete then

why bother voting at all? The millennial attitude toward voting has become
a self-fulfilling prophecy: were told
that we dont vote because we dont
care, and because thats all we hear we
stop caring, so we dont vote.
Jeff Daniels is wrong; were not the
worst generation ever, but we are in
one of the worst situations. Were
saddled with more student than any
other generation. Our debt money
is worth less than nearly ever before
and we have a hell of a time making
it. Were growing up with very real
and present effects of climate change.
Weve already grown up with one
recession and two wars, and the
political climate is more polarized
and less interested in creating a viable
future for our country. When we stand
up against it though, we get told to
sit back down. We dont have the life
experience to know what were talking
about, after all.
The millennial generation has been
chained up and locked into a chair at
the political kids table and told not
to join the adults conversation, and
though weve extended our hands and
asked for a turn to speak, the older
generations are often not willing to let
us join the discussion. Eventually, our
voices get tired and we just quit trying.
Its somewhat of a lose-lose situation.
Were either the apathetic millennials
who need to speak up and give a damn,
or were the ignorant millennials who
need to come back with opinions when
were older and smarter. I believe that
most millennials are ready to join the
political process; its time for the older
generations to welcome us in.
Luke Keck studies journalism. He can be
reached at alexandraschultz@unr.edu
and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.

On Deck

@SagebrushSports | nevadasagebrush.com

A10

UPCOMING
GAMES
WEEKLY TOP 5

NFL Draft Steals

TOM BRADY

The greatest player in


NFL history was the
199th player taken in the 2000
NFL draft. Brady split time
as a starter at Michigan with
Drew Henson at Michigan,
as the two quarterbacks won
a national championship.
Despite the college title, Brady
was thought of as too slow
and inexperienced to be a
prominent NFL quarterback.
The six quarterbacks taken
before Brady have three career
playoff wins.

vs. San
Jose State
6p.m.
5/6

vs. San
Jose State
6 p.m.
5/7

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016


vs. San
Francisco
4 p.m.
5/10

vs. San
Jose State
1 p.m.
5/8

Down
go
the
aztecs
Nevada completes three-game sweep over
San Diego State, now third in conference

JOE MONTANA

The four-time Super


Bowl champion won
a national championship at
Notre Dame, yet was identified
as having a weak arm and
injury prone and fell to the third
round. He became the starter
for the San Francisco 49ers
midway through his second
season and won his first Super
Bowl in his third season. He
had 33 career fourth-quarter
comebacks.

ROGER
STAUBACH

Staubach attended
the Naval Academy in 1961
and started three years at
quarterback, while leading
the Midshipmen to a national
championship appearance in
1963. He was the first Navy
graduate to be colorblind and
still allowed to serve in a war.
He was selected in the 10th
round by the Cowboys, mainly
because of his commitment to
serve with the Navy. He went
on to be a Hall of Famer.

New Mexico

16-5

30-16

Fresno State

17-7

29-16

Nevada

13-8

23-20

UNLV

10-11

19-24

Air Force

9-13

20-20

San Diego State 5-14

12-30

San Jose State 6-18

14-29

Category

SJSU

OFFENSE

.292

Batting avg.

.241

5.81

Runs scored per game 3.68

.401

Slugging percentage .306

.380

On-base percentage

.323

PITCHING

4.70

Earned run avg.

5.44

.283

Opposing batting avg. .318

9.74

Hits allowed per game 10.9


Fielding percentage

.965

Runs scored per game 7.37

*All statistics thru games 5/2/16

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT


MENS TENNIS
The mens tennis team lost
4-1 to No. 59 ranked Boise
State in the quarterfinals of the
Mountain West Championships
on Friday, April 29. The No. 7
seed Nevada end the year 6-16
while second seed Broncos
improved to 19-9. Boise State
won the first and second
doubles matches to take the
early 1-0 lead. The Packs Ryan
Andrada and Aaron Breust won
the third doubles match 6-4
in the first complete match of
the day. The Broncos won the
next two matches to secure
the team point. Senior Ryan
Andrada got Nevada back on
the scoreboard with a 6-4, 6-2
victory at No. 1 singles. Thomas
Tenreiro also clinched the win
with a 7-6, 6-2 victory in the
No. 2 singles match over senior
Andrew Poustie. Andrada won
his 64th career singles match
to end his career ranked No. 7
in school history. Pousties 65
career singles wins ranks No. 6
in school history.

By Jack Rieger
The Nevada baseball team, with its brand new 33-year-old
head coach Jay Bruce, may have reached a turning point in its
season this weekend.
The Wolf Pack swept the San Diego State Aztecs in a threegame series at Tony Gwynn Stadium to improve to 23-20 overall
and 13-8 in the Mountain West. The weekend sweep put Nevada
three games over .500 for the first time this season as the Pack is
riding a five-game winning streak.
In the first game of the series, the Pack won 8-5 thanks
primarily to Jordan Pearces three-run home run. Nevada scored
six runs on six hits all in the second inning. Christian Stolo
bounced back from what has been a disappointing start for the
senior, as the lefty allowed two runs on five hits in 6.0 innings.
In game two, junior pitcher Trevor Charpie needed just 106
pitches to toss a one-hit shutout en route to a 5-0 victory.
Charpie notched his fourth win in seven decisions and
improved his ERA to 4.04.
The majority of the offense came in the fourth inning
from Trenton Brooks RBI single and freshman Kaleb
Foster reached with the bases loaded on an error,
scoring two.
If you like offense, and few people enjoy pitching
battles, then game three was for you. Nevada opened
up a 12-run lead in the fifth inning and eventually
closed out a 13-9 victory, completing the three-game
sweep.
Junior LHP Trenton Brooks allowed two runs
on four hits and five strikeouts in 6.0 serviceable
innings. Six Pack players had multi-hit games
including TJ Friedl, Justin Bridgman, Miles Mastrobuoni, Brooks, Bryce Greager and Kaleb Foster.
Geager hit a two-run home run in the second inning
for his third homer of the season. The Pack put up crooked
numbers in the third, fourth and fifth innings to flaunt a 13-1
lead. San Diego State scored the games final eight runs, but
it proved irrelevant as Nevada closed out the contest.
Nevada finds themselves over .500 and in third place in
a very winnable Mountain West Conference. Only New
Mexico (30-15, 16-5) and Fresno State (28-16, 16-7)
currently stand in front of Nevada.
Last season, the Wolf Pack won the regular
season title but was unable to qualify for the NCAA
tournament because of an 0-2 performance in the
conference tournament. This season, Nevada will
be cast as the underdog in the tournament,
hoping to upset a favorite.

TRACK AND FIELD


Nevada track & field put
together an overall strong
performance at the Oregon
State High Performance Meet,
as the team prepares for the
Mountain West Championships
May 11-14. Sophomore Alyssa
Porter set a personal record in
the 100-meter dash, finishing
with a time of 12.02 seconds
and took fifth place. Sophomore
Alexandra Tierney took fourth
in the 400-meter hurdles
and was just .11 seconds out
of a top three finish. Brittany
Graves claimed fourth place
in the event, setting her best
mark at 38 feet and seven
inches. The new 4x400-meter
relay team of Tierney, Porter,
Graves and sophomore Dezirae
Pennington took second. With
a time of 3:53.72, it was the
fastest 4x400m relay time of
the season for the Pack, and
ranks in the top eight in the
conference.

Jack Rieger can be reached at Jrieger@sagebrush.unr.edu or on


Twitter @JackRieger.

MENS BASKETBALL
Former Nevada guard Eric
Cooper Jr. announced on
Monday, May 2 via Instagram
that he has elected to transfer
to Pepperdine. Due to NCAA
transfer rules, Cooper will have
to sit out next season before
playing his remaining two years.
Cooper was one of the first
players off the bench for Nevada
this past season, as he averaged
9.3 points per game and was
one of the few reliable shooters
on the roster.

MW STANDINGS
Overall

Nevada

5.20

The only nonquarterback on the


list, Brown is debatably the
best wide receiver in the NFL.
He went to college at Central
Michigan and was a standout
punt returner, kick returner,
receiver and occasional
quarterback. He slipped to the
sixth round due to behavioral
issues and because he went
to a small school, but Brown
burst onto the scene in 2014
as the leading receiver in the
NFL.

Conf.

TALE OF THE TAPE

.973

ANTONIO BROWN

Standings

at New
Mexico
5 p.m.
5/14

FIELDING

JOHNNY UNITAS

Unitas was denied a


spot on Notre Dame
because he was too skinny and
was told, Hed get murdered.
He instead went to Louisville,
where he weighed 145 pounds
in his freshman season. The
Steelers drafted Unitas in the
ninth round, but he was quickly
released when coach Walt
Keisling claimed he wasnt
smart enough to quarterback
an NFL team. Unitas went on to
win four championships, four
MVPs and 10 pro bowls with
the Baltimore Colts.

at New
Mexico
5 p.m.
5/13

Photo courtesy of Andrea Wilkinson/Nevada Athletics

Jordan Pearce (21) swings at a pitch during Nevadas game against San Diego State on Sunday, April 3, at Peccole Park. Nevada won its
first two games against the Aztecs before the third game was postponed due to travel curfew.

Neil Patrick Healy can be


reached at jrieger@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@SagebrushSports.

HOW WILL JARED GOFF AND CARSON WENTZ FARE OUT IN THE NFL?
I think No. 1 overall pick Jared Goff will be the better
quarterback of the two. Im not sure about No. 2 overall
pick Carson Wentz, though. He played in an FCS
powerhouse program in North Dakota State, which isnt
exactly the strongest competition. Its not like hes Joe
Flacco, where he transferred from Pitt to FCS Delaware.
Wentz spent his entire career at the FCS level. He was
good in college, but the program was elite when he got
there and itll stay elite when he leaves. Does he benefit Neil Patrick
from his system? Well see, but Im going with Goff to be Healy
more successful.

HEALY
RIEGER
VS

THE WEEKLY DEBATE

Jack
Rieger

Both Goff and Wentz have NFL size, arm strength and
are mentally sharp. Goff is especially good throwing in
the middle of the field and Wentz has excellent accuracy
throwing to the sidelines. Goffs biggest criticism is that
he had a 13-23 career record at Cal and he has to put on
weight to compete in the NFL. Wentz has a bigger arm
and is a good athlete but played in Division II at North
Dakota State. I think Goff will be better because of the
team hes going to, the weather hes going to be playing
in and he makes better progressions from the pocket.

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UP

Softball

Stock

Continued from page A10

DOWN

with

Neil Patrick Healy

STOCK UP
THE NCAA
Thats right, you read that correctly.
The NCAA did something right. After the
controversial banning of satellite camps
in college football less than a month ago,
the NCAA has repealed the ban. Although
aspects of the camp are going under the
microscope for a future ruling, the fact
that the NCAA actually did something
that the public was clambering for and
would benefit the student athletes is truly
astounding. Many people in the media
and in college football circles felt that the
banning of the camps was a questionable
decision, so the repeal of the ban earns
the NCAA some cool points. Enjoy it,
guys, because this feeling of satisfaction
and victory wont last long.

STOCK DOWN
THE LA CLIPPERS
After trading for point guard Chris Paul
back in 2011, the Clippers were the trendy
pick to be the perennial title-contender in
the NBA. CP3, Blake Griffin and DeAndre
Jordan the league was put on notice. Five
years later, the Clippers have flopped in
some catastrophic ways. Choking up a 3-1
lead in the Western Conference Semifinals
to Houston and Griffin breaking his hand
after punching a trainer in the head are
both bad. Having their former owner
Donald Sterling being exposed for being
an eccentric racist is even worse. Despite
that, LA had about 12 hours of good luck
when Warriors point guard Stephen Curry
sprained his MCL. Everyone was ready for
the Clippers to upset the 73-win Warriors
until Chris Paul broke his hand and Griffin
injured his quad.
Without Paul and Griffin, the Clippers
had little hope of beating the surging No.
6 seed Portland Trailblazers in the first
round and lost in six games. The Clippers
formed five years ago with championship
expectations and have been a major
disappointment. Lob City had a couple
golden years where it could have carved
a niche in the Laker town of Los Angeles,
but the momentum is lost. With the Spurs
and Warriors looking like theyll be elite
for years to come, it looks like LA lost its
chance.
Neil Patrick Healy can be reached at
nhealy@sagbrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@NP_Healy.

following weekend with a final record


of 4-1. With momentum under its
belt, Nevada went back to regular
season play, with a triple-header at
home against Boise State University.
Nevada swept Boise, and went on to
carry the momentum through the rest
of the season.
The Pack is currently 13-9 in regular

season play (30-12 overall) and is currently in third in the Mountain West
Conference. The Pack is coming right
off a brutal weekend with San Jose
State University, as the No. 1 offense
in the Mountain West swept Nevada
in a triple-header. Now, the Wolf Pack
looks ahead to play Colorado State,
Fresno State, and Utah State to end
the regular season.
Nevada is hitting .309 on the season,
which actually isnt that bad. The Pack
has grabbed 213 runs, 358 hits and

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2015

201 RBIs. There is no doubt the Pack


has offensive flow to their game, but
it will need to step it up in the batters
box, as well as the defense for a shot
in the playoffs. SJSU is the number
one team in the Mountain West, right
behind the Pack is Fresno State and
then Nevada, and so on.
Nevada hasnt played Fresno this
season, but has been routed by SJSU.
Sophomore Jennifer Purcell and Senior Megan Sweet, hitting the best on
the team with .412 and .401, are going

to be relied on heavily in the playoffs.


The two sluggers will be needed in
order to outhit SJSU or Fresno in the
playoffs. Junior McKenna Isenberg
will be a factor as well, as her pitching
has been on target all season. In the
end, with these players, Nevada will
need to come together and fight to
have a shot at taking a title.
Will Compton can be reached at
neil@sagebrush.unr.edu and Twitter
@TheSagebrush.

Review

Continued from page A10

WILL VOLLEYBALL TAKE


THE NEXT STEP?
Nevada volleyballs 12-18 record
doesnt look like much on paper,
but if you take a closer look you
can see the progress being made
under head coach Lee Nelson.
Those 12 wins are as many as the
program has won in the previous
two seasons combined. To go
along with that, the Wolf Pack was
9-3 at home and beat rival UNLV
for the first time in a decade. Sure,
six games below .500 isnt going
to get people excited; Nelson will
more than likely take the progress
and build upon it. Hell be looking
to improve on the 1-11 record on
the road and the 7-11 conference
record, but visible progress is
being made. With kill leader and
All-Mountain West right side
hitter Madison Morrell returning
and outside hitter Madison Foley
looking to capitalize on their
outstanding numbers in 2015,
expect the Wolf Pack to improve
the next step to compete in the
Mountain West.

File Photo
Former Nevada running back Don Jackson (6) runs the ball upfield for a touchdown at Falcon Stadium against Air Force
on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. Jackson went undrafted and signed a free agent contract with the Green Bay Packers.

WILL SWIMMING AND


DIVING STAY ON TOP?
After first-year head coach Neil
Harper led Nevada to its first
Mountain West title in program
history, having sophomore
Sharae Zheng win two individual
national championships (1-meter
and 3-meter dive) and having
diver Krysta Palmer qualify for
the Olympic trials in June, the
question is How can this get any
better? Palmer and swimmers
Erin Fuss and Yawen Li to graduation will be tough, but the rest of
the team comes back to defend
its MWC title. Expect Nevada
swimming and diving to continue
to compete for a conference title.
Neil Patrick Healy can be reached
at jrieger@sagbrush.unr.edu and
on Twitter @NP_Healy.

NFL

Continued from page A10

DON JACKSON GREEN BAY


PACKERS
Nevadas best running back for two
straight years in a run-heavy offense,
Jackson was signed as an undrafted
free agent on April 30. Jacksons contract is for three years at $1.625 million,
but only $5,000 is guaranteed and
Jackson can be released at any time.
Jacksons chances of making the
Packers arent great considering NFL
teams usually only carry four running
backs and Green Bay is one of the few
teams that values fullbacks. Jackson
may have to stand out as a high-effort
special teams player in order to earn a
spot on one of the premier organizations in all of sports.

IAN SEAU LOS ANGELES


RAMS
Seau was the one Nevada player that

had a realistic chance of being drafted,


but his limitations as a run-stopper
and his smaller frame probably scared
teams away. He reached an agreement
with the Los Angeles Rams on April 30
as an undrafted free agent.
Seau is an above-average pass
rusher and should find a niche as a
third-down specialist somewhere in
the NFL. Hell have a hard time finding
a spot on the Rams, a team filled with
athletic defensive players. The Rams
also run a 4-3 defense, and defensive
ends in a 4-3 need to be quick enough
to pursue running backs on outside
runs and athletic enough to chase
down the ball carrier. Earning a roster
spot on the new football team in LA
will be a tall order for Seau.

LENNY JONES SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

anyone. Jones actually has more size


than Seau and is a better run-stopper
and all-around athlete. Jones was
a tight end in high school and only
converted to defensive end because
he knew he could be an NFL lineman.
Hasaan Henderson claims Jones has
the second-best hands on the team.
Jones had seven sacks last season,
11.5 tackles for loss and was a team
captain. At 6-foot-3 and 270 pounds,
he has the size and athleticism to
be a defensive end in a 3-4 defense.
The 49ers took two defensive ends
with high draft picks, including No.
7 overall pick Deforest Buckner,
so Jones will be competing with
several young players for a roster spot.
Despite little talk about Jones during
and after the draft, I think he has the
best chance of any Nevada player to
make a roster.

The NFL team closest to the


university reached an agreement
with Lenny Jones after the draft,
which shouldnt come as a surprise to

Jack Rieger can be reached at jrieger@


sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@JackRieger.

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Storylines to watch for next school year


ith the 2015-2016
school year wrapping
up, its never too early
to preview what the
next school year holds for Nevada
athletics. Here are a few noteworthy storylines to
look forward to
in the upcoming
year.

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in the CBI and rejuvenated interest


in the program throughout the
Reno community. After going 9-22
two years ago, the Wolf Pack had
one of the biggest turnarounds in
the nation. Led by first-year head
coach Eric Musselman, Nevada
finished 24-14.
With the 2016-2017 season
comes great opportunity accompanied by great expectation. With
the expected return of Mountain
West Freshman of the Year
Cameron Oliver after he put his
name into the NBA draft process,
the insertion of the No. 35 ranked
recruiting class in the nation and
a plethora of high-quality transfer

players becoming eligible, Wolf


Pack basketball is expected to
make a run at a Mountain West
championship and a bid to the
NCAA Tournament. Along with
Oliver, Nevada returns tenacious
defending freshman guard
Lindsey Drew and junior forward
D.J. Fenner to go along with the
incoming talent, so keep your eyes
on this programs rise to the top of
the Mountain West standings.

WHERE DOES POLIAN


STAND?
Its now or never for Nevada
head football coach Brian Polian.
Entering the fourth of his five-year
contract, Polians record as a
head coach is a meager 18-20.
After winning the Arizona Bowl

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

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and finishing with a 7-6 record


(his first winning season as a
head coach), Nevada failed to
get a player drafted in the NFL
draft for the second straight year.
There are still questions if senior
quarterback Tyler Stewart is the
answer for the Pack under center.
The front seven loses six of seven
starters and the offensive line is
still a foreseeable problem.
The schedule for Nevada is
extremely manageable. With tough
conference foes Fresno State, San
Diego State and Utah State coming
to Mackay Stadium and a manageable nonconference schedule, it
isnt out of the realm of possibility
for the Wolf Pack to win eight
games and compete for a MWC
Western Division title and go to

Pack softball enters home stretch


By Will Compton
The Nevada softball team has been making
moves all season, and as the final games start to
close in, we look back on the Wolf Packs sensational season and how this team worked its way
into the record books.
The Pack opened up the season at the Kajikawa
classic in Tempe, Arizona, and went 3-2 overall.
Nevada routed opponents such as Indiana University, Bradley University and East Carolina, but
took losses from Boston College and the University of Wisconsin. This tournament was crucial
for freshman Brooke Bolinger, as she claimed her
first career win against East Carolina. The Pack
felt like it could do much better, and thats exactly
what happened. In the Wilson/DeMarini Classic
in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Pack swept the series
6-0, taking down Robert Morris 9-0, Southern
Utah 8-0 and UTEP 8-5, to name a few. Nevada
hit seven home runs in the first game of the
tournament against UC Davis and claimed 15 accumulative home runs over the whole weekend.
The following week came the Santa Clara Tournament, where Nevada went 5-0 again against
four different opponents. Opening up against
UConn and winning 8-7, Nevada was hot on an
eight-game win streak, and carried it through
the tournament for 13 consecutive victories,
breaking the program record. Sophomore Chase
Redington made news in this tournament as she
pitched a complete game in her first start on the
season.
The regular season was a scary start for Nevada,
as the Pack played Sacramento State. Nevada
won the first game 3-1, then took a heavy 8-0 loss
in the doubleheader. Looking for redemption at
home, the Packs home-opener was up against
Sac. State again, and history repeated itself.
Nevada won the first match 4-3, then lost 4-2.
Nevada went right back to their strong suit, and
took over the Grizz Classic Tournament the

See SOFTBALL page A9

the MWC championship game. In


fact, the only game the Pack wont
be competitive in is the game at
Notre Dame, so anything less than
a winning record is considered a
failure.
Still, Polians contract makes
for an interesting offseason. If he
barely qualifies for a bowl game
and there are no signs of optimism
for the future, will Athletic Director Doug Knuth eat the last year
of the contract and send Polian
packing, or will he be forced to
offer an extension? Having a head
coach go into his final year of his
contract without an extension is
recruiting suicide, so a decision
will be made.

See NEXT YEAR page A9

Three undrafted
Pack players sign
free agent contracts
By Jack Rieger

Photo courtesy of Andrea Wilkinson/Nevada Athletics

Sophmore pitcher Chase Redington winds up to pitch against Niagara at Christina M. Hixson Softball Park on Friday, April 8. Redington is 5-1 on the year with a 3.76 ERA.

or the second straight year, Nevada failed to


have a player drafted by an NFL team. As a
school and community that prides itself in
having a competitive football team, Nevada
not having at least one individual player drafted is
discouraging to say the least.
To the people who are screaming, Thats because
coach Brian Polian cant recruit!
this is the last recruiting class of
former coach Chris Ault, so Polian
isnt to blame. Maybe its because
Nevada is a smaller school that
plays in an inferior conference
and scouts may overlook
potentially talented recruits. But
YouTube and scouting websites
like Scout.com and Rivals have
Jack
made talent more apparent than
Rieger
ever before. Is it possible that
Nevada didnt have an individual
graduating this year who was talented enough to be
drafted?
In 2014, Joel Bitonio was drafted in the second
round by the Cleveland Browns and is quickly
becoming a foundational player. In 2013, Duke Williams and Khalid Wooten were drafted in the fourth
and sixth rounds, respectively. The Wolf Pack had 10
players drafted from 2011 to 2014, but according to
NFL general managers and scouts, who happen to
be the most skilled talent evaluators in the country,
Nevada didnt have a player worthy of being selected
on draft day this year.
Fortunately the draft isnt the only path to an NFL
locker room for college graduates. Undrafted free
agents make up a significant portion of the training
camp roster, and Nevada had three players signed as

See NFL page A9

B1 | CLASS OF 2016

@TheSagebrush | nevadasagebrush.com

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

SPRING COMMENCEMENT

#PACKPRIDE
Class of 2016
CAMPUS FACTS

2,533

POP CULTURE
NEW WORDS

William N. Pennington Student Achievement Center,


opened Feb. 22, 2016

vlogger, sideswiping, bruh,


anywheres & Anthomedusae

graduates

University Libraries

374

17

Business

Education

145

54
136

Engineering

43

Health Sciences

302

Campus galleries hosted between 40 to 50


exhibitions annually, which included
work from more than 140 artists

122

Reynolds School
77

Liberal Arts

249

102

Science

50

Interdisciplinary
57

n/a

Med School

n/a

66

TOTALS

2,710*

FILM

Athletics
Championships
Two-time NCAA National Champion
diver, Sharae Zheng
College Basketball Invitational Champions,
Mens Basketball
Mountain West Swimming & Diving, Champions
Most popular sports on campus:

basketball

flag
football

outdoor
soccer

total degrees awarded

3,932 annual participants in intramural sports

*Students receiving multiple degrees count more than once


** Does not include Med School

#PackPride

Most followed on Twitter:


Katy Perry, Justin Bieber,
Taylor Swift and Barack Obama
Most followed on Instagram:
Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Kim
Kardashian and Ariana Grande
athleisure, bohemian,
booties, heatless hair,
and off-the-shoulder tops
Fallout 4,
Madden NFL 16 and
Call of Duty: Black Ops III

VIDEO
GAMES

2,114 530**

tablets, Netflix,
wearable devices,
drones, hoverboards
and wireless headphones

Google Search & Play,


Facebook & Messenger,
YouTube, Spotify,
Pandora, Reddit, Imgur,
Snapchat, Instagram & Twitter

509

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying


Up by Marie Kondo,
Strengths Finder 2.0
by Tom Rath and
Harry Potter & the
Cursed Child - Parts I & II
by J.K. Rowling,
Jack Thorne and John Tiffany

SITES & APPS

251

University Galleries

Better Call Saul, Season 1,


Fargo, Season 2 and
The Americans, Season 3

BOOKS

150

CABNR

graduate

Largest event: The Reno Jazz Festival


Most popular programs:
Welcome Week LAN (video gaming)
and Video Game Tournament

Zootopia, Deadpool,
Star Wars: Episode VII
and The Martian

TV

undergraduate

Festivals: Coachella, SXSW,


Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza

25,108 equipment checkouts


2,263 3D objects printed
12,368 feet of posters printed

The Joe

DEGREES
AWARDED

Songs: Work by Rihanna


feat. Drake, Panda by
Desiigner and 7 Years
by Lukas Graham

TECHNOLOGY

average age
19
71
youngest
oldest

PEOPLE

26

MUSIC

1,101

FASHION

1,432

Artists: Adele, Ellie Goulding,


Drake, The Weeknd and
Meghan Trainor

SOURCES: GRADUATE DATA: University of Nevada, Reno Admissions and Records; CAMPUS FACTS: Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, Joe Crowley Student Union, Lombardi Recreation Center; NEW WORDS: http://public.oed.com/the-oed-today/recent-updates-to-the-oed/march-2016-update/new-words-listmarch-2016/; MUSIC: http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 and http://www.billboard.com/artists/top-100; FILM: http://www.imdb.com/chart/top?sort=us,desc&mode=simple&page=1; TV: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top-tv/; BOOKS: http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books; TECHNOLOGY: cnet.
com, technologyreview.com, and wired.com; SITES & APPS: students from the University of Nevada, Reno; PEOPLE: http://www.statista.com/statistics/273172/twitter-accounts-with-the-most-followers-worldwide/ and http://www.statista.com/statistics/421169/most-followers-instagram/; FASHION: pinterest.com,
instyle.com, glamour.com and students from the University of Nevada, Reno; VIDEO GAMES: metacritic.com

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B2 | CLASS OF 2016

2016 Commencement Exercises May 13-14

2015 Commencement Exercises

MAY 15: Friday Afternoon

ADVANCED DEGREES

HEALTH SCIENCES
ENGINEERING
EDUCATION
JOURNALISM

RESTROOMS

for Graduates/Staff ONLY

Mackay Mines

LIBERAL ARTS

Mackay Sciences

RESTROOMS

Morrill Hall

CABNR
BUSINESS
Processional Begins at 4:55 p.m.
SCIENCE

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

ADVANCED
DEGREES

RESERVED SEATING
CHECK-IN

RESERVED SEATING
CHECK-IN

Lineup around
Morrill Hall

INFO BOOTH/
PROGRAMS
PROGRAMS
WATER COLLEGE
SALES Doctorates
Masters

OTHER AREAS
Sign Language

WOLF SHOP/INFO
BOOTH
Science
BY BRYAN PLAZA

Jones Center

RESTROOMS
NOTE: Students enter the ceremony from
the same side they are seated. However,
they may cross the stage from either side.

Faculty Seating

Engineering

INFO BOOTH/
PROGRAMS

Ross Hall

Disabled Seating

WHEEL CHAIR
ESCORTS

Reserved Seating
Live streaming area

FACULTY
LINE-UP

REMSA/
MEDICAL

Captioning (Ross patio)

Fri-am

Fri-pm

Sat-am

Undergraduate lineup

FRIDAY MORNING

CABNR East of Mackay Mines


BUSINESS East of Mackay Mines
HEALTH SCIENCES Front of Mackay Sciences

FRIDAY AFTERNOON

ENGINEERING Front of Mackay Sciences


SCIENCE East of Mackay Mines

Spring Commencement Parking


General parking will be available in the West Stadium Parking Complex, which is north of Lawlor Events Center, as well
as in the Green and Blue parking lots on the North side of campus. Public parking areas are designated for use by faculty,
graduates, families and their friends. The shuttle service is scheduled to start 2 hours prior to the ceremonies (pick-up and
drop off locations are below).
Please note:
Disabled parking will be available on levels 1 through 3 of the Brian Whalen Parking Complex. There will be a
shuttle service available to transport disabled guests from the SE corner of Brian Whalen to the limited mobility drop
off area. A return shuttle will be available after the ceremony. Please follow directional signage on Virginia Street to
access the disabled parking area.
Limited mobility drop off area will be located at the parking lot by Morrill Hall next to the Quadrangle.
Permit holders for the Brian Whalen Parking Complex will park on levels 4 and 5 on Friday.
The General shuttles will pick-up and drop off at the following locations:
Blue Lot

Green North Lot

East Stadium

Legacy Hall

Silver 5 Lot

What Graduates Need to Know


READER CARD: Bachelors and masters degree recipients: dont forget to bring your reader
card to the ceremony! If you did not get a chance to RSVP but would still like to attend the
ceremony or need a replacement card you can visit the Admissions and Records office on the
second floor of the Fitzgerald Student Services Building on Monday or Tuesday, May 9 & 10,
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Reader cards will also be available before each ceremony at the
check-in area located on the Pennington Student Achievement Center patio. Doctoral
candidates will receive their reader card the day of the ceremony at lineup.
REGALIA (CAPS & GOWNS): Regalia rentals will be available prior to the ceremony at the
Nevada Wolf Shop. The Nevada Wolf Shop will be open before each ceremony for any
last-minute needs. Department and organization cords and/or stoles may be worn during the
ceremony. Dont forget to decorate your cap!
NEVADA WOLF SHOP: Extra regalia (bachelor/master), tassels and stoles along with leis,
flowers and graduation T-shirts will be available for purchase at the Nevada Wolf Shop stand.
Rental gowns can be dropped off at the Wolf Shop in the Joe Crowley Student Union during
regular business hours. All gowns must be returned no later than May 20.
PHOTOGRAPHER: GradImages is the official photographer of the commencement
ceremonies. Photos will be available for purchase at www.gradimages.com.
DAY OF THE CEREMONY: All graduates must report to the college lineup location on the
Quadrangle by 7:45 a.m. for Friday and Saturday morning ceremonies and by 4:45 p.m.
for the Friday evening ceremony. Undergraduate lineup will be on the northeast (near
Mackay Mines) and southeast (near Mackay Sciences) corners of the Quad arranged by college.
Advanced degree lineup will be on the south side (near Morrill Hall). Flags and
commencement staff will be there to guide and direct you. There is no need to check in if you
have your reader card. Processions will begin at 8:15 a.m. on Friday and Saturday morning and
at 5 p.m. Friday evening.
GENERAL SEATING: Tickets are not required for the event. General seating opens at 6:30 a.m.
for the Friday and Saturday morning ceremonies and at 3:30 p.m. for the Friday evening
ceremony.
DIPLOMA/TRANSCRIPT: Degrees will be posted the end of May. Official transcripts will be
available at that time. Diplomas will be mailed approximately 2-4 weeks after your degree has
posted.
SOCIAL MEDIA: While at the ceremony and in your college lineup, keep a look out for the
social media crew with #PackPride shirts and the #PackPride frames. Take a fun photo with your
friends and family and post to social media. Dont forget to show your #PackPride when posting
to social media during commencement this year.
LIVE STREAM/CAPTIONING: Captioning is available on personal handheld devices by using
the QR code or the link in the program. In addition, captioning and a live stream of the
ceremonies will be played at the theatre in the Joe Crowley Student Union and various TVs
inside the Union. Tell your families who cannot attend the ceremony to watch via live stream at
www.unr.edu/live.

SATURDAY MORNING

EDUCATION Front of Mackay Sciences


JOURNALISM Front of Mackay Sciences
LIBERAL ARTS East of Mackay Mines

B3 | CLASS OF 2016

@TheSagebrush | nevadasagebrush.com

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

All candidates
for

GRADUATION
Spring Commencement 2016

Candidates presented by the dean of each school and college


Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, Summa Cum Laude, In Cursu Honorum
Commissioned as an Army second lieutenant

To the members
of the Class of 2016:
Congratulations on reaching this
milestone in your lives. You have
worked extremely hard to reach this
point. As you turn your attention to
the road you plan on following after
graduation, I want you all to know
that we are extremely proud of you.
As graduates of the University of
Nevada, Reno, you have an important
responsibility. You are now among the

leaders in our world leaders who will


help us all realize the possibility and
potential of humankind.
Leadership brings with it a myriad
of expectations. Chief among them
is forging positive and productive
relationships with all people. This is an
earnest, sometimes difficult process.
It can be challenging and frustrating,
and often requires much patience and
deliberation. Your University training,
which has focused on experiential
learning and the foundational

principles of discernment and critical


thinking, will serve you well in these
instances. Making this extra effort to
listen as well as to talk, to hear as well as
to speak will help you be successful in
whatever field you choose. This, I think,
is the essence of humanity our ability
to combine vast amounts of knowledge
with an ability to have empathy and
understanding for all those we meet
throughout our lives.
Over the past four years, I have
been so impressed with the work

that many of you have done. Ive been


moved by your artistic and athletic
performances, impressed by your high
caliber of problem-solving involved
with your projects and presentations,
and thoroughly inspired by your
enthusiasm for the work you do, as
well as your zest and excitement for
what will come next.
Be bold in your expectations of
yourself, be involved with the life of
your community and play an active role
in the future of your state. And, just as

importantly, form lasting bonds with


the people you love, the people you
work with, the people you will no doubt
influence and help throughout your lives.
On behalf of the entire University,
congratulations on your academic
career and life at our University. And
best wishes for what it is come.
Sincerely,
Marc Johnson
President
University of Nevada, Reno

Courtesy of Jeff Dow/University of Nevada, Reno

Doctoral degrees
GRADUATE SCHOOL
David Zeh, Dean

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
William John Burt
Melissa Fellman
Kristen Maria McNeill

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Arjun Acharya
Stephanie Jane Asteriadis Pyle
Mina J. Avery
Dharshini D. Balasubramaniyan
Claudia M. Bertolone-Smith
Thomas Martin Brown
Heather Clewett
Andrew Coia
Emily S. Dale
Bret A. Davis
Joel William DesOrmeau
Jacob William Dittel

Perry Robert Fittrer


Jennifer Forsberg
Carol A. Godwin
Wei Gu
Hanieh Hadady Gharehghieh
Benjamin Diethelm Hammel
Cassandra J. Hansen
Benjamin J. Hatchett
Rebecca M. Heidker
Leonardo Hernandez
Kathleen A. Hill
Isaac Humpherys
Veronica S. Kirchoff
Michael J. Kwiatkowski
Jerry Lanorio
Eugenia Alexandra Larmore
Angela M. Lee
Emily M. Leeming
Wenzhen Li
William Lombardi
Brendan Lujan

Christina A. Lydon
Valerie Lykes
Mehrdad Majidi
Islam Mohamed Mantawy
Ingrid Mburia
Cameron M. McMullen
Mehrdad Mehraein
Augustus D. Merwin
Katrina Miller
Sabrina Morano
Andrea C. Morency
Daniel James Murray
Dara Naphan
Bishnu Prasad Neupane
Teerapat Nualnoi
Whalmany L. Ounkham
Dimitra Papadovasilaki
Anna Klimaszewski-Patterson
Lindsay Margarita Perez
Andrew J. Pohlman
Likhitha Ravi

Master's degrees
COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE,
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND
NATURAL RESOURCES
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE/
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Biotechnology
Veronica C.F. Arinze
Sarah M. Fox
Jazmin Jimenez
Ryan K. Olsen
Denise Reyes
Cody Alexander Sarcinella
Jose Alejandro Villalobos Jr.

MASTER OF SCIENCE
Biochemistry
Jonathan B. Reddick-Lau

Environmental
Science and Health
Drew J. Sheehy

Natural Resource and


Environmental Science
Camie M. Dencker
Harrison Aldrich Forrester
Danielle R. Walsh

Nutrition

Laura Elizabeth Downing

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY
Hasan Ali Al-Elg
Hillary Victoria Allen
Ting He
Xuemei Lin
Svitlana Loomis
Hanqiu Ma
Haley Christine Sanders
Leah Marie Taboada
Wenjing Xiong

MASTER OF ARTS
Economics
Sarah S. Honeycutt

MASTER OF BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
Mahsa Ahmadi Zadeh
Ali Ahmadian
Vanessa Alvarado
Saranjeet Singh Bains
Ryan David Boles
Benjamin Adam Bufmack

Chad Cerruti
Craig Robert Chilton
Jonathan D. Cole
Samuel C. Crampton B
Richard Michael Crocco
Joshua Richard Dragon
James J. Graham
Chad M. Grayot
Adam Edward Harlow
Michael Chase Houston
Jesse Glen Hummel
Brad S. Humphreys
Tanner Scott Johnson
Sandesh Kannan
Juan V. Lopez
Dustin P. Moore
Ryan Christopher Nelson
Alex Timothy Norris
Sahar Piltan
Amoolya Jayachandra Rao
James Joseph Ripsom
Christian Edward Schonlau
Tyler Stephen Shanks
Ryan Thomas Spreeman
Sophie Stevens
William Nicholas Wheeler
James Wichert

Macario Rocha Rocha


Ryan B. Royle
Christine Joy Ruhl
Joseph V. Russo
Iker Saitua Idarraga
Jennifer C. Schmitt
Andrew Scott Schuster
Kazi K. Shahidullah
Wesley Sherlock
Austin Stafford
John W. Umek
Sebastian Varela Fontecha
Sean N. Warren
Sandra M. Week
Laura Michele Wilhelm
Chengyi Wu
Logan A. Yelderman
Fan Zhang
Ying Zhang
Cui Zhou

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
Yasmina C. Ahmed
Erika T. Allred
Jacob P. Anderson
Yvette Anderson

MASTER OF SCIENCE
Economics
Nathan Osborne

Finance

Gotz Christian Sennhenn

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Yuvaraj Reddy Gaddam
Minh-Thao K. Huynh
Aaron Robert Smith
Scott Allen Sosebee

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
MASTER OF ARTS
Counseling and
Educational Psychology
Roy Steven Bettencourt Jr.
Ana P. De La Maza
Rachael Decker
Christopher Dietrich
Alexandra D. Faught
Shelby Lynne Franklin
Kimberly Brooke Hoole
Sabrina Rose Lupo
Lauren Jean Mattingly
Melissa J. Petersen
Kayla Marie Stocker

Educational Leadership
Ryan Thomas Abrahamian

Brad B. Bosse
Joshua S. Catapano
Alexander Chang
Jonathan K. Cho
Sean R. Comeau
Gerrit M. Dunford
Seth Eidemiller
Gregory M. Evangelatos
Brittany M. Galusha
Paulo S. Garcia
Christopher Goodwill
Jared H. Griffard
Jeffrey Grudzinski
Sarah Jordan Hand
Brett M. Hansen
Tyler P. Heeren
Michael Joseph Hellen
Annamarie Hofstetter
Daniel A. Ignatiuk
John Y. Kim
Michael Kimes
Matt Klippenstein
Charles Lawrence
Gordon H. Lee
Cameron Thomas MacAdams
Joshua C. MacDavid

Norlan A. Maltez
Diane A. Mar
Stephanie Martinez
Sarah Jane McDaniels
Sean Timothy McGee
Jennifer Elizabeth Minor
Natasha Monga
Shavon Cherelle Moore
Lindsey A. Murphy
Kathleen Claire Murray
Christine M. Nelson
Justin David Norvell
Ying Zhang
Cellular and Molecular
Pharmacology and
Physiology
Cui Zhou
Stephen R. Owens
Caroline E. Perez
Evan M. Raps
Christopher Vernon Robertson
Javier Alexander Rodriguez
Brianna C. Ruch
Alexander D. Shaft
Richard Aaron Shehane
James Hugh Stockton

Russell Tyler Stodtmeister


Kabir Singh Suri
Jeffrey Surina
John Thomas Symms
Mark A. Taylor II
Karen Ann Thiele
Cameron M. Thompson
Spencer Kilman Van Dyck
John R. Walter
Kaleb Wartgow
Kelby Jon Wilson
Zechariah Wilson
Brian Wong

Elizabeth Mae Barry


Sarah Elizabeth Dutchover
Jessica Anne Gaubatz
Geoffrey A. Green
Thomas William Clayton
Henson
Jordan Thomas Hill
David Jones
Erin N. Jones
Lane M. King
Amanda C. Leiner
Peter Thomas Long
Libier A. Martinez
Michael Stephen Mifflin
Lacey D. Ojers
Jennifer A. Pierce
Liberatus John Rwebugisa
Shaleeah R. Smith
Christina C. Tin
Ohanna S. Turcios-Ramirez
Markie Lechelle Wilder

Elementary Education

Christy Saul
Sarah Christine Sills

MASTER OF EDUCATION
Counseling and
Educational Psychology
Julie A. Henjum

Educational Leadership
Janell Helena McGovern
Nathan A. Tanner
Marc Vinson
Adam Paul Whatley
Michelle Lynn Will

Julianna Marie Daines


Sydney M. Peters
Jonathan David Schillo
Lateisha Kaye Sheldon

Literacy Studies

Christie Elizabeth Bringman


Goldie Gurling
Amy Elizabeth Jackson
Malorie Morrill
Bonnie Lou Schairer
Jillian R. Wichman
Jennifer Mary Rotta Williams

Secondary Education
Malou Jean Broder
Heather Clewett
Zhiran L. Collins
Sara R. Davis
Benjamin Winston Ho
Miranda L. Holback
Ariene D. Maclean
Troy Tyler Melin
Karina F. Tomco

Special Education

Susan E. Harootunian
Enid L. Johnston
Martie Shyanne King
Brandie L. Lee
Kristen Nicole Lesch
Annette Ramos
Christina M. Reid

DOCTOR OF NURSING
PRACTICE

Emma Anita Camarena


Robyn R. Chatman Bolds
Derek Scott Drake
Tracie Ann Foley
Cathey Joy Hamman
Lisa Gaye Quezada
Mark Kennex Gatuz Quiamzon
Susan Jean Wallace Raph

Elementary Education

Amanda Michelle Alverson


Chloe A. Baker
Shawna Baker
Ben William Beckam
Stephanie Ann Black
Jennifer Lloyd Bluhm
Roben C. Callahan
Natalie Ellen Ceccarelli
Tracey M. Gaffney
Vicki L. Gale
Brianne Gant
Amanda Leigh Gentry
Christin Hair-OKeefe
Mikaela R. Humphreys
Tomoko Keilholtz
Jesseca M. Lunardelli
Amy L. Mason
Daniel A. Ortiz
Susan Peine
Natalie Person
Ashlee Rae Phariss
Amber Nicole Player
Nicole Alexandra Pluta
Emily S. Poertner
Cari A. Potter
Gina M. Rosa
Alicia R. Shaw
Jessica Simpson
Sarah Leah Urbani
Sarah H. Voss

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016


Amy Lynn Williams
Anna Marie Williams
Claire Cecilia Williams
Rachel C. Wootton-Stewart
Melissa R. Zinser

Cameron J. Rowe
Raja Hapreet Singh
Jessica E. Smith
Huayu Zhou

Equity and Diversity


in Education

Jose Guadalupe Cordero


Kriti Dawadi
Dam C. Lam

Electrical Engineering

Ji-Hong Ahn
Jason Ryan McGill
Sarah Ann Oest
Chelsey Solemsaas
Yani Zhan

Mechanical Engineering
Nasim Abbas Zadeh
Md Hasibul Alam
Gregory R. Ross
Alexander C. Woods

Human Development
and Family Studies
Carrie Elizabeth Aalberts
Michele Nicole Haslam
Vanessa Anne Helfrick
Shannon Allyssa Kozel
Katie E. Steenberg

DIVISION OF
HEALTH SCIENCES
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Biomedical Engineering
Siqi Chen

Civil and Environmental


Engineering
Karthick Boopathi
Ally M. Freitas
Balasekaram Jayaprakas
Devon J. Kendall
Federico Mendez Jordan
Sandeep Pandey
Dan Marius Rasteiu
Meghan Christine Rector
Luis Mariano Sibaja Vargas
Robert R. Zellers

Computer Science and


Engineering

Oliva Avila
Jacquelyn Bonde
Quinn A. Cartwright
Allison Cladianos
Adrienne Delucchi
Josiah B. Dixon
Jeffrey Elliott
Lisa Renee Godenick
Anastasia Gunawan
Brett M. Hansen
Jennifer Hurtado
Bruce T. Lensch
Julie Jean Lindesmith
Megan McDoulett
Mengjiao Mi
Alyssa K. OHair
Amanda Santos
Christabell Sotelo-Zecena
Jamie C. Tu
Thomas W. Weber
Larissa Lee Whitet

MASTER OF SCIENCE
Cellular and
Molecular Biology

Vahid Behzadan
Chase D. Carthen
Angela T. Chan
Marlon Daniel Chavez
Adeline Y. Duong
David Q. Frank
Luke Adrian Fraser
Alexander J. Gamino
Terence L. Henriod
Md Moinul Hossain
Eric Klukovich
Lisa Paul Palathingal

Alexandra N. Scurry

Speech Pathology
and Audiology

Sarah M. Briggs
Julia Cabal
Kristine Carter
Amanda L. Casey
Shararyah Hope Clark
Irene De La Rosa
Kylee Rachelle French

Leslie Giesler
Nicole Marie Glynn
Gardenia Hernandez
Ariel Rose Jones
Stephanie Maissen
Anna Catherine May
Elizabeth Alexandra Nemedez
Katherine Anne Overton
Renee Nichole Perona
Alyssa Leigh Plassman
Kaitlin D. Reggiardo
Jacquelyn Nicole Rosen
Brooke Ashley Simpson
Paola Teran
Caroline Gibian Walker
Amanda K. Warner
Jocelyn Kay Whittemore

MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN NURSING

Martha M. Aiyuk
Kindal Lee Andrews
Katie Lynn Bomberger
Ellen Jo Bradstreet
Stephen M. Buccambuso
Heather Nicole Carroll
Brittney L. Castro
Shile Dayton
Sarah Ann DeBoor
Krystina Diane Hashimoto Fry
Lorraine Munson Haines
Jennifer Ann Harrington
Katerina Jones
Tracy K. Kaltenbacher
Sarah K. Lino
Mary M. Lushina
Ashley Danae McCoy
Temitope Oyerinde
Jenny Roseann Sanchez
Probir K. Sarker
Jamie Michele Schnell Blitstein
Christina Noelle Sheppard
Amanda Marie Stallings
Lorenzo Briones Villegas
Catherine S. Wade
Aleise Joelle Whitlock
Noah D. Yaeger

MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK


Hanin Abboud
Kenia V. Aguirre
Jessica M. Bird
Megan Marie Brenner
James D. Burkhalter
Ashley Marie Bussiere
Kelsey Elizabeth Carver
Kristyn Ruth De Lancey

Bachelor's degrees
COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE,
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND
NATURAL RESOURCES

Phil David Vainer


Tyler Bradley Vanry
Jenny Wong

William Payne, Dean

Ecohydrology

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Agricultural Science

Environmental Science

Francisco Javier Chavez


Lynn Ellen Dodge
Robert Anthony Fagundes
Samira Clarisa Fatehyar
Julianna Christine Jefferson
James Joseph Linney
Brandi Marie Murphy
Kailyn Kimberly Murphy
Everett Willey

Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology

Henry Drakulich Altick


Gabrielle Angelica Bhakta
Javier Alexander Capristo
Dustin Cole Cheeseman
Barbara Fay Church
Tanner Dominick Degiovanni
Andrew Roy Delloro
Alianna Nicole Diaz
Nathan M. Escorial
Grace Rivera Field
Jeremiah Foster Gleason
Kathleen Joy Go
Timothy Todd Grunert
Jennifer Lauren Hall
Jacqueline Faye Ham
Faatihah Ayesha Hasan
Diana Christine Ivey
Joseph David Knue
Carl Ka Lai
Michael T. Lee
Billie J. Leong
Hao Li
Selina Liang
Juan Luis Macias
Nicholas G. Morehouse
Ashwin Dillon Netto
Katy A. Oliver
Hiran Perera
Teffin Raphael Punnackal
Jhanh L. Rackley
Melissa Sacasas
Alexia Irene Sanchez
Kiley Sauer
Lauren Elisa Schultz
Gabriel Gray Sheehy
Clairesse Catherine Shipley
Karley M. Skill
Keisha Maria Thrift
Jasmine Ca Trinh
Federico Urbano-Munoz

Jake Austin Wiesner


Jacob Matthew Azevedo
Matthew Scott Breuer
Evan S. Burford
Amanda Jean Church
Kaitlyn Denise Fox
Alison Kaye Gonzales
Ryan Andrew Kennedy
Lorian E. McConnell
Laura Michelle Mohlenkamp
Kelsey Metcalfe Smith
Brittany Mae Taylor
John Paul Valle
Jordan Richard Volk
Spencer L. Weitzel
Hiroto Yamada
Adam Markus Zuro

Forest Management
and Ecology

Cole Alan Cline


Eric Michael Horntvedt
Paymon Kaeni
Ryan Kasten
Zachary Ryan Long
Andrea Devany Mercier Moe
Zachery Cole Welch

Nutrition

Liza Naomi Abrams


Bao Nguyen Thien Adams
Garren Thomas Albright
Margaret Eileen Argon
Mohini Maheshkumar Bhakta
Brittany A. Dunn
Mariah Jordyn Eckley
Rachel Ann Fishback
Danielle Elizabeth Fogarty
Matthew Louis Gallagher
Kim N. Gilliland
Jennifer N. Gorton
Hallie Nicole Hicks
Nicole Renae Jones
Brandy Kuebler
Ashlee Anne Lee
Raven Moniz Lester
Mary Catherine Longero
Megan James Malloy
Theresa Louise Meadows
Kimberly Anne Normandy
Loran Michele Perry
Tyler J. Pine
Lauren Renee Pleasant

SENIOR

CLASS OF 2016 | B4

@TheSagebrush | nevadasagebrush.com

Sophia Nicole Quatrale


Britni Jane Reed
Brent Falcon Roling
Lisa Medi Schiotis
Rachaun Deedee Scott
Ann Elizabeth Smith
Melinda H. Spooner
Brianne Nalani Sterzinar
Kyla J. Sweeney
Erika Jean Twenge
Sara Jin Un
Tyler Bradley Vanry
Anna Katharine Waal
Jacqueline K. Wickens
Elena Katherine Wolf
Lauren Zerkovich

Rangeland Ecology
and Management

Zachary Ryan Long


Macklin Terence McSorley
Tyler William Minor
Whitney Hunter Schack
Christian Graham Siemer

Wildlife Ecology
and Conservation

Matthew Irwin Barker


Robert M. Barnes
Jacqueline Marie Bridegum
Monroe Anthony Cooper
Gisela Paulina Duenas
Adrienne M. Dykstra
Jonathan Heywood
Shawna Kiku Nakatsu Ito
Julianna Christine Jefferson
Cameron Scott Jeter
John S. Jimenez
Josef Raymond Melvin Lehr
Kyle Steven Mathews
Anthony Mark Milano
Darrin R. Miller
Tyler William Minor
Angela Mitchell
Catherine Anne Nace
Emily Lynn Noble
Mitchell Guy Parra
Christa Dawn Warner

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
Kayla-Marie C. Arenas
Carrolann Taylor Bailey
Caitlin Jeanne Baroody
Rebecka Eleanor Bittner
Rebecca Joanne Cleveland
Jacob Padraig Fisk
Charisma T. Fletcher-Dowell
Michelle Lindsay Henderson
Tyler Harris Herzig

Heather Elizabeth DeAnegli


Emily Jean Hanson
Stacey M. Hernandez
Heather E. Hughes
Randy Q. Khong
Rachel Marie Martinez
Diana Assuani Mayoral-Ortiz
Jessica Moore
Kristin Jean Moore
Shannon Nunnemaker
Jose A. Parra
Natalie Potter
Janel M. Sabori
Edward John Shelley
Bethany Joy Spanier
Krista Stott
Olga M. Teran
Echo Chantel Troop
Shannon Renee Vega
Heidi Erin Wesbrock
Melanie Marie Wilkins
Taylor Lynn Zimney

DONALD W.
REYNOLDS
SCHOOL OF
JOURNALISM

MASTER OF ARTS
Journalism

Kim Patricia Bouweraerts


Courtney A. Laubacher
Michelle Maria Matus
Rebecca Lily Moser
Ryan Alan Smith
Lei Wu

COLLEGE OF
LIBERAL ARTS
MASTER OF ARTS
Anthropology

Andrew James Hoskins


Amelia Hubbard
Aaron P. Ollivier
Amanda Margaret Rankin
Christopher S. Richey
Madeline Elizabeth Van der Voort

Criminal Justice
Matthew P. West

English

Derrian Kathryn Goebel


Jasmine Lenora Hankey

Eileen Danehl Heywood


Elizabeth Jean Loptien
Imani Nia Nicolis
Kathryn Preece
Tien-Eng Leilani Wong

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Gregory Mosier, Dean
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Economics

Kenneth J. Brooke
Joseph Alan Hart
Michael Laird
Sunny Mok
Paulina Olivares
Aaron Anthony Rieger
Roy Visuett
Mark Randal Zakrevsky

BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
Accounting

Dante Edward Affonso


Robert Anderson Allan
Seth Hunter Altamirano
Kelley Altick
Bryton Lavon Benda
Julian Benton Byrd
Daniel Emerson Call
Evan Mark Cohen
Kimberly Joy Cross
Josemanuel Cruz
Justine Michelle Decantillon
Mavil Diaz
Chelsea V. England
Connor Reid Estep
Brittney Nichole Faircloth
John Paul Geiser
Thomas James Ginty
Aubri Paris Haggard
Jeremiah Brandon Hamilton
Kayla Christina Hay
Yuriy Yurievich Ikovlev
Donovan Blake Inskip
Thaaron John Kalt
Brienna Darlene Kemp
Monica Elizebeth Kostiuk
Lizette Lepe
Jessica Ezra Lanceras Malihan
Timothy R. Mallon
Julien-Alexandre K.A. Malone
Jordynn M. Mannschreck
Kashmir Madelaine Martin
Daniel Rico Medina
Jason Allen Metcalf
Nicholas Mora
Travis James Nakao
Shea Patrick OGara
Maiko Oguri
Alejandro Emeterio Pacheco
Kevin Robert Passow
Alexander Michael Perata

Elisabeth A. Linn
Robert Lugg
Gregory Alan Mulder
Karen Norwood
Amanda Rose Pratt

Amanda Renee Sorensen


Caitlin Grace Vanriper

Maria Aguilar
Rachel A. Breithaupt
Anxo Fernandez-Armesto Sanchez
Janelle D. Kaufer
Brady Jorden Rupp
Adolfo Anguiano Saldana

History

Sociology

Chemistry

Zachary Paul Davidson


Ronald J. Evans

MASTER OF ARTS IN
TEACHING OF HISTORY
Kylie Miller

MASTER OF FINE ARTS


Art

Mark D. Cooley
Caitlin E. McHugh
Holly Clarine Smith

Mahsan Ghazianzad
Bahareh Shahrabi Farahani

Philosophy

Devin J. Bray
Luis M. Garcia
Mason Marie Hayes
Jonathan Kanzelmeyer
Christopher Malachi Kloth
Lisa M. Madura

Political Science

Kristopher Donavan Grant


Lin Xing

Psychology

Andrew Jonathan Ahrendt


Pamela Ann Bell
Stephanie Grace Bettencourt
Adriana Perez Covarrubias
Aline Clarice DeGroote
Joel Raymond Dufault
Emerson Epstein
Natalia N. Garrido
Destiny Rebecca Gomez
Angel Gonzalez
Megan Joy Greenlaw
Gennadiy Gurariy
Vanessa M. Islas
Kenneth Jacobs
Michelle EunJu Kim
Erika Ashley Marquez
Ashley Carolanne McAfee
Caitlin L. McLean
Chrystle Christine Medina
Vanessa Rutila Montano
Keiko Otsuru
Katie L. Rodio
Emily L. Skorzanka
Julie Skutch

Dusan James Petrovic


Damon Patrick Pettinari
Marissa Jean Piccinini
Lisa Michelle Recanzone
Diana Lucia Rivera-Ahumada
Drake D. Sacenti
Nicolas Spriet
Devoreaux Clifton Stewart
Sonny Tao
Payton Nicole Thomas
Paula B. Thompson
John Kien To
Breanna Marie Willard
Matthew Allan Wilson
Yu Zheng
Hui Zhu
Joannes Zulaika

Accounting /
Information Systems

William Frederick Evenden


Jason E. Reynolds

Economics

Jacob A. Blackard
Theresa Bren Skaar
Emily Fisher Wood

Lindsay Dimitri
Kira L. Hefty
Tara Chenielle Langus
Jennifer Ann Lightfoot
Pornsawan Poopat

Social Psychology

Foreign Language
and Literature

Lucero N. Aguirre
John Richard Bennett
Daylan Robert Berry
Thomas Mitchell Brophy
Edward John Carata
Auston James Combs
Edy Martin Cortes
Lucy Clara Crow
Megan Lynn Dailey
Lynn Ellen Dodge
Travis John Duhn
Kristen Marlene Dumanski
Uriel Enrique Duran
Daniel Antonio Escorcia
Rosalie M. Ferebee
Macy L. Ferrari
Megan E. Filbin
Brian Alexander Fogarty
Leah Therese Gregory
Dylan Hipsley
Christofer Michael Imus
Kavan Joseph Jeppson
Joseph W. Johnson
Ray Johann Johnson
Kenia Lenay Jones
Jonathan C. Kenerson
Ying Kot
Danielle Elizabeth Lara
James Merritt Lawrence
Scott Steven Mayer
Ryan Francis McNally
Christopher D. Morgan
Thanh Qui Nguyen
Maria J. G. Ponce-Segoviano
Drake Jantzen Rivenes
Manroop Sandhu
Alisa A. Saparava
Carly Ann Simpson
Angelo Marcus Sisante
Dylan Joseph Stephenson
Thanh Huy Ta

Biology

MASTER OF
JUDICIAL STUDIES

Laurie McKinnon
Edward William Sweeney Jr.

MASTER OF JUSTICE
MANAGEMENT
Jonathan David Black
Danica DuPaty
Kaili Ann Lane

MASTER OF MUSIC

Trevor George Bailey


Nathan E. Kline
Amy Katharine Lindsey
William Francis Montgomery
Pree Nakaprawing
Ben Agostino Prima

MASTER OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
Public Administration
and Policy

Darcie Marie Dayton-Wilcox


Cesar Octavio Melgarejo
Hettie Abigail Ploeger
Mary Kaitlin Skau

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Atmospheric Science

Geeta Chaudhary

Geography

Nicole Helene Shaw

Geology

Courtney M. Brailo
Tyler J. Hill
Andrew Sadowski
Carolina Leticia Zamora

Geophysics

Robin Joseph Chacko


Loyd Travis West

Hydrogeology

Brian James Anderson


Elijah T. Mlawsky
Nicholas W. Paasche

Hydrology

Nathan J. Chellman
Katherine Marie Clancey
David M. Lake
Benjamin D. Trustman

Mathematics

Henry Eli Agbewali


Kartik Varma Dantuluri
Minsung Jung
Venkata S. Kumar Kanukolanu
Seyedmohammadehsan
Mirbagheri
Kyra Elaine Morgan

Mining Engineering
Karena Elise Carpenter
Jairo Alfonso Usma
Ivan G. Vazquez Rubio

Physics

Mohammad A. Nourmohammadi
Justin K. Wojdula

Yazeed Hammad Alsubhi


Kerwyn Cleave Texeira

Ezekiel Michael Vandehei


Mallory Katie Wilson

Finance

Lucero N. Aguirre
Dylan Rockwell Albin
Diana Arias
Lindsey Michelle Bahr
Sean Brendan Barry
Bryton Lavon Benda
Shane Cannon
Edward John Carata
Sean Michael Coppola
Edy Martin Cortes
Lucy Clara Crow
Christian A. Cruz-Lugo
Travis John Duhn
Chelsea V. England
Tiantian Fu
Thomas James Ginty
Landon Mclane Gonzalez
Joseph M. Habighorst
Jeremiah Brandon Hamilton
Brian A. Taggart Holmes
Daniel Lee Holmes
Donovan Blake Inskip
Kavan Joseph Jeppson
Peter Joseph Kelly
Jonathan C. Kenerson
Shane A. Kobielush
Ying Kot
Danielle Elizabeth Lara
Nicholas George Lombardi
Zachary Joseph Matulovich
Christopher D. Morgan
Jeffrey L. Orr
Brandon John Oxborrow
Patrick Dion Patton
Lucas Horacio Pertica
Joseph Dean Pettibone Sr.
Dominic Michael Reif
Drake Jantzen Rivenes
Drake D. Sacenti
Lindsey Marie Salcido
Elisabeth Marrie Saldana
Manroop Sandhu
Alisa A. Saparava
Carly Ann Simpson
Sheila Seila Smiley
Dylan Joseph Stephenson
Courtney Marie Strand
Jennifer Anne Surina
Tyler Steven Sutorka
Thanh Huy Ta
Phong Nhuc Vay

General Business

Trevor Scott Beck


Gage Michael Beckstrand
Robert Scott Burns
Cade Allen Courtright
Zoe Elizabeth Dodd
Anthony William Fasano
David Thomas Henie
Alexander Dean Morgensen

Kristen Kay Pahl


Nichol Marie Schroeder
Reeya Shah
Albina Shahnazarian

Information Systems

Keith Richard Anderson


Grace Armuth
Colton Michael Bakios
Gordon Eric Barr
Andrew David Bochsler
Cody Wyatt Burch
Kristopher Alan Caughie
Michael Chen
James Gregory Cook
Reginald P. Cruz
Shane Michael Daugherty
Gustavo Flores-Hurtado
Christian Henry Friedrich
Rosalina Gaban
Alexis Lynn Giusti
Patricia Guerrero
Michael Brody Hanson
David N. Harkins
Mark C. Hart
Derald Hewit
Olivia Ho
Ryan Wayne Jennerjohn
Troy Anthony Joachim
Elizabeth Rose Johnson
Harlee J. Keller
Daniel Dennis King
Robert Cari Koppenhoefer
Max Krewson
Aaron Daniel Kudatsky
Bryce James La May
Jaime Hannon LeQuin
Damon Lewis
Henry Llamas
Desiree Michelle Luca
Ryan Francis McNally
Madeline Irene Mitch
Bianca Jessica Parayno
Lucas Adam Pernell
Benjamin Keith Person
Bryan Spencer Peterson
Daniel V. Price
Russell Thomas Richardson
Richard A. Ruppe
Kevin S. Sigrist
Bruce Justice Silet
Harnique Kaur Sroa
Calvin Robert Stuart
Mona A. Thai
Loan T. Tran
Amanda Leigh Vranken
Natalie Jean Wright
Jin Zhang

International Business

Saahil A. Ahmad
Elisa Barrientos
Jordan Stephan Bauzon
Jacqueline Joyel Cope
Jelena Cvijetic

The University of Nevada Alumni Association honors, from each college, one graduating student who meets the
Associations standards for scholastic achievement. Each Senior Scholar selects a faculty member who played the most
significant role in his or her educational development.

SCHOLARS

College of Agriculture, Biotechnology


and Natural Resources

College of Education
Scholar: Morgan E. Acuncius
Mentor: Rachel Salas Didier

Divison of Health Sciences


Scholar: Claire Danielle Eraldi
Mentor: Tricia Harrison

College of Liberal Arts


Scholar: Michael Pappas
Mentor: Xiaoyu Pu

MENTORS

College of Business
Scholar: Loan T. Tran
Mentor: Mark Simkin

College of Engineering
Scholar: Niki T. Silveria
Mentor: Frederick C. Harris Jr.

Donald W. Reynolds School of


Journalism
Scholar: Jena Kathryn Valenzuela
Mentor: Alison Gaulden

College of Science
Scholar: Keri A. Thacker
Mentor: Pamela Sandstrom

AND

Scholar: Kyla J. Sweeney


Mentor: Marie-Louise Ricketts

B5 | CLASS OF 2016
John Cedrix Sayat Dantes
Evan Alan De Tar
Peter Joseph Kelly
Jamie June Lin
Rachel Ma
Sarah Maier
Joseph William McAndrews
Mariela Meza
Bryan Orellana
Dominic Lorenzo Panelli
Bianca Jessica Parayno
Maria J. G. Ponce-Segoviano
Warren Stellan Schwikert
Austin Wesley Young

Management

Tasha K. Ah Quin-Soren
Jasmin Darlene Alfaro
Cole Patrick Baginski
Kyle Andrew Barnes
Connor Austin Blakeman
Zachary Thomas Bolinger
Alexa Ray Booth
Megan Mary Breyer
Thomas Mitchell Brophy
John Paul Cadena
Devin Garrett-Elischer
Campbell
Brandon T. Carter
Teresa Mary Ann Chalmers
David Ming Chen
Jessica Li Shin Chung
Sara M. Danielson
Samuel Robert Davison
Alexander Robert Devereux
Matthew Stephen Eriksen
Haley Ann Ewing
Rosalie M. Ferebee
Van C. Fletcher
Guadalupe L. Garcia
Noemi Gomez Martinez
Joshua William Hanlon
Kelsey Elaine Hannah
Brandon Taylor Herd
Michael Hernbroth
Connor Dean Jamerson
Bryce Harry Jones
Kenia Lenay Jones
Harlee J. Keller
Sommer Star King
Roberto C. Lara
John Charles Lester
Sheila Marie Lichius-Ill
Alexis Ariana Lua
Rachel Ma
Thomas Kristian Mancuso
Christy Martinez
Connor M. McGoldrick
Michael D. Midgette-Coleman
Jessica Ann Montoya
Alexander Scott Moore
Bryan Patrick Murphy
Travis James Nakao
Cheryl Paul
Ilse Perez-Herrera
Andrew Keith Pomeroy
Leanna Christeen Ranieri
Gray Evan Reid
Giana Marcella Santacroce
Brandon Lucas Shamieh
Didar Singh
Alexander B. Strathearn
Christopher A. Streeter
Daniel Alexander Sturtevant
Alex Joseph Sznaider
David Bryce Tallent
Kirstie Greyce Agra Terrobias
Laura Estefania Torres Salazar
Maritza Valencia
Dean Austin Vetter
Amanda Elizabeth Wartgow
Mikahael Donni Waters
Cody Mcneill Wing
Roman James Wojtkowiak
Beau T. Worpell

Marketing

Bahareh Abolghasemi
Davit Aleksanyan
Victoria Lyn Alexander
Anja Rebekah Alexander
Krista Danielle Anderson
Ashley Nickole Andrews
Trevor Scott Beck
Megan Carmel Bigelow
Connor Austin Blakeman
Alexa Ray Booth
Alixzandra Elizabeth Collaro
Nichole Marie Collins
Shelby Nicole Cox
Casey James Crandall
Sara M. Danielson
Nicole M. Dayney
Jade Victoria Eriksen
Laurena Marie Estrada
Zuhaib Farooqui
Hayley Nicole Ferrante
Megan E. Filbin
Austin Drake Fisher
Nicholas Antonio Francis
Luke Harrison Gurries Sr.
Vicente M. Gutierrez III
Tyler Robert Hansen
Angie Gallarzo Herrera
Kelsey Ann Kaelin
Kandace Delaine King
Briana Giselle Kokoyachuk
Nha Thanh Lam
Lauren Nicole Lawley
Nicholas Scott Lester
Gabrielle Rene Lucas
Alexandra Marie Maher
Craig McCoy
Jacob Francis McDermott
Carter Jameson McKenzie
Tina Joanne Midboe
Megan Marie Mujica
Ryutaro Nagaiwa
Yen Nhi Nina Nguyen
Liane Elise ONeill
Kayla Patricia Pesta
Leanna Christeen Ranieri
Katelyn Victoria Richter
Abigail Nicole Santora
Erin Rae Saxton
Katelyn M. Smith
Gabriel A. Somoza
Bryce Allen Spring
Julianne Nicole Stanley
Nicholas Paul Stefan
Mariel Z. Tabeta
Nathan Delbert Ternes
Shelly Lena Tone
Loan T. Tran
Allison Joan Watson
Christopher James Zeme

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Kenneth Coll, Dean

BACHELOR OF ARTS
IN EDUCATION
Secondary Education

Steven Ryan Adkins


Argent Alvarez Maloof
Michael Brian Santos Austria
Karina Veraliz Berrios
Monica Lizeth Chavez
Kirstin Ann Coultas
Dalila Lourdes Estrada
Amanda Alice Guffey
Samantha M. Gutierrez
Aimee Dawson Kelly
Jennifer Kathleen Leja
Erin Kayfrances OBrien
Darshay Janelle Rogers
Mollie Simi
Kristina Totten
Travis Charles Wilmoth

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Human Development
and Family Studies

Caitlin Jurene Addington


Allison Danielle Alfaro
Paige Rojon Armstrong
Amanda Nicole Bowen
Justine Nicole Bradley
Kristi Michelle Brent
Victoria Lalita Brown
Nicole Rene Bus
Katlyn A. Butkovich
Bianca Shamari Carthen
Kassandra Kristine Castillo
Veronica Lynn Cross
Jewelienne Renee Cuellar
Ashley Diane Dawkins
Kelsey M. Dearing
Connor Joseph Dillon
Arlene N. Estabillo
Jovana Figueroa Hernandez
Valerie Rita Fox
Andrea J. Franz
Christina N. Gallegos
Gabrielle Nicole Giancaspro
Taylor Marie Grogan
Karissa Kathleen Gutierrez
Gina Marie Hatheway
Anat Haya Hen
Caitlin Diane Humenik
Misato Imashioya
Christina Marie McCartney
Jasmine Chenae Jenkins
Maria Antoinette Land
Maria Cristina Lara Padilla
Summerslee Madison Latham
Jennifer Rae Leach
Vanessa Marie Loudermilk
Guoda Lynch
Kelly Colleen McCue
Devin Q. McFarland
Kayla Noel McLachlan
Jeremy Michael Miller
Rhiannon Lorraine Moccio
Terilyn M. Moe
Katherine Sheppard Morales
Alyson M. Mullen
Kelsey Lynn Murnin
Samantha Lynn Neubecker
Jessica Ann Olson
Kelsi Rae Santos Pangelinan
Lisa Gail Paradis
Sarah Sherwood Pearman
Kristi Marie Pebley
Erica Liane Pilcher
Wendy Suzette Rader
Caylie Nicole Redding
Lauren Elizabeth Richards
Taylor N. Rylant
Mariely Salazar
Nicole Jessica Samson
Keiry A. Segura
Jenna Camille Settlemoir
Andreini Ann Simmons
Stephanie Smith
Cole William Sonnemann
Nicole Michelle Sparks
Nicole Ann Spence
Rose M. Steffen
Jon W. Stonelake
Caroline Marie Stott
Tyler James Teague
Dhalia Yazmine Trujillo-Silva
Michelle Chile Tsuda
Bethany Rachelle Valentine
Paulina Klaudia Viechorek
Tawnie Patrae Wentz
Brooke Whisenant
Elayna Camille Winter

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN EDUCATION
Integrated Elementary
Teaching

Morgan E. Acuncius
Ileana Arellano Rios
Keyana C. Bunting
Kaitlyn Jean Carscadden
Megan Loraine Costello
Laiken Diane Coulter
Elizabeth Clara Davis
Jerrica Celeste Davis
Kristina Marie Diamond
Ann Marie Donavon
Jessica Dawn Freda
Thomas Joshua Green
Crystal Marie Hemm
Grace Hoke
Jade Renee Horne
Samantha Michelle Jeffers
Benjamin D. Loar
Brittany Major
Andrea Dee McIntosh
Morgan A. Vickers McKenzie
Julianne Elizabeth Mendonca
Hailey Joy Metzler
Traci Morgan Miller
Mallory Michelle Morgan
Mikayla Jean Morrison
Alyssa Marie Munson
Savannah N. Newman
Victoria Lynn Ostrom
Sable Chiffon Pedro
Kelly Peterson
Adrian Potter
Jacqueline Ramirez-Neri
Jennifer Jean Richardson
Alyssa Briann Smith
Marisa Marie Stephens
Victoria Elise Tennant
Elana Marisa Varshawsky
Emily L. Walters

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Erin K. Welsh

Secondary Education

Paola Betzabeth Basquez


Keegan Nicholas Bosier
Olivia Elise Cardenas
Janice Ying Chan
Marria Rhiannon Davis
Maryah Keri Fletcher
Matthew W. Hinkle
Charlee Elizabeth Kooser
Charles Lipon
Jose Maria Piceno
Morgan Elise Sanders
Kaitlyn Drew Smith
Dustin B. Sonenthal
Spencer Hamilton Swart

COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING

Manos Maragakis, Dean


BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Alexander A. Addo-Atiemo
Winnie Cynthia Akinyi
Jack Anthony Allan Anderson
Zachary R. Brounstein
Alex Balin Buettner
Daniel Farran Eassa
Catherine M. Eby
Pierre D. Hirsch
Austin Alexander Krater
Eric William Lindemann
Eimi N. Marritt
Akbar Saba
Andrew Hiroshi Sorenson
Ian Stefan Stewart
Samuel Elliot Straka
Thanh Tran
Benjamin Michael Wallace
Jonathon Keele Watterson

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

Osvaldo Arias
Natalie Barashy
Jacob Linn David Cahill
Cody William Cate
Brittany Marie Cox
Justin P. Ellmaker
Beat Etxebeste
Spencer D. Fellows
Nicole M. Furtaw
Marcos A. Galvan
George Paul Helgerson
Devin Dana Larson
Nicholas A. Liccardo
Peter August Margaretich
Cassie Rae Medlin
Guillermo Munoz
Lindsey Marie Owens
Daniel A. Rodriguez
Peter Isaac Rosenberg
Travis V. Smith
Robert K. Thran
Chelsea Danae Weller

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Jonathan David Peterson

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING

Jeff W. Bigham
Joshua Paul Blankenburg
Martin Gibson Boren
Jeffrey Mitchell Bouchard
Camille R. Bourquin
Truman Chan
Charles N. Coulton
Joshua David Curtis
Derek George Dalbey
Tyler L. DeWitt
Moez Echargui
Matthew George Fredrickson
Spencer P. Gibb
Brian Joseph Goga
Shubham K. Gogna
Samantha Kayleigh Grant
Tarrayna M. Grieves
Molly Headland
Miguel T. Delfin Henares
Timothy Ice
Renee Takako Iinuma
Wesley E. Kepke
Connor Robert Kirby
Ernest O. Landrito
Kyle Jungsuk Lee
Alexander Samuel Levine
Frank W. Mascarich
William Steven Medrano
Andrew Paul Menard
Garrett David Minky
Cristian Ortega
Vance Michele Piscitelli
Borzuyeh Peter Rahmanifar
Michal P. Rempala
Fiona Michelle Rice
Marco A. Rivas Alvarez
Anthony William Royle
Thomas J. Rushton
Brandon Christopher Salmon
Daniel Sanchez
Byron Daniel Shure
Niki T. Silveria
Amardeep Singh
Nicholas Bryan Smith
Royal V. Stewart
Conor Noel Sullivan
Jennifer Tang
Hardy A. Thrower III
Bradley John Walsh
Benjamin Marcus Wendell
Aaron Elliott Whitehead
Douglas Yan
Ricky C. Yu
Brian Christopher Zabo

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Jonathan William Anthony
Eugene Chimaobi Anukam Jr.
Samuel Bravo
Christopher Nicholas Bromley
Lucas Alexander Bryant
Wendal Chaffee
Juan C. Cordero-Perez
Scott D. Delostia
Dakota Joe Dreyer
Michael Ryan Evans
Johnny S. Foley
Jamie Wenceslao Fry
Peter Sturges Guilfoyle

Koleanna Jade Hart


Joshua Lee Hill
Jeremy C. Holmes
Asrafuzzaman Joy
Michael Edward Kamper
Charles Steven Koester
Michael L. Levine
Zachary James Linde
Cody Tanner Messmore
Franco A. N. Nepomuceno
Neema Noori
Duy-Tan Pham
Grant Whitney Phillips
Kevin Rosario
Riley Jack Smith
Olivia Mary Tanguileg
Christian Eugene Valiente
Philip Andrew Waln
Robert J. Wencke
Garrett J. Winkelmaier

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN ENGINEERING PHYSICS
Jose L. Valencia

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING

Alexander H. Appel
Jessica Christine Baldridge
Laura Teresa Brown
Kirby Genevieve Dubay
Christopher R. Kuhn
Riley Alan Murnane
Steven Jay Musker
Nicholas Patrick OConnor
Pheona Awuor Oyugi
Alexis A. Robertson
Danielle E. Stanka
Rachel Mae Weber
Haley A. Zimmerman

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN MATERIAL SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING
Jason H. Chun
Jason F. Grieser

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING

Sierra A. Adibi
Emil Zabala Alipio
Matthew Gerrard Allen
Qiyu An
Aaron Matthew Anderson
Steven Robert Arnold
Tamzin Ceridwyn Atkins
Bronson Joseph Barbosa
Troy J. Barker
Maitland Robert Bell
Joe Rodriguez Betancourt
Kelly J. Bicknell
Brian Harold Biersdorff
Ivan V. Biondi
Reggie Letnot Bolden II
Anna Patricia Cameron
Kai Kevin Carl
Maureen Elizabeth Castruccio
Gun Charupoom
Justin David Chavez
Pedro Chavez
Patrick Joseph Chow
Kyle S. Christensen
Hunter Colodny
Olivia Leslie Dillon
Jordan Mark Dobrich
Aidan J. Dolan
Joseph Arthur Doucette
Christopher Matthew Duong
Timothy Edwin Evans
Anthony Jacob Faddis
Logan Mackenzie Falk
Scott S. Forer
Luke Daniel Fuller
Peter Andrew Gail
Cody Geil-Crader
John Paul Giese
Ryan M. Gilpin
Daniel Joseph Gonzales
Juan Guzman-Garcia
Jose Juan Hernandez Jr.
Richard Huang
Tyler Jacob
Juan Dionsio Jaimes-Diaz
Kyle Lee Janofsky
Spencer R. Kalman
Wilbert Rodney Kemp
Melinda A. Kinner
Mark Louis Lanski
Michael Thomas Lanski
Adam Larson
Sergio Arturo Lemus
Matthew Levy
Brad Lugo
Wade D. Lumsden
Beverly S. Ma
Craig Daniel McDonald
Jon James Macias
Tyler Daniel Maggert
Grant J. Mason
Kevin R. Masterson
Chandler Alena McCunn
Kyle M. McDonald
Brian A. McElrath
Kellen Robert Mitchell
Christian W. Montanari
Ian Philip Mook
Kenneth Wayne Mullis III
Andrew Silas Munter
Walker J. Musnicki
Aryn Alicia Nelson
Hayden Christopher Nickel
Erika Marie Nielsen
Nicholas Carter Pappas
Rio F. Patraw
Nicholas Carl Pavone
Logan D. Peterson
Destiny Phan
Ruben Dario Pineda
Robert Z. Poindexter
Walfredo Cantorna Publico
Michael Alan Raye
Charles Mac Retherford
Cesar Antonio Ruiz Reyes
Steven Michael Schlaich
Megan Nicole Shalvis
Kelly Shaner
Johnny Murphey Sheerin
Armahn Soltani
Jeffrey Glynn Stein
Ashton Taylor Tafarrodi
Seth Ryan Thompson
Eric Lee Toepfer
Frederick Pierson Tuttle
Kevin William Veliz

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

Dakota Garrett Ward


Clayton David Wenner
Kyle L. Willens
Jacob J. Wilson
Timothy David Wirshing
Nicholas Alexander Zerbel

DIVISION OF
HEALTH SCIENCES
Thomas Schwenk, Dean

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Community Health
Sciences

Danielle Marie Acock


Robert Alvarez
Jared Keith Apostol
Kirsten Jean Banks-Gwartney
Justin Michael Baumgartner
Clarissa Sierra Bell
Raina Lynn Romeo Benford
Sarah Jane Berke
Emma Rose Bohannon
Christine Elizabeth Bohemier
Jacqueline Marie Bordessa
Trevor Alan Burmester
Emily Josephine Burns
Ashley Leesa Butera
Andrea Caroline Calkin
Austin Robert Carrow
Cody William Cate
Ashley Julianne Conner
Robyn Kathleen Connolly
Caryssa Paige Cook
Lauren Elaine Coons
Mikaela Karin Dahl
Alyissa Lorene Deronde
Caitlin Ann Devitt-Payne
Katherine R. Dew
Gabrielle Nicole Dickey
Lindsay Marie Dodge
Megan Lynn Dortch
Terran Allyse Drescher
Jennifer Lee Eastham
Tamara Eckert
John Robert Ellis
Iyana L. Esters
Cheyenne Rae Faanes
Charles Onesemo Faraimo
Mitchell David Farris
Ariel Renee Feige
MeKayla TiAnna Ferguson
Gabrielle A. Garza Rodriguez
Alexandria Graham
Rachel Gross
Alicia Noelle Grove
Jeremy Michael Gustafson
Tiffany L. Guy
Nicole Ashley Hageman
Sara L. Hanafi
Andrea Harrop
Ariel Marie Heinz
Adam Thomas Hill
Isaiah Francis Hinsberg
Casey Lamar Holmes
Kyle Robert Hunt
Joshua Kevin Hutapea
Amanda Nicole Jenkins
Devyn Augusta Johnson
Samantha Marie Johnson
Leana Michelle Kastern
Aaron Alexander Kelley
Indee Lorriana Lacayo
Alyssa Marie Lamin
Meginn Renee Lavallee
Miles Alexander Leddy
Dalton Michael Leone
Jaymie Lynn Lewis
Alyssia Danielle Lloyd
Miguel Angel Lopez Sanchez
Ashton Christina Lunger
Ryan Caleb Maas
Dalton J. Mack
Megan James Malloy
Daryn C. Marsh
Ariana A. Martinez-Davila
Lauren Marie McCarthy
Ashley Ellen McCloskey
Trevor Jay McElroy
Gabrielle Christina Menendez
Alyza Grace Joligor Mijares
Noria D. Mitchell
Sabrina Elaine Montano
Monica Jane Monticelli
Olivia Christine Mooney
Keatlie Morris
Kevin Arthur Mortlock
Karen Guadalupe Munoz
Micah Lyle Nauck
Denisa Floriana Neagos
Owen W. Osazuwa
Christopher Ryan Overmyer
Briana Nicole Owen
Zachary Mason Paquette
Lauren Renee Pleasant
Makenzie A. Pomi
Chelsea L. Pond
Kelsey Frances Quintos
Alejandro Luis Ramos
Amanda Frances Rupert
Kristen Marie Sant
Samantha Rae Sbriglia
Rachaun Deedee Scott
Sanddon Sherwood-Kopko
Andreina Ann Simmons
Natasha Nyquist Smith
Shannon Lea Smith
Nicole Michelle Sparks
Serena Dawn Swartz
Vincenzio Cesidio Tartaglia
Vittorio G. Tartaglia
Kailey Nichol Taylor
Kristen Ann Taylor
Alixandra Rene Thompson
Gabriella Marie Tracy
Courage-Cynthia A. Ugbodu
Zachary Allen Ulleseit
Mina Van
Amanda Ariana Weis
Camron Younie

Speech Pathology

Elizabeth Claire Aguiar


Bryce Altus
Brenna Christine Baltau
Andrew Bryce Basham
Faith Hannah Benesch
Alexis Vera Berney
Vanessa Kathleen Bouey
Jourdan Olivia Burke
Emily Dawn Chambers
Darcy Mae Clark
Emma L. Clune
Paolo Victor Cordero
Alissa Renee Cox

Photo courtesy of the University of Nevada, Reno

Emily Weissgerber
The University of Nevada, Reno, has named biology
student Emily Weissgerber the recipient of the
Spring 2016 Herz Gold Medal for having earned
the highest grade-point average. The Herz Gold
Medal will be presented to Weissgerber for her
outstanding scholarship during the Universitys
Friday evening Spring Commencement ceremony,
May 13. She will continue her education at Pacific
University School of Pharmacy in Portland, Oregon
,exploring a career in health care.
Hanna Lynn Crews
Brianna Rene Dendauw
Carly L. Dixon
Shelby Lynn Downs
Sharalynn Tipan Flores
William Fox
Madison K. Grim
Gina Rose Gustavson
Alyssa Nicole Ingrao
Melissa Marie Iribarren
Ashley N. Izquierdo
Rhianon Beth Johnson
Hannah Claire Kenyon
Mandy Lynne Lakey
Jana Adelaide Lane
Jonathon Taylor Lawrence
Danielle Long
Laura L. Martinmaas
Simon Taylor-Jon Marx
Raechal B. McMillan
Jocelyn Soleil Motter
Sarah Nicole Owens
Alison Nicole Pickering
Taylor Sanders Presco
Hannah Sigridur Redding
Taylor Yvonne Santin
Erica Faughnan Silvestri
Marissa Jossie Sylvester
Jaclyn Mersedez Tourin
Rachelle P. Vieira
Kylie C. Wiesner
Austin Michael Winters
Margaret Vivian Wright
Shiyuan Zhu

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN NURSING

Amy Patricia Allen


Jae Whitney Armstrong
Casey Anna Ballinger
Katherine Bandy
Kyra Lauren Barth
Sheryl Dianne Bennett
Briana Nicole Bradley
Penelope Alma Burke
Blake Deanne Butier-Belgard
Shannon Nicole Butler
Taylor Kathryn Carpenter
Kyle Thomas Cerniglia
Diana Catherine Childress
Mariah Ilima Sanae Choo
Elaine Elizabeth Clore
Kristine Shannon Coleman
Molly Kate Cuthbertson
Jillian Paige Dowty
Claire Danielle Eraldi
Erin Ann Etnyre
Veronica Suzanne Farris
Lauren E. Feiler
Sean Patrick Fogarty
Robby M. Fritzler
Rachel Anne Frohlich
Molly Louise Gallina
Ella Crystal Green
Vera Arabaca Hermano
Brian Leslie Jackson
Jenny Lee Jarvis
Aaron Toshio Kanow
Kelly Ann Kasparian
Frank Joseph Kotowski
Danielle Rae Leeds
Min Li
Sarah Jane Linaman
Kimberly Ann Lister
Esther Michelle Manning
Lacey Marie Marsh
Julia Elizabeth Martinez
Emily Sue Maurer
Amy Lynn McClure
Moriah Shannon McGraw
Melissa Diane McPherson
Nicole Elise Mehrer
Emely Iya Metuge
Jorge Montano
Gabriela Moreno-Rojas
Zack Ryan Mueller
Autumn Lynn Oury
Virginia Mae Parson
Bartholomew Piegdon
Megan L. Protani
Adriana Rene Romanowitz
Alexa Paige Rubenau
Roxanne Mae Rusconi
Jeffrey E. Sandoval
Jessica Ann Sarro
Chelsea Autumn Shill
Rebecca Vernelle Smith
Mallory Lynne Stricker
Lauren Louise Thomas
Wing Lam Tock
Grace Nneoma Uba
Shane Justin Vre Non
Deborah Joanne Walker
Linsey Marie Wegener
Corrinne Ashley Willard
Hannah Renee Winder

Nicole D. Wirth
Taylor Ann Wood

BACHELOR OF
SOCIAL WORK

Amanda Karly Allen


Steffini Mariah Amezquita
Chidiebere Kenneth Anukam
Morgan Ashley Barnreiter
Brittney Christine Baumann
Kaitlind Elizabeth Becker
Rebecca Lynn Beddoe
Melissa L. Brinks
Gaudy Johana Castaeda
Emily Ann Coker
Magali Contreras Villanueva
Rebekah Elisabeth Couper
Amanda N. Cuevas
Lorina S. Daviton
Dominique DeVilbiss
Jolene J. Dille
Mariana Nicole Dubose
Esperanza Garcia
Analilia Gaytan
Christina Marie Giron
Juseth M. Giron
Megan A. Gomez
Amanda M. Gordon
Vicki Mitchell Hanson
Celeste Aubrea Henderson
Alicia Corin Hernandez
Yesenia Hernandez
Brittany Highland
Jordan J. Holbrook
Lauren Hull
Samuel G. D. Hutchinson
Jillian Leigh Iacovelli
Amparo M. Iglesias-Chavez
Anna Elise Jeakins
Brittany Lauren Johnson
Brisa Rocelia Juarez Aguillar
Daren Kight
Carla D. King
Marion A. Kvasnicka
Danielle Brianna Langum
Renee Faye Little-Green
Alyssa Baltazar Long
Angelica Lopez-Rivera
Kirsten E. Maurer
Kelly Marie McKay
Sierra M. McKillips
Brionna S. Moore
Taylor Anna Nichols
Viviana Noguera
Lindsay Elena Novello
Janet Ochoa
Ioana Cosette Pana
Irina Cecilia Pascua
Margarita Portillo
Felicia A. Potter
Danielle Brenda Pyne
Taylor A. Retterath
Joscelin Rodriguez
Billie Jo Russ
Sierra Jordan Sanchez
Stefanie Alycia Seabolt
Cheryseis Edra Selcer
Amanda N. Slabaugh
Jeremy Nolan Teeters
Marcus Jeffrey Teissedre
Kaitlyn Brooke Varble
Ana Virginia Villegas
Kylie Mills Vizzusi
Tiffany Jean Ward
Cedric Anthony Williams
Nicole Ann Young
Alejandro Zaragoza

DONALD W.
REYNOLDS
SCHOOL OF
JOURNALISM

Alan Stavitsky, Dean


BACHELOR OF ARTS
Journalism

Stacey Nazra Abidi


Brendan Kevin Aguiar
Alexa Juliana Ard
Cameron Elizabeth Baker
Jamaledeen Abdelrahim
Barghouti
Nicholas A. Beaton
Gabriella D. Benavidez
Allison Hayes Bergson
Kenneth S. Bissett
Lauren Marie Blackwell
Conner Avery Board
Allison Rose Boyd
Kyle Christopher Brazil
Andrea Rodriguez Brown
Taylor Audrey Deborah Bruce
David Jose Campos
Binh Cao
Matthew Carpenter

Connor Thomas Christiansen


Morgan Leigh Dixon
Tian Zi Dubelko
Ellen Duffy
Katharine June Dunlap
Nicholas Steven Eakins
Rachel Taryn Felix
Carlyn Ann Fernandez
Sadie C. Fienberg
Brandon Kyle Fuhs
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Haley Gibbs
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Tyler Michael Henkes
Alexandra Ryan Herbert
Rocio Hernandez-Zarate
Brooke Ashley Heroy
Tyler Joseph Hersko
Madison Laine Hoffman
Lindsay Ann Honaker
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Janae Meilani Jefferson
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Jordan Elizabeth Miszlay
Drake Thomas Montez
Winter Lynn Moreno
Robert Carl Leo Nellis IV
Greta L. Ochsner
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Ashley Jo Ploussard
Kayla C. Preus
Taylor Brennan Reeves
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Tarrian D. Rodgers
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Michael S. Stuyvesant
Kendall Noelle Taylor
Morgan L. Thacker
Marina Kathleen Thomassian
Shelby Nicole Traitel
Eric Uribe
Jena Kathryn Valenzuela
Rachael A. Waldeck
Kathleen Rose Weber
Megan Elizabeth Weeks
Kathryn Weiss
Amanda Mallery White
Rachel Jordan Yates
Juan D. Zarazua

COLLEGE OF
LIBERAL ARTS

Larry Engstrom, Dean


BACHELOR OF ARTS
Anthropology

Safiyyah N. Bazemore
Minerva Clarissa Benitez
Lindsey Marie Blei
Emily Ann Chamberlain
Michael Allen Cook
Callie Leigh Greenhaw
Travis Kimball Hamon
Samantha Marie Himler
Jennifer L. Johnson-Schmitz
Dola Kabir
James D. Lafleur
Marjorie Rose Matschke
Caden KaAha Mcafee-Torco
Autumn Marie Myers
Jemyr Mae Bernardo Sacasas
Margarita A. Salas-Crespo
Stephanie Paige Sander
Rachelle Schmehl
MaryLyn Silverstein
Sara Nicole Sturtz

Art

Jasmine Nicole Alicea


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Vladimir V. Bajenov
Scott Sumner Baker
Emma Elise Carter
Camille C. Christison
Lily W. Cooper
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Brittney L. Graves
Roxanne L. Hamner
Nicole Rose La Maina
Darius Jon Mandegary
Monique Lizbeth McField
Shoko Nakamura

Art (Art History)

Michelle Lee Nugent


Ekaterina A. Tsareva

Communication Studies
Samantha Ruth Buckley
Kelsi Lynn Decker
Nicole Renee Errotabere
Chani R. Frazier
Rachel Shana Golden
Brian Roy Halverson
Raymond Jordan Hamel
Meghan Elizabeth Hosley
Shasta Leeanne Hudson
Stacy Kianna Ingrisano
Megan Alexandra Jensen
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Jennifer Lynn Just
Kara A. Kasser
Nyasha D. Lesure
Gabrielle Rene Lucas
Kyler Lund

Morgan Grace Martin


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Caleb Leron Myles
Jordan M. Nash
Laura Michele Nubel
Nkem I. Okorie
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Jessica Meza Ramrez
Shelby Wynn Reed
Nicholas Gerard Smits
Tazia Lavonne Statucki
Ryan Thomas Tobiason
Taylor Juan Zuniga I

English

Kyle L. Anderson
Ashleigh Victoria Angell
Nicholas James Bailey
Samantha Ruth Buckley
Lourdes Calzada-Santacruz
Katherine Irene Church
Kendra Nicole Clark
Josie Laine Clayton
Alexandra Marie Davis
Lily Shay Daylami
Elizabeth R. Fakkema
Trinda A. Freese
Megan Jeanne Frost
Trinidy Rae Fuhrmann
Emily Carolyn Garrett
Chad Jason Green
Chelsea Elizabeth Greenlee
Kaylynn Gunter
Melinda Dawn Harris
William J. Hatfield
Karleena J. Hitchcock
Alyssa Korinne Joya
William Charles Kelley
Lauren A. Kilpatrick
Tiffany Arleen Kleinhans
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Jennifer Kathleen Leja
Leland Chance Lewis Lockhart
Caitlin Marie McCarty
Ryan William Myers
Claire Ramage
Cameron Mckay Rees
Sarah Louise Robinson
Jessica Alexandra Salsman
Diana Esefania Samuel
Sara D. Seelmeyer
Aaron Lestat Sexton
Alisa D. Shuster
Sabrina Christine Sissom
Willie Sosa
Michaela M. Spalka
Lucas Roy Stewart
Kristina Totten
Alyssa Anne Wilson
Rachel Terese Wilson
Frederick Wood II

French

Katelyn Elaina Caufield


Ruben Adrien Diaz Lozano
Molly Elizabeth Diltz-Walker
Kaylynn Gunter
Hannah Claire Kenyon
Luis I. Medina
Michelle Lee Nugent
Claire Ramage
Alejandra Mabel Rosales
Timothy V. Alistair Tabbada
Athena Rose Turek-Hankins

History

Taylor James Bird


Erica Renee Bronder
Taygan Maureen Byrns
Jeremy Chalmers Campbell
Paul James Catha
Wesley Donald Chandler
Jamarr Edmund Covington
Andrew William Dudde
Nicholas Steven Eakins
Jonathan S. Edward Wallace
Kaitlyn Brooke Fontaine
Reece S. Gibb
Chelsea Elizabeth Greenlee
Brett Thomas Hartley
Kayla Dawn Hudson
Jesse Francis Larsen
Ari T. Lohnes
Dylan Earl Merrick
Blake Allan Miller
Wayne Tristan Mulei
Kristopher Rieley Suhr
Samantha Throgmorton
Servando C. Jaime Tovar
Fenja Claasen Vandehei
Alyssa Anne Wilson

International Affairs

Chase L. Abolinas
Harris C. Armstrong
Jordan Stephan Bauzon
Marshall Franklyn Bravo
Maliat E. Chowdhury
Yajaira Esparza
Caden H. Fabbi
Zachary Jay Fiene
Gabreella Marie Friday
Johnathan Charles King
Steven Edman Kish III
Tiffany Arleen Kleinhans
Anne Lauren Kohn
Jesse Francis Larsen
Jennyfer Anahi Llamas
Sarah Maier
Myles Marantette
Jarret Brian Nassau
Emily A. Norris
Laura Michele Nubel
Miguel Angel Ramos
Adam Alexander Sanders
Holly Marie Scala
Lucia A. Segura
Blake Peter Sequeira
Rochelle Kwan Seymour

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Music

Jason-Matthew Winn Angeles


Lourdes Calzada-Santacruz
Kevin Thomas Conlin
Mark J. Cordova
Trevor Lee Jensen
Chelsea Paige Lane
Amber Marie Snider

Philosophy

Maliat E. Chowdhury
Jarret Brian Nassau
Abraham G. Reynolds
Holly Marie Scala
Christopher Lloyd Stancil
Toan Ton
Cole Bryant Torres
Javier Velez
Veljean V. Williamson

Political Science

Kendall Marie Barnett


Taylor James Bird
Marshall Franklyn Bravo
Kenneth J. Brooke
Alex T. Bybee
Paul James Catha
Maliat E. Chowdhury
Jackson Walker Clague
Jose Manuel Claro
Jordan Alexandra Eglet
Caden H. Fabbi
Gabreella Marie Friday
Daniel Ryan Galli
Reece S. Gibb
Samantha Noelle Golston
Jennifer Michelle Grove
Brynn Christina Hammond
Joseph Alan Hart
Quinn T. Jonas
Johnathan Charles King
Steven Edman Kish III
Michael Laird
Sean Alexander Lokken
John Tyler Magness
Christian Allen Marsh
Frank W. Mascarich
Emily A. Norris
Paulina Olivares
Michael Pappas
Justine Spencer Pereira
Frank R. Perez
Jessica Reza
Jessica Alexandra Salsman
Roberto Anthony Sanchez
Samantha Christine Scofield
Bobbi Janelle Seaborg
Samuel Aaron Solace
Mark Wayne Sutliff
Kevin Swenson
Carlos Alberto Villalobos
Roy Visuett
Tyler George Wilson

Psychology

Marissa Anne Adams


John Curtis Aleman
Vladimir V. Bajenov
Gianna S. Baldazo
Kaitlyn Nathan Barrett
Devyn Kyla Beeson
Minerva Clarissa Benitez
Matthew J. Dela Bernarda
Amber Mae Black
Chace C. Calvert
Rayelle Larae Camas
Vito Oscar Joseph Carmosino
Kaszual Lee Cheatham
Ashley Rose Chinzi
Cody A. Cruea
Katy Lynn Cullen
Cassidy Estelle DAmour
Erin Marie Davis
Lesley De La Riva
Ekaterina Maria Diaz
Derrek Z. Dominguez
Anthony Jayson Earl
Danielle Marie Fargo
Cynthia N. Ferry
Heather Diane Foltz
Savannah Leigh Stacy Fraijo
Melia Lynae Frazier
Tayler A. Ganschow
Sierra Brooke Gill
Erica Lynne Gomez
Michael Ivan Gonzalez
Meghan Rene Grassi
Jade Rose Graver
Kaylynn Gunter
Mireya Gutierrez
Tyler Hayes
Aidan Eric Hernandez
Anahi Hernandez
Jessica Marie Hinman
Stacy Kianna Ingrisano
Kylie Alayne Jensen
Megan Emily Jones
Cari Klenk
Brianna L. Krevitz
Selena Arline Large
Natalie Fay Leslie Fournier
Julianne Lee Lim
Danyelle Lincoln
Melissa Heather Loring
Blanca Estela Luch
Taissa K. Lytchenko
Alexandra Joy Macrenaris
Daniel J. Madrigal
Dana Lynn Markavage
Kirsten Kymberlee Marks
Danielle Ashley Martin
Luciana Martinez
Tammy Ann McNeill
Monique Lizbeth McField
Roseann McGuinness-Heras
Zoe-Anne Elizabeth McKenna
Brittanie Catherine McKenzie
Brianna Rose Mehlhaff
Natasha Maria Meier
Victoria Annett Mills
Sunny Mok
Dillan S. Moore
Rebecca Jaquelynn Neuffer
Samantha Kay Noose
Erin Marie Olsen
Joel A. Parra
Jessica Nicole Paszek
Allison Courtney Podnar
Kathrynanne Powell
Heather Puckett
Nick Andre Reiter
Fernanda J. Reyes Molina

Kendragrace Reyes
Abraham G. Reynolds
Christina Theresa Reynolds
Mercedes Richardson
Jacquelyn Desarae Rios
Breanna Lee Rogers
Taylar Marie Rothfuss
Laura Evelyn Russ
Cristianna Maria Salarpi
Hilary June Sanotsky
Taylor Marie Schaller
Kristen M. Schiemer
Ashley Ann Schmidt
Cameron John Segnello
Diana R. Sharman
Takako Shigehisa
Gabriella L. Sisneros-Montoya
Taylor Jay Stewart
Leah Wiskotehill Stoner
Jamiika Philvanna Thomas
Ashlee A. Tran
Sierra Tucsnak
Josue Neftali Uribe Fonseca
Dora Valencia-Gomez
Sarah Lynn Verness
Maira Veronica Villanueva
Stephanie Lynn Watkins
Charles Warren West
Nicole Janae Whelchel
Jasmin Nicole Williams
Anthony J. Wirta Jr.
Aimee Jo Witherspoon
Alishia Alexis Wolcott
Connor P. R. Woodman
Steven John Work
Yuga Yamamoto

Sociology

Harris C. Armstrong
Amber Mae Black
Blanca M. Bonazzi Bonaca
Chace C. Calvert
Lily W. Cooper
Erin Marie Davis
Grace Espinoza
Danielle Marie Fargo
Tayler A. Ganschow
Sierra Brooke Gill
Meredith Leigh Grasso
Erica Ryan Hansen
Selena Arline Large
Matthew A. Lonsinger
Alexandra Joy Macrenaris
Roseann McGuinness-Heras
Dylan Earl Merrick
Anthony Eustaquio Ponticello
Laura Evelyn Russ
Roberto Anthony Sanchez
Cameron John Segnello
Diana R. Sharman
Dora Valencia-Gomez
Connor P. R. Woodman

Spanish

Argent Alvarez Maloof


Gianna S. Baldazo
Franceska Mae Baley
Kendall Marie Barnett
Emma Rose Bohannon
Andrea Rodriguez Brown
Jackson Walker Clague
Jose Manuel Claro
Katherine R. Dew
Ekaterina Maria Diaz
Molly Elizabeth Diltz-Walker
Rachael A. Durham
Yajaira Esparza
Alaina Kathleen Gibbons
Noemi Gomez Martinez
Carolyn Martha Gonzales
Brynn Christina Hammond
Yesenia Hernandez
Rocio Hernandez-Zarate
Lauren A. Kilpatrick
Jennifer Kathleen Leja
Jennyfer Anahi Llamas
Luis I. Medina
Jessica Meza Ramrez
Jessica Reza
Rochelle Kwan Seymour
Julie Ann Stefka
Alexander Reid Tryon
Amelia M. Vanlandingham
Carlos Alberto Villalobos
Rachel Jordan Yates

Theatre

Sean Patrick Bridges


Katelyn Elaina Caufield
Keely Rain Cobb
Eric Travis Franklin
Daniel Douglas Holzmeier
Daniel Edward Steele

Womens Studies

Jason-Matthew Winn Angeles


Shelby Wynn Reed
Margarita A. Salas-Crespo
Alisa D. Shuster

BACHELOR OF ARTS
IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Mayson Myrl Algeyer


Christopher Joel Beck
Alexander Seldon Bertrando
Michael Noel Blair Jr.
Michael A. Bolanos
Devyn Lynn Bryar
Lewis Billing Bumgardner
Emmanuel Calderon
Andrew Jackson Calhoun III
Kristyn H. Carl
Diana M. Chavez
Kenzie B. Chelemedos
Rachael Lynn Chesterfield
Tasheeka Renee Claiborne
Joshua Blain Doherty
Elaina Rose Dunn
Trenton John Dutt
Joseph A. Dyer
Galen Arron Fine
Gabriella Marie Fiorelli
Arnold Franky Flores-Estrada
Peter Michael Fritz
Shaynalyn Kuuipo Ganotisi
Tiffany S. Gibbs
Stan Glowniak
Lorena Godina
Cory Dean Golden
Edgar Gonzalez
Zachary Spenser Hacker
Erica Ryan Hansen
Ian Patrick Hansen
Kelsey Rutherford Heller
Lonnie Jonte Phillips Jackson
Nicole Erin Johnson

Alexandra Joanne Keelin


Samantha Anne King
Michael Aaron Klinger
Moriah Rachel Lane
Nathan Jared Lawton
Austin Michael Lee
LeAnn Afton Linenko
Zachary William Livingston
Jenny Elizabeth Lopez
Christian C. Luna-Barajas
Haley Marie Magenheimer
Trent Dillion Mahler
Zachery Daniel McElroy
Whitney Hall McIntyre
Kathleen Jordan McMahon
Robert Adrian Meyers
Brian James Miller
Victoria Nicole Miller
Hazel Sharon Montgomery
Amy Elizabeth Moore
Cherie A. Moore
Nicholas Dean Murray
Sydney Lee Nelson
Cassandra Jennifer Ninke
Gladys Olivares
Sara B. Pastore
Shelby Rhae Pipo
Cody Lathrop Puryear
Miguel Angel Ramos
Marco Antonio Rangel
Ahren Eugene Renner
Jennifer Ileana Reyes
Jessica Reyes-Avendano
Andreya C. Rodenspiel
Miguel Angel Romero Jr.
Matthew Benjamin Ruben
Cristianna Maria Salarpi
Alexandra Grace Schlager
Angela Mindy Schwitters
Samantha Christine Scofield
Shane Fenton Scott
Stacey Ann Sherdel
Joelle Ariana Soltero
Julie Ann Speraw
Christopher Lloyd Stancil
Maria Jose Taibo-Vega
Hannah Marie Townsend
Steven Truong Tran
Monica Valdez
Krystina Monet Walton
Janis Molly Watson
Lindsay Ann Welty
Cody Ryan Yandell
Joshua J. Zerga

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS


Art
Amy Morrita Keehan
Leeanna M. Stokes

BACHELOR OF MUSIC
Applied Music
Ariel Nicole Barrus
Jacqueline Blazquez
Jenna Leigh Sims
Aleta Caroline Vitkus

Music Education

Andrew Jack Martin

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Interior Design

Victoria Jazmin Diaz-Carrillo

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
Jeffrey Thompson, Dean
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Geography

Walter E. Brediger III


Stacy Fransina Halverson
Daniel J. Madrigal
Devin Christopher Rugaard
Timothy V. Alistair Tabbada
James Blaine Wines IV

Mathematics

Mohammad Anwar
Diana Lynn Sweeney
Collette Raven Witt

Lexi Sara Jacobson


Robin Je
Nina Elizabeth Tse Jolley
Denise Nicole Julian
Zachary Aaron Keh
Victoria Elena Kelley
Erin Pamela Kennedy
William Lara
Charles-Wayne Robert Larkin
Sarah Deborah Law
Monica Ledezma
Christina Elizabeth Lee
Roxann Licata
Nicholas Michael Lieberman
Jessie Lien
Jared Allen Link
Jaimee Therese Maranon
Austin J. Marett
Nikolaus Allen Marsh
Micaela Mattice
Catherine M. McCrillis
Jason Robert McGraw
Kaitlyn N. McOsker
Douglas Allen Menozi
Francis Ramsey Mezy
Elaine Mong
Erica L. Moran
Kevin Arthur Mortlock
Damon Jamaal Murray
Taylen James Nappi
Alicia Marie Nickerson
John P. Noel
Ashley M. Olseen
Ashley Anne Olsen
Tony Ortega
Adam Edward Ortiz
Dillon Jacob Petretti
Megan Marie Phelps
Johnathan Nash Pietz
Antoine Clyde Pittman
Matthew Kevin Rafferty
Omar Rahman
Yazil Ramirez
Shelby Matteson Rector
Didra Elaine Reese
Kevin Douglas Richardson
Jeffrey Davis Rider
Blake Dallas Rogers
Tyler James Rogers
Alejandra Mabel Rosales
Amy Caroline Ross
Shahida Saddique
Lucia Amanda Sanchez
Aldrin Marcus Santamaria
Julia Ann Shelbourn
Lauren Elizabeth Standerfer
Kincade R. Stirek
Ryan Alan Swanson
William Tamburo
Tong Sher Tay
Keri A. Thacker
Thanapath D. Thantacheva
Jordan J. Tice
Alexander Reid Tryon
Anne Marie Underwood
Okwuchi Blessing Uzoma
Randy Onyekwelu Uzoma
Tasha Angelique Vazquez
Jason Villanueva
Jessica K. Ann Villarreal
Kyle W. Von Schimmelmann
Christopher Ryan Wade
Nicholaus L. Waggoner
Emily Ann Weissgerber
Simon M. White
Cory Wilcox
Bradley James Williams
Grant Wilson
Anthony J. Wirta Jr.
Alexa J. Woodmancy
Leo Pheng Yang

Alexandar P. Rollings
Di Xiao

Chemistry

Robert J. Anderson
Kaitlin Elizabeth Arnold
Taryn Lynn Ciardella
Cayla Melanie Colford
Tyron Criswell
Joshua Michael Curry
Allyson Hansel
Trevor Brooks Hutton
Courtney Chloe Jackson
Max Jonathon Kronyak
Marqueze D. Midgette Coleman
Steven A. Moreno Jr.
Margaret M. Nunez
Anna Marie Preciado
Shelby Nicole Prothero
Kaileb M. Rodriguez
Cameron Scott Rowland
James Elias Salerno
Tyler James Schmidt
Tom Slabbert
Michael F. Smith
Megan Janel Sweet
Emma Kate Syverson
Shanna L. Wallin-Reed
Analysa Kate White

Haley Nicole Chappel


Karah Rae Clemons
Autumn Leann Mowrey
Amanda M. OLoughlin
Andrea Sanford
Joseph Alexander Tanchevski

Geography

Maritza Andicoechea
Jayne Michelle Boehmler

Taylor Anne Grimes


Brandon Hill
Brian K. Resnik
Alexandra Elane Wheatley
Bonnie LaRue Wood

Biology

Mathematics

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Atmospheric Science

Syed Sameer Ahmad


Rose Elizabeth Alauria
Allison Lynn Aldrich
Tyler Gavin Allen
Jena Marie Alumbaugh
Ogechi Jessica Amadi
Jessica Nicole Andrade
Julio Angulo
Alexander John Azzam
Jordan Christian Baser
Mohini Maheshkumar Bhakta
Jacqueline Blazquez
Charles V. Buchanan
Dominic Gordon Carlson
Natali Castro
Brenda E. Cervantes
Kimberly Lahela Chin
Julie Marie Cox
Jason Benjamin Cox
Ian James Cumings
Colin Sterling Ditsworth
Sean Mikael Dodenhoff
Derek Edward Dolence
Bria Sarah Dorsett
Christian B. Bugarin Duldulao
Rachael A. Durham
Bradie R. Dwenger
Daniel L. Edmonds
Matthew Thomas Eisenberg
Paige C. Elsea
Jake S. Enos
Makaila R. Erdody
Serena Rose Evans
Amanda Lucia Flores
Rachel Joanna Fodor
Cody Jacob Forman
Shelby Elizabeth Forman
Kelly Alicia Gonzales
Daniel Gow
Michael J. Guglielmo
Vassil Ivaylov Gurov
Skyelar Celene Harmon
Kevin Jeremiah Hernandez
Argenis Hernandez-Rascon
Austin Eric Herzog
Robert Stephen Higley
Nathaniel Austin Horner
Quan Tu Huynh

Samuel Bravo
Zachary R. Brounstein
Lindsey Anne Forbes
Alaina Kathleen Gibbons
Miguel T. Delfin Henares
Zachary Alexander Inman
Yinchu Jiang
Richard Andrew Johannsen
Christian Go Lim
Sarah Lopez
James Anthony Ludwig
Kellyn L. Morning
Megan Marie Phelps
Brandon Christopher Salmon
Willie Jesus Vasquez-Genchis
Pearson G. White

Metallurgical Engineering
Francisco Javier Acevedo
Jennifer Zoraima Giron

Molecular Microbiology
and Immunology
Martin Azzam
Isaura Vanessa Gutierrez
Theodore Ciriaco Herrera
Tracy L. Koehler-Liller
Michael Johnathan Lambert
Salome Manska
Sarah A. Martinez
Hayden Michael McSwiggin
Jessica Kristi Meyers
Ryan Wyatt Mull
Patrick Hugh Mullett
Thomas John Mullins
Jenna Leigh Murray
Akshay Sharma

Physics

Christopher James Butcher


Travis Scott Coleman
Jacqueline M. Engler
Allister William Frazier
John William Hoehne
Haley Marie Jung
Andrew N. Kanagin
Raymond David Obenauf
Devin Joseph Peart

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN CHEMISTRY
Charles Cecil Cunningham
Audrey L. Engel
Zoe M. Koerperich
James Anthony Ludwig
Rebecca Lynn Nelson
Andrea Leigh Rathbun
Jonathan Keith Rhea
Harrison D. Root
Jocelyn Sanchez
Brian Anh Van

Professional Chemistry
Alexander Froebel
Austin Eric Herzog
Steven Timothy Lucas
Johnathan Nash Pietz

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN GEOLOGICAL
ENGINEERING
Seth Westly Barton
Aaron Stephen Beck
Kenia B. Clark
Paige E. dePolo
Dylan Jay DuHamel
Nathaniel Robert Foote
Logan J. Garling
Dylan Patrick Hutchings
Zachary Lee Lim
Paul O. Malone
Paul R. Opdyke
Peter J. Porata
Jeffrey James Pulliam
Dustin Bradley Treick
Jason Vickers

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN GEOLOGY

Jason Westlee Craig


Paige E. dePolo
Nathaniel Robert Foote
Rebecca L. Gonzales-Clayton
Nathan Alexander Koteras
Alaina Ann Nowakowski
Lindsay Katherine Sewell
Michael Kasper St. Clair
William Struble

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN GEOPHYSICS
Sviatoslav Russky

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN HYDROGEOLOGY
Nathaniel Robert Foote
Lindsay Katherine Sewell

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN MINING ENGINEERING
Kiel Dean Amen
Corey Christopher Comeaux
Dillan Hoyt Demers
Logan Mitchell Devalliere
Sean Colin Diggins
Derek Rand Jones
Chase Joseph Kittilsen
Cody J. Mates
Rio A. McMahon
Paola Del Carmen Quijada
Zachary Ross
Stephanie Marie Shelley

INTERDISCIPLINARY
BACHELOR OF
GENERAL STUDIES

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Neuroscience

Terisay Nejmadine Abdouljalil


Pauline Amaka Alaribe
Henry Drakulich Altick
Monica Rose Arebalos
Veronica Lorena Bean
Jeffrey David Bezard
Rene Bonilla
Janice Ying Chan
Lea Monique Cohen
Andrew Roy Delloro
Michelle Diane Ebar
Ryan Fong
Raul Gutierrez
Riley K. Kellermeyer
Sheng Y. Li
Sarah Lopez
Courtney Nicole Matera
Aja Erin McDonagh
Michelle Myduyen Nguyen
Yoo Jung Oh
Ana F. Ordanez
Candace E. Peacock
Leo Alexander Quijano
Sabrina Ann Jose Sevilla
Daniel Smith-kirkham
Julie Ann Stefka
Ashley R. Tarchione
Alexander Robert Dee Turner
Reymon Japor Ulan
Nicholas Christian Wesely
Michael Anthony Yco
Zulema G. Zamudio

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