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emember American Pie? Remember how the main characters were driven by a fear of being the only virgins around when they went to college? Remember how that movie made more than $300 million and spawned a series of sequels? At The Nevada Sagebrush, we remember. And we learned a lesson from that movie, as well as from the fellow students who would reference it in jokes for years to come. We learned that sex is an ubiquitous piece of the college experience. But as funny as sex can be, its not (always)
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Come inside:
The pros and cons of Valentines Day: A7 Closer, a play about romance: A9 The ner side of porn: A10 A love letter to Deonte Burton: B1 What it really means to be sexually aware: A2 Facts and gures on sex at UNR: A2 Whats your colleges sex position?: A4 Students promote sex positivity: A7
make love
a joke there is a dark side. Sex can bear lifeshattering consequences. Through carelessness and sheer misfortune, it can bring the wrath of sexually transmitted infections, psychological trauma and unwanted pregnancy. As a news organization dedicated to making students at the University of Nevada, Reno aware of their surroundings, we feel an obligation to drive those points home. It is our responsibility to talk about uncomfortable subjects. Thats the nature of the job. We ask embarrassing questions so you dont have to. But we also realize that sex isnt just doom
and gloom. It can be fun, interesting and silly. So were bringing you all sides of the dirty deed from the best sexual position for each academic college to the artistic advances of pornography. From the number of sex-related crimes on campus to the beginning of a club that promotes sex positivity. In brief: We know you might be doing it. But before you do, take a glance through this issue and enlighten yourself a bit. Then go ahead crumple up this paper, and get to business. Oh, and happy Valentines Day and National Condom Month.
Road to Nevada began in coup

By Ben Miller
The ofces of Guillermo Meza and Emma Sepulveda sit just one oor apart from each other in Edmund J. Cain Hall. Meza, a Spanish professor, and Sepulveda, the director of the Latino Research Center, know each other well after more than 25 years of working together at the University of Nevada, Reno. But it wasnt always that way. It took a bloody coup detat and almost 3,000 miles before they nally met. On Sep. 11, 1973, a bloody military coup in Chile brought the government to its knees and killed thousands of people. The new government, consisting of military ofcers, shut down the universities, conscated books and imposed strict curfews. Many Chileans ed the country to escape the violence and the ensuing dictatorship that would last more than 15 years. Of the tens of thousands that escaped, Meza and Sepulveda a professor and a student respectively at the University of Chile who didnt know each other would nd themselves together years later through a twist of fate as faculty members at UNR. These are their stories.
FACES OF NEVADA
Some people (didnt get) any compromise. They (killed) the people. They (killed) the people in the streets. Spanish professor Guillermo Meza
He opened it to nd a group of soldiers surrounding the house. One of them stuck a gun to his chin. Because I (was) there, they believed probably I (was) involved in connection with (the professor) about the political ideas she had, Meza said. The soldiers took them to separate jails. There, they questioned Meza about who he was and his connection to the other professor. Afraid that his specialty educating teachers would appear leftist to the right-wing junta, he told them he was a teacher of la didactica another word for education that the military didnt understand. In dictatorships, in general, the teachers are dangerous people, Meza said. Why? Because the teachers profession is more open about discussion. The military found nothing to suggest that he would be a problem for them. However, they detained him for 10 days while they searched for more information. During that time, he had no idea
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Gov. Brian Sandoval answers questions Tuesday at the Center for Molecular Medicine on campus.
NSHE may play role in jobs plan

By Juan Lpez
Colleges and universities will be crucial in achieving a recent goal from the governors ofce to create 50,000 jobs in the next two years, the chancellor of the states higher education system said. The economic development plan, which Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Feb. 7 at the University of Nevada, Renos Center for Molecular Medicine, looks to partner higher education with industry in areas such
TAKEN
On the morning of the coup, education professor Guillermo Meza left his Santiago apartment to meet a fellow instructor at her house and discuss the state of the country. The other professor was a political activist under Salvador Allende, the countrys recently removed president. The two were speaking when a knock came at the door. Thinking it was a friend, he answered it.
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Knowledge of sexual assaults likely lags behind reality

By Ben Miller
University police have responded to 22 sex-related crimes on campus in the past four years, according to a report from the department. Some, such as the rape of Amanda Collins in the Brian J. Whalen Parking Complex in 2007, were violent. Others were non-forcible, like four counts of males masturbating in public. But no matter the type of offense, national data suggest these crimes go overwhelmingly unnoticed whether its because they arent reported or because nobody notices them happening. Leah Daigle, an associate professor of criminal justice and criminology at Georgia State University, said only about 5 percent of sexual assaults on college campuses are reported to authorities. Fourteen of the 22 sex-related crimes since 2007 were labeled sexual assault on the document from the University of Nevada, Reno Police Department. For many victims, a combination of factors creates the impression that reporting the crime is a waste of time, Daigle said. College sexual assaults usually dont involve violence, so many feel the crime would be difcult to provide evidence for. Others were underage and intoxicated during the crime, and are afraid to risk being cited for minor in possession and consumption, she said. But while the crimes are not known to the general public, the information usually gets out in smaller doses. Women on college campuses dont routinely tell police, Daigle said. But they do tell somebody. So they are disclosing their experiences, usually to their friends. UNRPD Chief Adam Garcia said often crimes are difcult for them to prove because of conicting statements or a lack
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Sex on campus
23.7%= 0 SEXUAL PARTNERS 49.9%= 1 SEXUAL PARTNER 41%= 1 SEXUAL PARTNER 8.2%= 4 SEXUAL PARTNERS 7%= 3 SEXUAL PARTNERS 11.3%= 2 SEXUAL PARTNERS
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10.3%= 2 SEXUAL PARTNERS 5.7%= 3 SEXUAL PARTNERS
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Number of sexual partners students had in 2010
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Number of sexual partners students had in 2010
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8.8%= 4 SEXUAL PARTNERS
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is the percent of the time UNR students reported using a condom during oral sex in 2010.
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is the percent of the time UNR students reported using a condom during vaginal sex in 2010.
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34.2%= 0 SEXUAL PARTNERS
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is the percent of the time UNR students reported using a condom during anal sex in 2010.
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UNR struggles to grasp scope of sexual health

By Juan Lpez
University of Nevada, Reno student Josiah Dixon vividly remembers what it was like living in Nye Residence Hall as a freshman. He especially remembers fellow students sex stories that spawned from living in that dorm, he said. It was a lot of fun, but it was a constant party, the now-21year-old senior said. There was never a serious attitude in there about anything especially sex. In hindsight, it wasnt so much the acts he had a gripe with, but the lack of a sense of reality people his age have. Particularly, Dixon sees an ignorance of the rate of sexuallyt ra n s m i t t e d infections. In 2009, UNRs rate of student human papillomavirus (HPV, the cause of genital warts) was 3.6 percent, according to a survey from the American College Health Association. The ACHA also said that in that same year, 2.1 percent of UNR students contracted chlamydia more than twice the national average. In 2010, the rate of HPV among UNR students dropped to 2.3 percent and the rate of chlamydia dropped to 1.1 percent, according to UNR Student Health Center statistics. There are consequences to the things people do with drinking, drugs and sex that we think were immune to, said Dixon, who recently changed his major to community health sciences. But since were young and dont see it rsthand, for the most part, it doesnt affect us. His mother, Dr. Trudy Larson, director of the School of Community Health Sciences, agreed. Thats a classic adolescent attitude: Im invulnerable. I can do anything, she said. Larson said the effects of college students sense of invincibility can be found directly in their practicing of safe sex. In 2010, students reported using condoms 40.7 percent of the time during vaginal sex, 20.7 percent of the time during anal sex and 4.7 percent of the time during oral. A spring 2011 report from the ACHA said that 16 percent of all sexually active college students surveyed reported using emergency contraceptives like the morning after pill. But the potential aftereffects of not using a condom are too large to ignore, Larson said. Theres not a good appreciation for how easy it is to transmit sexually transmitted infections and also how easy it can be to get pregnant, she said. I think there was a large ght for a while between people saying, Well, you cant trust condoms. Well, you actually can, and I think thats a really important message. And that takes planning. Even though you may not have a specic plan for a sexual e n c o u n t e r, you should always be prepared. T h e s e low rates of protection make STIs much more easily transmittable a large problem due to the lack of immediate, visible signs of infection. One of the key messages I tell students is that many STIs have no symptoms, and yet they can have very serious health consequences, said Enid Jennings, a health educator at UNRs Student Health Center. The only way to know you are healthy is to get tested if you are sexually active. One of the rst courses Dixon took for his Community Health Sciences specialization was Foundations of Personal Health and Wellness. Dixon said one of the best things he took away from that class was learning sexual and mental health go hand in hand. Often the single crowd, theyll go out and look to bring someone home on a regular basis and say, Yeah, Im being safe, Im using a condom, he said. But the other side of sexual health is having a partner who likes you, or loves you, and having that emotional bond when you do have sex. He thinks the class should be a requirement for all freshmen. It was useful because, yeah, kids in high school, they fool around and might start having sex, but once they come to college and stay in the dorms, then its more likely that theyll start having sex and go out and drink and party, he said. This class is useful for you when youre a freshman because its something personal which you can apply to your life immediately.
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Taylor Wilson, left, of the University of Nevada, Reno-based Davidson Academy, speaks with President Barack Obama about his state-of-the-art nuclear detection device Feb. 7 at the White House.
Nuclear scientist teenager learns to live in limelight

By Ben Miller
At the age of 17, Taylor Wilson is already used to dealing with reporters. It started when he became the youngest person ever to build a nuclear fusion reactor at the age of 14. Since then, he has made headlines for reasons ranging from securing patents to attending the White House Science Fair on Feb. 7 an event at which he presented an anti-terror device that could detect small levels of nuclear energy to President Barack Obama. The steady stream of magazine covers, news photos and website posts that have followed have earned him more attention than most receive in a lifetime. Its also directed attention toward the Davidson Academy of Nevada, an alternative school for gifted and talented children of middle- and highschool age on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. Academy Director Colleen Harsin said the center received a tremendous amount of media attention following the White House event. Stories popped up in places such as CBS and NBC. Media attention aside, Wilson said the institute has held an immense drawing power for years. Its students come from all across the nation, and sometimes from outside the country. Wilson and his family moved from Arkansas to Reno three years ago so he and his brother could attend the school. Once at the institute, Wilson wasted no time in establishing himself. He contacted the technical manager in UNRs physics department and physics professor Ronald Phaneuf to nd parts for his nuclear fusion reactor. He came to spend more time with the two as he moved into the basement of the Leifson Physics building to complete his reactor. Soon after that, the journalists came rushing. Phaneuf said Wilson had a natural talent for dealing with their questions. Most of the media attention has come directly to Taylor, whose skills at explaining complicated science to non scientists were already good when I rst met him at age 14, but are truly exceptional now, Phaneuf said in an email. He has a rare gift for that (and) I see an important role for him as a media science guy in the future. For the most part, the attention has ignored those connected to Wilson. But sometimes, it comes back to them. GQ magazine ran an article on Wilson featuring a photo of him in a hazmat suit eating breakfast with his family. Lately, some of the attention has been shifting to what he will do after he graduates. At the White House, President Obama asked him where he would go and what he would do. However, like many his age, Wilson isnt quite sure. Hes toyed with the idea of applying to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology or other institutions renowned for their high levels of research. But then, hes also considered taking his patents and starting his own company to commercialize them. Stark Enterprises? Something like that, he said.
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CORRECTIONS In the Feb. 7, 2012 article
Theres not a good appreciation for how easy it is to transmit sexually transmitted infections and also how easy it can be to get pregnant. Dr. Trudy Larson, director of the School of Community Health Sciences
entitled "Debaters regain national success after three years," the success record of the debate team and the number of teams that compete nationally was understated. The Nevada Sagebrush xes mistakes. If you nd an error, email
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KUDOS OF THE WEEK
ATO fraternity hosts rst philanthropic event

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The Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity hosted its rst philanthropic event since recolonizing on campus in fall 2011. The roughly 45-member fraternity made about 40 bears at the Build-A-Bear Workshop in the Meadowood Mall and personally handed them out to children at the Renown Childrens Hospital during the weekend. In an email, Dion Cabrera, the public relations chair for ATO, said, Our goal is to ultimately change not only the universitys
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VALENTINES DAY/14
FREE BIKE REPAIR When: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Where: In front of the Joe Crowley Student Union
The Campus Cycling Coalition and Reno Bike Project will set up a stand to repair bikes for free. The coalition will seek new club members. For more information, contact Austin Wallis at austin.wallis431@gmail.com. LISTEN UP CONGRESS! OR WE ARE BREAKING UP! When: Noon-4 p.m. Where: In front of the Joe Crowley Student Union Voices for Planned Parenthood will argue against cuts to birth control with a 2,000unit wall of Cup Noodles the cost equivalent of a years supply of birth control. They will also display a heartbreak valentine for people to sign and hand out condoms. For more information, contact Sara Poindexter at poindexter.sara@gmail.com. CONDOM CASINO TOUR AND SPEED DATING When: 8-11 p.m. Where: Ballrooms on the fourth oor of the Joe Crowley Student Union Flipside will host casino games using condoms as the prize money. Speed dating will also be available. For more information, contact Wesley Nilsson at specialevents@asun.unr.edu.
Zachary Bowker, left, and his brother Micah Bowker gather their crafts after participating in the Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Centers science-themed preschool activities Monday. The children participated in coloring pictures of the human heart, making Valentine cards and cups and listening to stories about the human heart and the circulatory system. The weekly sessions have been full in recent weeks, lling the capacity of 15 children per class. Classes are facilitated by a university student and Fleischmann Planetarium employees.
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ENGINEERING:
UNR DEAN TALKS ABOUT RETENTION, GRADUATION RATES AT WHITE HOUSE EVENT
The dean of the College of Engineering attended a White House function Wednesday celebrating high graduation and retention rates. The gathering drew engineering deans from around the country, according to a statement from the University of Nevada, Reno. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu invited them. Dean Emmanuel Maragakis said in the press release that the affair highlighted the importance of engineering in the American economy. Graduating more engineering students has been identied as a critical national priority for the country to be able to maintain its world leadership and improve its economy, Maragakis said in the statement. Producing engineers contributes to the advancement of technology and the quality of life and establishes a solid foundation for the long-term vitality of the economy. nding jobs to using Google Docs. The workshops feature specialists on each topic and take place in various rooms in the Knowledge Center. For a full list of events, scan the QR code below: and is only providing Plan B to students older than 17. The vending machine is behind closed doors and isnt open to the public, he said in the statement. Nevertheless, the article ran in media outlets from Time Magazines website to the El Maana newspaper in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Ruud expressed continued support for the service. A university is a complex organization composed of individuals with diverse and disparate views, he said in the statement. We do, however, share one goal working together so Shippensburg students can have an education nationally recognized for its excellence and with the support services they need. demeanor battery at 1305 N. Virginia St.
MONDAY, 2/6/12:
Police arrested an individual for domestic battery at Argenta Hall. Ofcers responded to a report of petit larceny involving a backpack and calculators at Argenta Hall.
SATURDAY, 2/4/12:
Police cited four individuals for minor in possession and consumption at 1640 N. Virginia St. Ofcers responded to a report of public drunkenness at North Virginia Street and College Drive.
UNR POLICE BLOTTER
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FRIDAY, 2/3/12:
Police responded to a report of public drunkenness at East Ninth and North Virginia streets. Ofcers responded to a report of fraud at Church Fine Arts. Police responded to a report of petit larceny involving a license plate at 1000 Valley Road. Ofcers cited one individual for minor in possession and consumption at West 11th Street and Buena Vista Avenue.
NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS

SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY:
UNIVERSITYS BIRTH CONTROL VENDING MACHINE SPARKS MEDIA STORM
A vending machine dispensing Plan B birth control at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania inspired media attention across the world last week, prompting a response from the institutions president. President Bill Ruud said in the statement Thursday that the campus doesnt provide RU-486, or the abortion pill,
THURSDAY, 2/9/12:
Police responded to a report of commercial burglary at Lombardi Recreation Center. Ofcers responded to a report of petit larceny involving an external hard drive at the Life Science building.
PIZZA WITH THE POLICE When: 11 a.m.-noon Where: The Rita Laden Senate Chambers on the third oor of the Joe Crowley Student Union The Associated Students of the University of Nevada Senate will host a free pizza lunch with the University of Nevada, Reno Police Department. Ofcers will give a presentation on safety and be available for questions. For more information, contact Sheree Hummel at shummel@unr.edu.
LIBRARY:
KNOWLEDGE CENTER LA CARTE OFFERS WORKSHOPS
A series of workshops in the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center are offering events this week on topics from
WEDNESDAY, 2/8/12:
Police responded to a report of motor vehicle burglary involving a military assault pack, protection pads and a sleeping mat at 1664 N. Virginia St.
THURSDAY, 2/2/12:
Police arrested an individual for an outstanding warrant at Valley Road and Highland Avenue.
TUESDAY, 2/7/12:
Ofcers responded to a report of a mis-
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Sex positions by college

Students favorite sex positions differ as much as their majors. Heres an overview of the raunchy maneuvers our eclectic student body uses in the sheets. The Sagebrush staff
College of Business
College of Education
The missionary position seems to be the only logical choice for the common business major. In the same way that virgins latch onto missionary in their rst years, most freshmen ended up in Ansari because it seemed like the logical rst step. Its introductory, its simple, and lets be honest its kind of boring. If your mate is set on calculating numbers for the rest of their life, stick to this introductory position. But cross your ngers that they will join the ranks by changing their major (and sexual interests) to something more advanced in the future.
Missionary
The Spoon
There are two breeds of education majors: those who have harbored a maternal instinct since the day they were born and those who like to make children cry. Luckily, mastered utilization of the spoon will excite both the most tame or strict of these partners. Be warned: Education majors can be delicate. Their love for the spoon stems no further than the nurturing position of lying in each others arms. Keep this in mind while coddling your future teacher. On more frustrating days, be prepared for them to demand you work harder and produce better work next time.
College of Liberal Arts
College of Science
Reverse Cowgirl
Liberal arts students like to be different, together. In the same way that nonconformists will shop at Urban Outtters and wear the same pants, liberal arts students love to separate themselves from their less artsy counterparts by defying the norm. While art students may have felt adventurous trying the girl on top in high school, they gave the conformist world the nger by spinning that girl around and calling it the reverse cowgirl. What these students dont know is that theyre not really that creative or inventive at all. But humor them and pretend your ex-engineering major didnt teach you that trick years ago.
If youre the kind of student who cant make it through lecture without a game of footsie, you should probably search elsewhere from the science major to fulll your sexual needs. While science majors are absolutely thrilled to learn about the human anatomy, years of never-ending homework and diagramming molecular compounds has rendered them nearly asexual. But for the few who are still interested in procreating and satisfying their biological needs, expect a rear-entry quickie that will leave ample time to study for their constant organic chemistry exams.
Rear-entry Quickie
Reynolds School of Journalism
College of Engineering
Doggy style
Doggy-style has become second nature for the student journalist. Though they were likely once driven by an interest in poetic lovemaking, their constant experiences of being abused and harassed by everyone from readers to editors to their own mothers has left them in the perpetual mind set to take it and give it in the ass. In the same way that reporting requires you to beg, plead and be tortured by sources, journalists have gotten used to gritting their teeth, being mistreated and constantly being thrown on their knees to accept their hand in life.
The Bridge
Dating an engineering major can be both an exciting and exhausting feat. Engineers are constantly in search of the newest and most complicated inventions. Think your girlfriend will be pleased that you whipped out the wheelbarrow last week? Dont atter yourself. The engineering major will demand to contort you in newer and more gravity-defying positions than ever. Be prepared to edge up your stamina. But in a lazy moment, the engineer will always default to his favorite position: the bridge.
College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources
Division of Health Sciences
The Wheelbarrow
Nothing is more important to CABNR students than incorporating their area of study into the bedroom. While they might be farmers on the streets, they are quick to transform into freaks in the sheets. Eager to show off what they learned in class, a CABNR students role in the sack is marked by a key position: the wheelbarrow arrogant assholes. While most students will do nearly anything to push studies out of their mind in the bedroom, CABNR students are proud to show off their status in the college by getting down and dirty with the wheelbarrow.
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Although students in the health sciences probably see more of the human anatomy than the rest of the university combined, their knowledge can be a hindrance rather than a treat in the bedroom. While its generally pretty easy to talk your way into a lusty arts major, health science students will inevitably default to paranoia whenever genitalia are around. The idea of crabs, syphilis or (God forbid) pregnancy is enough to send any of these students to school in a turtleneck. But be willing to compromise. Though anxiety will likely take place, health science majors will gladly succumb to some elementary 69. Remember, the only way to avoid becoming a soccer mom is to avoid sticking the p in the v.
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Emma Sepulveda, a professor of Spanish and director of the Latino Research Center at the University of Nevada, Reno, traveled for ve months through South and Central America after eeing a Chilean coup in 1973.
Guillermo Meza, a professor of Spanish at the University of Nevada, Reno, was jailed for 10 days during a violent coup in Chile in 1973.
job at UNR. ve months on foot, trains and buses. Their goal was the United States, her husbands home country. But the journey was hard. At most of the borders they reached, government ofcials questioned them separately from others looking to enter because they were Chilean refugees Where are you going? How long will you be in our country? Their visas never lasted for more than 15 days. Eventually, they made it to the Mexican border. They waited for a month to enter. But the Mexican government denied them and they bypassed the country by ying to Los Angeles. After her husband got a research assistantship at the University of Nevada, Reno, they moved to the Biggest Little City in the World. I had never heard of Reno in my life, Sepulveda said. she said. The two still talk often of Chile and the coup. But its affected them in different ways. Sepulveda has used it to fuel the budding activist that grew in her during her student years. Nevada state Sen. Sheila Leslie, a friend of Sepulvedas, said it taught her how to persist in the face of adversity. Perhaps that experience gave her the courage to pursue her beliefs despite incredible odds and endure the ignorance and prejudice she has also experienced here, Leslie said. I think what motivates her is the opportunity to change the world and be a voice for those who have none. Sepulveda has published more than 20 books covering topics from the coup to her experience as a Latina immigrant. She ran for the state Senate and lost in 1994. Meza has tended more toward the classroom. He said he tried to teach his students in a way that only a democracy can allow he teaches them to think for themselves. I am not the important person here, Meza said. (The student) is the important person.
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what would happen to him. Later, he would consider himself lucky for having been one of the people thrown in jail. Some people (didnt get) any compromise, he said. They (killed) the people they (killed) the people in the streets.
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Emma Sepulveda, a history student at the University of Chile was three months from graduating when the coup began. That day began like any other. She was going through her morning routine when the phone rang. She picked up. It was her father. He told her to turn on the radio. Sepulveda dialed in the station and heard a broadcast unlike the usual ones. It was an alert telling citizens not to leave their homes. She ignored the warning and continued to prepare. But when she turned the radio to a different channel to nd the time, she began to worry. She couldnt nd a station that wasnt playing military music. Eventually, she found one
spewing orders. Order No. 1: Remain in your house and close your windows. Order No. 2: Fly the Chilean ag to show youve surrendered to the new regime. I wasnt going to do that, Sepulveda said. I wasnt going to just sit back and watch democracy die in front of my eyes. Soon, she began to hear noises she had never heard before coming from outside bombs exploding, machine guns going off. She lived close enough to La Moneda, the presidential palace, to see smoke rising from the rockets that bombarded it. She called her friends. Despite the assurances that they were alive, they provided fear as well. Rumors began to y: They had tapped the phones, the water was contaminated, the military was conscating leftist material. It was the most frightening day of my life, Sepulveda said. She began going through her things, nding cassette tapes and books with any content that could be construed as leftist. She smashed the tapes and ushed them. She hid the books. The military never came. But she continued hearing sounds of violence. She quickly began to run low on food. Eventually, the government lifted the curfew
so people could get food. When she went outside, she couldnt believe her eyes. It was just out of a Dostoyevsky novel, Sepulveda said. I went out in the street and people were ghting over food that had already gone bad in the stores.
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Not long after the coup, Sepulveda read in the newspaper that the government was going to reopen the universities for students who were close to receiving their degrees. After a week of showing up on campus to nd the doors locked, she and seven other students were readmitted. But not before surrendering their national IDs and signing a paper stating, among other things, that they never voted for Allende. While there, the students were holding onto the hope that the situation would improve. We all thought that maybe things would get better in maybe a few weeks, maybe a few months, she said. But as time continued to pass, it became clear that it wouldnt. In November, the government reissued the list of students who were to return. Sepulveda wasnt on it. I thought that if I wasnt on that list, I was probably on another list, she said. So I left. After Sepulveda and her husband stopped in Argentina to say goodbye to her relatives, the pair began to wind their way north. They traveled for
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When Meza was released, he found the country unbearable to live in. (I was) in a jail with (an) open sky, he said. The country (was) a jail. Meza met up with three other professors from the university, got in a car and left Santiago. They drove north, eventually ending their journey in Colombia. Together, the four found an apartment with the little money they had and looked for work. But as political refugees, they fought an uphill battle. Meza never found a job in Colombia and relied on a cash transfer from a friend. After six months, Meza found work as a professor at the Central University of Venezuela. He ew to the neighboring country and arrived with only a few dollars to his name. He stayed there for ve years before meeting his wife, ying to Reno and settling down in a
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It wasnt until the late 1980s that Sepulveda and Meza nally met. While Meza hadnt known her in Chile, Sepulveda knew all about him. Her aunt had been a friend of his and Sepulvedas best friend was the daughter of one of Mezas bosses during his long teaching career. I couldnt believe that I would be speaking with him,
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of cooperation among the victims and alleged perpetrators. On the report, nine of the 14 sexual assault cases contained caveats that suggested either the report was a false alarm or the investigation was discontinued. A case on July 30, 2009 at Canada Hall read possible sexual assault case closed at the request of the victim. Another incident on Oct. 31 at the William J. Raggio Building read reported sexual assault suspect and victim were non8 7
students on campus for a high school event per the (District Attorney) cant prove sexual assault was consensual. There are exceptions to the rule. In 2008, the rape and murder of Brianna Denison made national headlines. At the time, The Nevada Sagebrush reported that attendance at self-defense classes and purchases of pepper spray and stun guns were on the rise. Daigle and Garcia said it is unclear whether awareness of sex-related crimes helps to prevent them. However, there are things students can do to prepare for a situation that falls under that category.
Daigle said that one of the most important things for students to remember is that most sex crimes on college campuses dont look like they do in the movies. Rather, perpetrators are often acquaintances or friends and crimes usually dont involve a weapon. I think the thing to be concerned about would be being scared about the wrong thing, she said. So that would be a man jumping out from behind a bush on your way home. On college campuses, that just doesnt happen that often.
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as health care, mining and technology. The specics of how the partnerships will create jobs remain unclear. Dan Klaich, chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, said the partnerships mentioned in the report specically those at the University of Nevada School of Medicine and the Mackay School of Mines could work with businesses to accent them and create jobs. Lets say that a hospital has a program in a certain area, there are researchers at the school of medicine working in a related area they can get together to possibly create spin-off jobs, Klaich said in an email. But the plans goal of 50,000 new jobs during the next two years spurred questions as to whether the target was too lofty. It is ambitious, but its what we need to do, said Steve Hill, the director of the Nevada Governors Ofce of Economic Development. I think setting a target that is achievable, to a stretch, is an important thing to do. It focuses the efforts of everybody involved in economic development throughout the state on trying to accomplish what we really need to accomplish. Sandoval said setting the bar high gave state citizens an opportunity to be critical during the plans progression. The outline
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calls for annual progress reports. This is a plan that has accountability in it, he said. We are going to allow for Nevadans and the community to measure exactly what we are doing. We have nothing to hide. We are going to work extremely hard. Other states talk about vision statements and plans, but they dont talk about how many jobs theyre bringing in (or) how theyre expanding their respective states. Were going to do that. Sandoval said the plan, despite its focus on rapid growth, is also meant to set a strong basis for future generations in the state. We talk about students now, thats why were here at the university, but we also talk about the rst graders, he said. Once they nish school, (we want it so) that they have a place to work and a place to live.
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illiam Funk, the president of R. William Funk & Associates, a firm who is aiding the University of Nevada, Reno in its search for a permanent president, met with a handful of students last week in the Joe Crowley Student Union to hear their opinions on what they want in the next UNR president. Unfortunately only a few students attended the meeting. On Tuesday, an official from the Associated Students of the University of Nevada approached Sagebrush staff members in our office, asking us to rush over to one of these sessions
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and provide Funk with any input we had. Our group hurried over to the conference room only to see that the four of us made up a large percentage of students in the room (four of about less than 15). While we were more than glad to provide our opinions to Funk, it startled us to see such a scarcity of students in the room (despite the diversity of students in attendance, ranging from graduate to undergraduate, as well as traditional to non-traditional, and different ethnicities). A meeting where discussions regarding the next face of the
university were happening seemed so unimportant as a result of the participation. This cannot continue to happen moving forward. Students will see the most impact from this new president in the future and need to treat it as so. Funk asked the group important questions, such as how we would persuade a candidate to come to UNR. Some students brought up a great point that we dont want a president who works on the two-handshake system, meaning they shake your hand when you arrive on campus and then again when you walk across the
stage and are handed your diploma, never to see them in between. Another significant matter that was brought up was that our president is responsible for much more than what we hear about in the news, such as budgetary and academic matters. They have to be an ambassador in the community and for our athletics department. Issues such as these hold great weight when deciding who our next president will be. Yet Funk only saw a glimpse of what this campus wants. So while the UNR President Search Committee will not formally meet again until sometime in March, the
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SNARK ATTACK
Authenticity is irrelevant
s someone who lives for a match of The Dozens, youd expect me to be able to take as much smack talk as I dish out, right? Most of the time its not an issue. Last week I was called a psycho girl, a sociopath and fake by an ex-friends uninformed roommate who was doing some dirty commenting work for her. I laughed at the comments questioning my mental state (oh, the joys of being a sociopath!), but the fake remark struck me. Fake? Really? My frankness is what gets me in trouble most of the time. A few days later, a co-worker likened me to Holden Cauleld, essentially calling me Enjolie a phony asshole who thinks Esteve everyone else is a phony asshole. Oh, hell no who ya nna try? A wave of paranoia rushed over me. Am I keeping it real phony rather than keeping it real? What does it mean to be authentic? Is it about honesty, consistency or remaining true to yourself? Is it about going against the grain, nding your niche in society and adhering to it strictly? For most people, staying the same is nearly impossible. Attitudes change, convictions change even your taste in fashion changes. I used to wear velour track suits and platform ip ops when I was 12. Some changes are for the best. Celebrities have it worse. All that branding yourself and commodifying your personality takes its toll do you feel bad for them yet? Enter Lana del Rey. She was packaged and presented as the Gangster Nancy Sinatra, with throwback jazzy vocals backed by classic 4/4 timed hip-hop beats. That dichotomy entranced people instantly. She went from a promising up-and-comer to a punching bag before her album could drop. Every blooming media critic with a Tumblr provided their own take on why del Rey was so amed. Some suggested the issue was her gender. If she were a man, such as Freddie Mercury, Diddy or Elton John, people wouldnt think twice about Lizzy Grants (del Reys birth name) new moniker. Others were quick to pin the blame on her swollen lips(rumored to be surgically enhanced). Then there was the whole issue of del Reys past and how some felt it was impossible for her stories of living in a trailer park to be true because she has a millionaire daddy. All the above boil down to one fundamental issue authenticity, or in del Reys case, the perceived lack thereof. Both fans and annoyed (yet intrigued) people felt betrayed by del Rey. They loved/loved to hate her when they thought she was the trailer trash girl who made it in the land of milk and honey. del Rey was lauded as brilliant and a raw talent when people believed her self-made demos and cooing voice alone got her a record deal. She was amazing until she was revealed as a fake. I hate to break it to all you pop culture snobs, but the rift between celebrities personalities and personas is nothing new: take the most famous ex-corrections ofcer-turned-rapper who brags about selling $3 million dollars worth of drugs in one day for example Rick Ross. No one is immune to this obsession with being a genuine artifact. Weve built up the notion of authenticity to a Kilimanjaro-sized mountain. But for what? If anything, the concept of keeping it real
is just an illusion weve created. David Hume, the original Debbie Downer, explored the idea of the self. According to his skeptic school of thought, the self is developed through our impressions and perceptions and is therefore dependent on them. Herein lies the issue: we are constantly in ux our memories eeting, bodies decaying and our mentalities and intellect evolving and devolving. The rate at which our impressions and selfs shift is maddening. The taste of Sour Patch Kids can go from bringing your taste buds immense pleasure to inducing a erce, piercing pain on them in less than one second. Within a matter of minutes, del Reys humble lips can be transformed into eshy pillows with the ick of a syringe. Assuming Humes notion is correct, there is no such thing as the self. Everything that supposedly encompasses the self is constantly changing. Nothing is true. Your life is a lie. Even worse, a lie you created. Are you having an anxiety attack yet? Its difcult for us to accept others disingenuousness. Our own fronts, on the other hand? We hold on to them tighter than Toddlers and Tiaras contestants hold on to their Pixy Stix. While one might joke about their phoniness in a selfdeprecating way in attempt to seem endearing, its much more difcult to do so in an honest way with yourself quips and laughing audience aside. Ive gotten so caught up in the faade Ive created that deciphering whats genuine about me has become an arduous task. Whats more articial, my weave that adds three inches of length to my hair or the feigned irreverence that adds edge to my personality? I dont know. When I nally took the time to analyze my persona, I realized how much of it is a half-assed construct of pop culture and what I perceive as cool. Ask me what my favorite movies are and I will surely list a Woody Allen or Jean-Luc Godard lm as a front-runner. This is to ensure people know Im introspective and intelligent. Im not like other people I can only enjoy lms with an undercurrent of deep philosophical meaning. In reality, my favorite movies are a tie between Clueless and American Psycho. I lied again, American Psycho is No. 2. Patrick Bateman has nothing on Cher Horowitz. Here I was thinking I got over my Im a special snowake phase at 17 when I nally admitted that I liked The Gap like everyone else. The truth is brutal. For as much effort as I put in to crafting my image, youd think Id come off less horribly as if. Dont make the same mistake I did and spend your whole weekend sulking about whether you are a phony. Since there is no self, we cant expect people to remain authentic and true to themselves. It would be illogical and a waste of time to do so. Our perceived reality is nothing but a rouse. So look deep into your non-existent selfs and take on a more strenuous question: why do we give a damn about some collagen lips and stage names? There are more important mountains to climb, or in this case, destruct. Because there is no absolute self, we arent fettered to who we were yesterday or who we are today. Theres room for reinvention its a beautiful thing. Its freedom.
Enjolie Esteve studies journalism and philosophy. She can be reached at eesteve@nevadasagebrush.com.
n response to a Feb. 7 article about the interfaith chapel planned for the University of Nevada, Reno, the Sagebrush wrote about the constitutionality of having such a program in its staff editorial. Theres no need to recap the entire piece. The bottom line is that we believe the room would harbor more tension than tolerance. That being said, several of our readers disagreed and voiced their opinions in the comments section of our website. Some are worth mentioning, as its important to consider the other side in any argument. One reader, in response to our challenge that the chapel would violate the First Amendment, explained how universities in the United Kingdom offer areas for religious students to use: In the UK, many universities have prayer rooms especially for students and staff from an Islamic background. Some of them want to pray 5 times a day. Usually, universities pay for this, after all, this is a way to get more students, especially those from socially conservative communities. If the institution were funded privately, there would be less fervor regarding the decision to host any sort of religious group. However, the basis for questioning the legality of the chapel stemmed from the universitys obligation, in being public, to be mindful of the separation of church and state when making its decision. It is that political debate that reporter Ben Millers story examined in the same issue, which drew
criticism from readers. One respondent wrote: I agree that the campus community as a whole should probably come together and discuss it. But by attacking it as unconstitutional is a far stretch. UC-Berkeley has one and is building its own building, Ohio State has one, and these are major universities. Now why keep us in the dark when it could help propel our campus? Another reader compared the interfaith chapel with the Center for Student Cultural Diversity on campus: As I write this, I am sitting across the hall from the diversity center on campus asking myself, what makes this ok, a center that promotes the cultural sharing and tolerance of other races, a good thing, but a center for all faiths is not acceptable? The reader added: If atheist feel that it is necessary to get together and talk about scientic news concerning evolution, then do so. You are free to practice your beliefs, so long as you leave others to practice theirs. Relating the chapel to the Center is a worthy mention. Both facilities work to bring different demographics of the university together. Hopefully the chapel will see the same success that the Center has received. After all, the chapel sounds benecial in theory. Lets just hope reality doesnt prove our idealism to have been nave in retrospect.
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WORDS WITH FRIENDS

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Carrie A Jarrett Valentines Day can be the usher of pity or a attering

evening of romance. Having expectations can lead to hurt feelings. I personally love Valentines Day naturally like I love all things associated with hearts, love, anything shinny and... plenty of chocolate. To help guys out there save on Valentines Day, pick up your arrangements (owers to all those who have no clue what that is) at Costco. They have professional looking bouquets from $14.95-19.99. No need to order the $60-100 arrangement from the local orist. Next, plan a Valentines dinner on the day before or after. Why? Most restaurants have a couples dinner marked at $99 min. If you have to go out that night, go to for Sushi on Valentines and take her to a nice place on the weekend. One youll save money and two you dont have to eat what they suggest your menu should be. Its a mark up holiday. Do what I do best. You can nd all the Valentines stuffed animals, candies, and cards marked 40-50% off at Target, Walmart, or wherever you buy your goodies. Plan ahead and you can save money and avoid mixed emotions from your partner.
Crys Jackson yes!!!! all of the functional, fun, BEAUTIFUL, intelligent lesbians are hiding or something. I just cant nd Mrs. Jackson ANYWHERE! #Firstworldproblems SERIOUSLY THOUGH...I think Valentines Day should not just be one day out of the year. If you really love someone I think you should show it throughout the ENTIRE year. But thats just me personally everyone is different. =)
Valentines Day is coming up. How has the economy affected your dating life?
Ryan Fong I had to bury my wallet because of this romantic holiday. R.I.P my once lled wallet. :(
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alentines Day is the one day where couples are at their romantic best. Its a day based on love and affection. Everyone looks forward to it, right? Wrong. I say otherwise. I could do without Valentines Day this year since I dont have a date. Call me bitter (because I am). Im pretty sure I dont need to see couples all over campus holding hands and making out in plain view in the middle of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center with their Jack hearts Jill T-shirts. It also doesnt help when Michael Im forced to sidestep a group 27 pink and red heartLingberg of shaped balloons. I feel as though everyone is mocking me, making fun of my singleness. V-day is all about rubbing my singlehood in my face. I just know that when Im in the sight of a couple with a 20-pound stuffed teddy bear, they chuckle with infuriating smugness. We dont need a Hallmark Holiday to express feelings toward a partner. The day isnt really about love, but more about the one day of the year sales of red roses, boxes of chocolates and sappy cards skyrocket. Love is now about how much money you spend and how many gifts you get for your partner. It would be a safe bet to assume most people dont know who Valentine was. Feb. 14 has traditionally honored a Christian martyr named Saint Valentine. It has been a day when couples expressed their love for each other. The legend of English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer, has been credited with associating the day with romance since the Middle Ages. Can you believe people used to hand-write their cards instead of lazily buying a massproduced Valentines Day card? Where has the creativity gone?
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My biggest problem with this holiday is that its predictable. It doesnt take much thought to plan a romantic evening on Valentines Day. Your date is expecting to be taken to the most expensive restaurant that can be found. Theyre expecting that classy $100 bottle of wine. Rose petals spread over the bed with candles lit? Mandatory. If you want to be unpredictable, do all of those things on random days throughout the year. Instead of sending your crush a singing Valentines Day gram, do that in the middle of March when there are no major holidays and she or he least expects it. But if you really want to be creative, send your crush a card with a message similar to this one I found on one of the many antiValentines Day websites: Happy unimaginative, consumeristoriented and entirely arbitrary, manipulative and shallow interpretation of romance day. Despite my bitterness, I sincerely wish a happy day to all the couples out there but Ill still judge you all secretly. oday is the day. You know it is because everything leading up to today has been chock-full of pinks and reds, pollen-infested flowers, tiny pieces of chocolate in expensive heart-shaped boxes and cheesy movies to aggravate your lactose intolerance of such. Ah, but love is in the air nonetheless! As with any other holiday such as Mothers Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas, Valentines Day serves as a reminder to appreciate and love those deserving of it. Some might not need these reminders, in which case they should just carry on with their day. But then why have anniversaries? Dont anniversaries serve as a reminder just the same? Whats annoying about Valentines Day isnt that Hallmark is trying to make money, or that couples pretend to care and that today holds significance for their relationship. Whats annoying is when people make themselves miserable on this day, recruiting members along for the Single Awareness Day (SAD) campaign.
Hallmark isnt stealing your wallet; you are willingly buying their product(s). So let the economy be as it has always been, unless you are a part of the Occupy movement. Couples may feel forced to show their love, thus falsifying feelings. If this is true and you dont want to show more lovin at any chance available to your partner, then do us all a favor and just end it. If couples are merely against celebrating on this particular day because everyone else is doing it, then take your hipster ways to Midtown Eats a week or two after the date to celebrate Oanh (maybe Lincoln Lounge later). After all, dates are just Luc guidelines. Today should not be SAD. There are people surrounding you: friends, family, classmates youre not single. On the other hand, if it is SAD, then today shouldnt be different than any other. You can go back to isolation under your rock now. Remember in grade school when you would bring Valentines cards or treats and pass them out to all your friends (even the weirdos you didnt really like)? Thats what today is about. Its a time to recognize the value of those in your life, no matter how small a role someone plays. Its as simple as that, so take the holiday for what its worth. Everyone gets off on it, so why hate something that stimulates more lovin? Embrace Valentines Day.
Oanh Luc studies psychology, English, and French. She can be reached at oluc@nevadasagebrush.com.
Michael Lingberg studies journalism and sociology. He can be reached at mlingberg@nevadasagebrush.com.
ACADEMIC ACRIMONY
FEMSEX ED
Female sexuality club promotes awareness

m a rm believer that true sex education never ends. Not just touching on safety, but exploration and manifestation. It evolves, it dies, and its reborn. You can tell a lot about the times by its sex education program. Its a culture mirror. It says a hell of a lot about Caitlin gender Thomas politics, too. Ive built up most of my activism around the idea that female sexuality is deeply misunderstood in society. Building a resistance to the repression and mixed signals we are often ooded with via media, sex education programs and politics is crucial. Its necessary. Combat, baby. Just because youre in college doesnt mean you cant keep yourself sex-updated. In fact, studies have shown people have sex in college. I know, its ridiculous. Where could we get a program that envelopes all elements of female sexuality? Could we build a strong community of lady wisdom? Where, oh where do we look? Berkeley. Duh. There is this magical and evolving program at Berkeley called Female Sexuality.
Tenure breeds lazy lectures, stagnancy
FemSex for short. Its a decal class, meaning, the students teach it. Those kids at Berkeley, I swear, always breaking barriers. Basically, FemSex revolves around talking about things you dont talk about and things that need to be talked about more. Topics range from the female orgasm to social issues relating to sex work or violence toward women. If youre a woman living right now, boy, this class is for you! Dr. Tory Clark teaches Human Sexuality here at the University of Nevada, Reno. Bound together by our sex positivity and mutual awesomeness, she sent the FemSex link to me one day via Facebook last autumn. We should bring this here, she wrote. At rst my knowledge of apathy on campus got the best of me. People dont even like having a sex column in the paper, so why would this attract anyone? But then I got over the peak in my menstrual cycle. So, a small group of clever, lovely women started meeting a few times each month. Emails were sent out. Discussions were had. Fliers ew all over campus. As a starting point, we decided to make FemSex a club. That being said, we do plan to evolve into something for credit. Currently, we offer one session a week, each catering to a theme related to women. As a facilitator (there are eight of us, each of us knowledgeable in different shades of topic) Ive watched a glow appear since we started at
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the beginning of the semester. There is a safety in FemSex. Each student brings something unique to the table. There is condentiality. There is freedom to speak. FemSex is about sharing knowledge and questioning the dominant culture. FemSex is not a normal club. Dude, its a feminists wet dream. If I had it my way, this class would be required for freshmen girls. Its like a lusty and wise unicorn of hope for the next generation. There is something in the air. No, I mean it. There is a shift in consciousness going on right now. People are starting to ask questions. They are occupying Wall Street. Rebellion is so hot right now. Lets start by talking about our vulvas, yeah?
Caitlin Thomas studies English and womens studies. She can be reached at opinion@nevadasagegebrush.com.
ith the Nevada State budget in a perpetual downward spiral, education has been under attack. Nevadas talking heads have proposed everything from eliminating extracurriculars (such as sports and music), to redirecting all operational costs (which normally pays for building maintenance and electricity bills). Student-teacher ratios have reached unrealistic proportions, and schools can no longer accommodate the masses they try to seat. Tara As a future Verderosa teacher, I strongly support providing quality public education, one that delivers more than just the bare minimum. But there is one major change, brought to attention by the budget, of which I have become a supporter eliminating tenure. Perhaps Ill regret saying this four years down the line when Im living out of my car after losing my meager teaching salary to budget cuts, but hear me out. While I believe fairness and job security is important (especially my own), I think the education system (both general and university) need to reevaluate keeping teachers staffed based primarily on their seniority. In most education systems, tenure is defined as padded job security, which ensures that a teacher cannot be fired unfairly. While this is great in theory, unfairly seems to have lost its true value. At the University of Nevada, Reno, for example, it takes a tenured professor two years of consecutive unsatisfactory remarks to even be considered for dismissal. In other words, even if a teacher is abysmal, it will take 730 days (in other words, approximately 12 college classes) before that teacher can be removed and replaced with someone
Even if a teacher is abysmal, it will take 730 days before that teacher can be removed and replaced with someone more adequate.
more adequate. That means that, for two years, students will be receiving instruction that is considered less than satisfactory. And in the grand scope of the budget, that is two years of wasted salary pay. In an ideal world, teachers would get better as they spent more time in the classroom. The real world, however, couldnt be any further from the truth. Nevada is full of teachers who have become ingrained in their old ways, refusing to adapt to the changing personalities and learning styles of students. Teachers become comfortable in tenured positions and lose their desire to contribute and put their best effort into the classroom. At the university level, we continue to employ professors based on their research, despite poor ratings from students and only satisfactory teaching skills. In any other profession, the idea of tenure is ludicrous. Jobs in marketing, journalism and even engineering can be lost in an instant based on one poor judgment call. Only teachers are given a two-year window for messing up. And its an important place to clean up the flack. For every day a poor teacher is in the classroom, there is a student who is likely not understanding the material. Dont get me wrong. I support education to the fullest but not the type that focuses on keeping its employees more than educating students. And while I agree that every employee deserves job security, it should not impede our ability to keep the most able and flexible teachers in the classroom.
Tara Verderosa studies journalism and education. She can be reached at tverderosa@nevadasagebrush.com.
MASTERING THE ART OF THE TWEET
Promote personal skin ick to become a Twitter star
know what you were thinking when you saw my name next to this article: Daniel Coffey wrote this? As in THE Daniel Coffey? Hes Twitter famous! Its OK, you arent the rst person to recognize me. I usually tell people that it wasnt easy hitting the big time. It took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to get all 145 of my followers. Thats right! I have 145 followers. Makes you feel pretty insignicant, doesnt it? Lucky for you, Ive decided to nally let the cat out of the bag and share my secrets to fame. Follow these steps and you too could be at the top of the Twitter celeb A-list.
star is to have a very scandalous, very public sex tape. In our technological world, the only way to make sure people see your sex tape is to tweet about it. Granted, Im sure most of your friends dont really want to see your hidden tattoos, so be creative. Tweet something like look at this adorable video of my puppy, and then let them have it hidden tattoos and all. Public? Yes. Scandalous? Yes. Sexy? Well see.
died #lol, on the day she died. #TooSoon?
TWEET ABOUT MAJOR NEWS EVENTS

When something big happens, I check Twitter immediately for the sarcastic quips people have to say. You need to be quick and effective. During a major ood in Atlanta, you should be the rst to tweet Yo, Atlanta Im proud of you and Im a let you nish, but New Orleans had one of the best oods of all time! Now youve covered two major news stories in one, and you seem aware and good-humored. You might also seem like a bit of an asshole, but it comes with the fame.
#BECOMEAHASHTAGMASTER
Its easy to be funny on Twitter, even when youre not. Find out what popular hashtags are trending on a given day and take a shot at any of them. For example, if the hashtag is #thingsmymomsays, you could say I dont love you, you were such a mistake #thingsmymomsays. All moms say that, dont they? Be aware of why a certain hashtag might be trending, though. You denitely dont want to be the person who tweets Whats up with #AmyWinehouse ? Im thinking she either went to rehab or
MAKE A SEX TAPE AND TWEET IT

Take a page out of Kim Kardashians book. I dont mean having an ass so big that it looks like Daniel two dwarves wrestling under your pants; being Coffey Twitter famous can be as easy as tweeting a video of you bumping nasties. With A-listers such as Ke$ha, Snooki and Hillary Clinton, trashy is in these days, and the best way to be a
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Write an opinion piece for the paper and shamelessly plug your Twitter account name. @Supercoffey is mine, in case you were wondering.
Daniel Coffey studies international affairs. He can be reached at opinion@nevadasagebrush.com.
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ALBUM REVIEW
Experimental album too dense, inaccessible

By Charlie Woodman
During the course of its 15 years and 11 albums, of Montreal has honed and rened a very signature style. Fans of the band know to expect bouncing basslines, a mixture of glam, psychedelic funk and indie pop, and frontman and core creative force Kevin Barnes androgynous, birdlike vocals. Oh, and really pretentious song titles that never, ever show up in the lyrics (the bands biggest hit is a song called Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games it was used in an Outback Steakhouse commercial). That might sound like a weird combination, but the band has proven multiple times that its weird vibe can make something fun, dark and funky. Of Montreals new album, Paralytic Stalks, is largely reminiscent of Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? in that its a moody, personal album exploring Barnes life, but where Hissing Faunas pop was easily accessible and immediately fun while still retaining depth and passion, Paralytic Stalks is overly dense and a little bit messy. Recently, of Montreal has been experimenting with song structure, which is also true on Paralytic Stalks. Its not as scattered as the bands secondto-last album, Skeletal Lamping, (which was composed entirely of one minute song segments roughly clumped together) but the majority of the songs are fairly twitchy and unstructured jams such as Ye, Renew the Plaintiff seem to be headed in one direction, then veer off course into a completely different song, and then another, and another. It can be interesting because its unexpected, but it also seems unfocused. Instrumentation is equally sporadic. In We Will Commit Wolf Murder, theres a point where drums come crashing in so heavily that its easy to lose the songs tempo in the resulting explosion of sound. This could probably work for a noisy or more rough-sounding band, but of Montreal is really about fun, cuddly pop (even if the lyrics are morbid). It takes away from the established glam-funk groove. Often, other songs simply have too much going on, with myriad synths, mellophones, guitars, pianos, multiple drum tracks and chirping vocals all colliding in a confusing mess. Its an interesting and brave decision to meld all these sounds together at once, but it just doesnt come out right. However, not everything on Paralytic Stalks is unsuccessful. The music might be dense and messy, but after multiple listens it becomes much more bearable as the songs become more familiar,
OF MONTREAL PARALYTIC STALKS

Release Date: Feb. 7 Genre: Psychedelic Pop, Experimental Grade: C-
the way that the wildly different instrumentation plays off each other becomes more clear and less confusing. The lyrics also tell a complex and personal story of Barnes psyche and failing relationships. The only problem with both these things is they both require a serious amount of investment into the album. You cant just listen to it one time and pull away something valuable; it has to be explored multiple times before any of the pieces come together. And thats really it. Whether you enjoy this album will depend on how much time you are willing to invest in it. If you want a breezy, accessible album to play during runs or in the car, skip Paralytic Stalks. If you want something dense but ultimately rewarding, and cant get enough of Montreal, give Paralytic Stalks a try, but only after youve exhausted Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Charlie Woodman can be reached at arts-entertainment@ nevadasagebrush.com.
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Paralytic Stalks is the 11th full-length studio album from psychedelic and experimental pop group of Montreal. The subject matter is considered highly confessional and continues in the same lyrical style shown on previous of Montreal records.
Sex music
show off your most raunchy side.
SEX WITH SIGNIFICANT OTHER

If your rst time with that special someone works out and you guys become a couple, congrats! Now, the music choices get tougher.
You have to treat it as if every time you guys are smacking cheeks its your first time so as to keep it fresh. As most of us know, falling into a routine in a relationship ruins sex. So what I would do in this instance is simply put the iPod on shuffle and let it dictate what kind of night it will be. Maybe some Snoop Dogg will play and itll be time for some roughhousing. Or maybe a Chris Brown song will play and itll be time to slow grind it out
(or some more roughhousing, depending on what view you have of Mr. Brown). Either way, let the songs dictate your love making that night.
MAKEUP SEX/SEX WITH YOUR EX

Unless youre unbelievably fortunate, that significant other will become an ex sooner or later. But if I asked a room of 100 people if theyve ever had
makeup sex or sex with their ex, Id be shocked if 95 hands didnt immediately shoot up. So you have to prepare for this moment just as much as any other. This one is difficult to gauge because the song choices can depend on whether your ultimate goal is to get back with your partner or if youre just trying to give them one final farewell. But just like I dont know what your goal is with this type
of sex, you have no idea what the other person wants either. For this reason, you dont want to make yourself appear vulnerable. So, go in with a poker face. Play some music youve never played before. Look into the deepest depths of the earth and find some of the weirdest tunes youve ever heard. Bjork? Fever Ray? Burzum? Gorgoroth? Why the hell not? Might as well add some ambient elevator music for
good measure. Just throw it all on that fantastic playlist. Whats the reason for this? Hopefully your partner will leave the sexual encounter thinking, What the hell was that music selection all about? Then, and only then, my sexually active peers, will you finally have the upper hand. Godspeed.
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Cameron Miller-DeSart and Cassandra Ambe star as Larry and Alice in the Martis Theatre Companys inaugural production of Closer, a play written by Patrick Marber. Closer opens tonight at the Laxalt Auditorium.
Students, alumni launch edgy theater company

By Casey OLear
When James Schlauch graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno with a degree in theater last semester, he decided he could best put his studies to use by opening a new student-driven theater company in Reno. Tonight, the Martis Theatre Company opens its inaugural production. The play is Patrick Marbers Closer, a story of tumultuous love that pushes the boundaries on sexuality and romance. Closer has been a careerlong dream, Schlauch said. Ive been applying to direct it for three years now. It was the rst script that I read in the theater department on my own, and I absolutely fell in love with the idea. Its a play about love and hate, and trust and distrust, and the duality of relationships on both ends of the spectrum the good and the bad. Many members of the cast and crew were familiar with the material and therefore anxious to work on the play, Schlauch said. A lm adaptation of the play, starring Natalie Portman and Jude Law, was released in 2004. Id seen the lm, and I really like the lm, said Cameron Miller-DeSart, a 21-year-old journalism major who plays Larry in Closer. It was really powerful and just fantastically depressing. It was a really great lm, but were doing it justice by performing it because every single person in the show is just going above and beyond. Theyre really making it come to life in a really fantastic way. Melissa Ortiz, a 22-year-old theater student, plays Anna in Closer. The play has been one of her favorites for a long time because of its unconventional subject matter. Its material you dont get to do a lot as an actor, Ortiz said. Its very gritty and raw, and its very nice to get an opportunity to do something with this much emotional depth. Everything completes itself. The whole play comes full-circle, and thats interesting to me. And it doesnt end happily. Its more realistic. The signicance of the plays opening night is not a coincidence, according to cast members. Were opening it up on Valentines Day, which is denitely an anti-Valentines Day kind of thing, said JJ von Nolde, a 23-year-old theater student who plays Dan in Closer. The audience will go on a ride where it explores a lot of different aspects of a lot of different relationships, and it doesnt always turn out the best. Love isnt simple. It takes work. Schlauch plans to continue opening plays on holidays. His next endeavor will be Art by Yasmina Reza, a comedy that will open on April Fools Day. Although the Martis Theatre Company welcomes other members of the community, the ultimate goal is to provide an opportunity for younger people, including actors and directors, to gain experience in the world of theater. It would benet students at UNR to get their foot in the door for professional theater, Schlauch said. The primary vision of this theater company is to give students who may not be able to have any experience to use this as a gateway. Schlauch has been involved in a number of small productions around Reno throughout the years, but Closer most accurately represents his true vision for theater, he said. He aspires to one day have his own theater space and contribute to the local scene by presenting more thought-provoking productions. I think hes not afraid to do shows that are adult, MillerDeSart said. I mean that in the most complimentary way hes not afraid to do pretty risqu shows and be proud of them and make them classy
CLOSER
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Friday and Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Sunday Cost: $10 for general admission, $7 for students and seniors and $10 per couple on Valentines Day only.
and pretty and dark. Whereas a lot of people would make them really graphic and tawdry, or they would change the script, making it lighter or ufer for a more general audience.
Casey OLear can be reached at colear@nevadasagebrush.com.
Soundtrack a crucial part of different sexual experiences

By Juan Lpez
Every self-respecting college student who owns an iPod has a playlist on their device dedicated to knocking boots. If you dont, you need to make one now. Start with Whitney Houstons (may she rest in peace) Saving All My Love for You, and go from there. But while the names we have for our beloved baby-making playlists might differ (I call mine FM an abbreviation for Fucking Music), the songs and moods also differ greatly. You dont want to play the same song for a guy or girl you just met at a house party that you do for someone youre looking to get into a long-term relationship with. It would devalue the meaning of that song to you and give off the wrong impression to the person youre laying. So while the importance of music during sex needs no justication (ever try laying the pipe without some tunes in the background?), the song choices need to be just as highly considered as well as the occasion. This ones touchy because you only know if its a one-night stand after the fact. You cant really plan to have a one-night stand unless it works out that way. But if I think I see a moment like this on the horizon, I always make it a goal of mine to rock this girls world beyond belief. What better way to do that than with hard house songs? I love throwing on some David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia or Poogie Bear and going to town. Hearing that hard bass blast gives you the energy you need to go hard in the paint.
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This ones trickier than the one-nighter because youre seeing this person on a more consistent basis. These booty calls, even though they may not mean anything to you beyond the doors of your bedroom, still have an influence on you. For this reason, you gotta mix it up. Again, hard house/techno is a great choice in this situation, but sprinkling in some dubstep, R&B and even old-school hiphop is a must. R. Kelly, Drake, Skrillex, Adele throw em all in there. Hopefully, youre having casual sex with this person
because theyre good at it and not because theyre the only person who will give you some. So make it worth their while and show off your entire repertoire. Shagging under different types of atmospheres will be good practice for when you nally settle down.
FIRST TIME WITH SOMEONE SPECIAL

Speaking of settling down, most of us have dealt with the moment when were about to bump uglies with someone we can foresee being a partner. For this reason, you have to be very cautious when approaching this. You dont
ONE-NIGHT STAND
Ah, the old hit it and quit it.
want to come off too strong and scare them away, but you dont want to come off too soft and not leave them wanting more. So in this instance, Id go with a strict 50/50 mixture of R&B and reggaeton (if you have never heard of reggaeton and dont understand Spanish, look it up anyway. It works wonders). Start off with the slow jams to ease your partner into it, then speed it up with the reggaeton (Don Omar and Wisin Y Yandel never fail) at the end to build up the excitement and
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For those late nights spent studying and the subsequent early morning classes, this coffee-brewing app will certainly come in handy. It will assist you in finding the perfect timings and techniques necessary for creating the best cup of coffee possible, in addition to providing coupons and special offers for purchasing coffee and tips or fun facts about the beverage.
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Porn industry continues to blow expectations

By Casey OLear
Since the beginning of time, where there were cave paintings, there were those that depict people having sex. This trend has continued an evolved immensely throughout the years from the advent of cameras, through VCR tapes and onto the Internet. Whenever a new medium has come about, the pornography industry is among the rst to accommodate it and, in some cases, pioneer it. Though it is rarely spoken about, the porn industry is often at the forefront of technological advances and business innovation. Porn was the rst product to make money on the Internet and, despite the emerging problems posed by pirated content and le sharing, still earns upwards of $1 billion each year online. Technology that all Internet users employ on a daily basis has roots in the adult industry streaming video, Flash, website memberships and credit card verication. Annaliese Nielsen founded GodsGirls.com, an alternative porn site, which offers both pornographic photography and video. GodsGirls features a highly interactive element that allows customers to have a greater experience with the content, she said. I think the adult industry at large is beginning to realize the importance of creating social experiences on the Internet, Nielsen said. Youre going to see more and more adult sites that work on a GodsGirls model of attempting to create a space on the web that combines content and community. GodsGirls allows its models to produce their own content and sell it on their profiles. Because of this, the website is able to incorporate many different kinds of new technology. Of course, not only is it a lot of hard work for us to aspire to stay up-to-date on the latest technology in terms of our site and features but we also have to compete with an onslaught of powerful social networks that didnt exist when we launched this project, Nielsen said. Many porn sites have harnessed increasingly popular social networking websites in order to further their products. The girls are increasingly easy to nd and communicate with (outside of) GodsGirls everyone has a Twitter and a Tumblr where their friends and fans can follow what is happening in their lives, Nielsen said. There is a struggle to stay relevant as the web becomes increasingly social. We are working on new features and innovations right now that we are very excited about. As always, pornography is still changing and innovating today. When the iPad was introduced, porn companies had created ways to stream videos on the device, skipping Apples restrictions on such adult content, in a matter of days. While 3-D technology is still in its infancy in mainstream media, the porn industry is working to advance this technology for at-home usage. Porn has even delved into the realm of video games. Dajana Dimovska is one video game creator behind the Dark Room Sex Game, a video game that uses the Wiimote to create an erotic rhythm. The objective of the game is to give one or multiple partners an orgasm. The video game industry has a harsh policy on sexual content and therefore I think that a game like Dark Room Sex Game today would t best in the porn industry, Dimovska said. We have received email requests from people that are interested to buy games like (the Dark Room Sex Game) and play it at home with their partner. We have even thought about creating a similar online dating game, where partners can have virtual sex online. Dimovska expects more sexualized video games to arise as the industry evolves. I denitely see a big market potential for multiplayer sex games in the style of (the Dark Room Sex Game), Dimovska said. I think it is likely game developers will start developing sex games like this and storm the porn industry with a new sex games genre. From live-chatting systems to broadband and from 4G mobile services to fast streaming speeds, the porn industry has completely revolutionized the Internet and how people interact with technology. The adult industry continues to remain on the cutting edge of innovation and will likely continue to create advances that change the way the world works withan increased focus on 3-D, interactive and mobile technology.
Casey OLear can be reached at colear@nevadasagebrush.com.
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Sports
Staff Report
West Conference. The universities involved were: the United States Air Force Academy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Colorado State University, East Carolina University, Fresno State, University of Hawaii, Marshall University, University of Nevada, Reno, University of New Mexico, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Rice University, University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas at El Paso, Tulane University, the University of Tulsa and University of Wyoming. With the exception of Hawaii as a football-only member, the participation would involve all sports. This new athletic association is an exciting opportunity for the University of Nevada, Nevada athletics director Cary Groth said in a university statement. We
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CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT
Athletics reps seek new association

Representatives from 16 universities, including the University of Nevada, Reno, met Sunday in Dallas to discuss future conference membership plans and agreed to work on forming a new intercollegiate athletic association that would begin competition in the 2013-14 academic year, according to a release from the Mountain are appreciative to the university presidents and chancellors as well as the conference commissioners for their leadership and hard work in making this partnership a reality. We are thrilled to be a part of this new association and look forward to the opportunities it will provide.
The sports desk can be reached at sports@nevadasagebrush.com.
HOW THE NEW CONFERENCE MIGHT LOOK

Membership of 18 to 24 universities. National scope from the Atlantic ocean to Hawaii. Championship football game format including seminals. Championship basketball tournament. NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision afliation. Mechanisms to emphasize and improve academic standards and scal responsibility. The schools will have follow-up meetings during the next six months to fully develop the plan.

Gendered injuries
HEAD INJURIES: STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT BOTH SEXES EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT CONCUSSION SYMPTOMS. MEN HAVE AMNESIA AND CONFUSION MORE OFTEN WHEREAS WOMEN FEEL DROWSY AND HAVE SENSITIVITY TO NOISE AND LIGHT. By Michael Lingberg
In the days leading up to the Jan. 23 game agai against Idaho, Nevada basketball forward Kayla Williams Willia felt nauseous when she sat down for a mea meal. A short time later, sharp pains attacked her side side. The pains became so overwhelming that she went with a teammate to check into the em emergency room. Despite going through multi multiple tests, doctors were still unsure of what w was wrong w ong with her. wr Eventually, it was discovered that an ov ovarian cyst had burst something unique to women. Most tend to think of sports injuries being the same with both men and wom women. But, in reality, there is a different spin to every injury, and every body.
AS PART OF THE FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD, SOME FEMALE ATHLETES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE IRREGULAR, OR EVEN MISSED MENSTRUATION AS A RESULT OF OVEREXERTION DURING EXERCISE.
THE KNEE
One example of these slight difference differences is in the structure of the knee joint, specic cally who the anterior cruciate ligament. Anyone w follows sports knows that an athlete with an ACL injury will be out for a long time. Its like the black cloud in the back of any athletes min mind. There are several explanations as to w why women are especially vulnerable to A ACL injuries. One popular reason is because beca the intercondylar notch is smaller in less women. Because of this, there is l exibility in the knee, according to PubMed.gov. However, its still not women completely understood why wom suffer ACL injuries at higher rates. area The intercondylar notch is the a conbetween the lateral and medial c that dyle of the thigh bone. The size of t ACL. area determines the size of the A Therefore, the intercondylar no notch isnt the direct reason for injury, just an indirect factor. New research released Feb. 7 by the American Academy of Orthopae Orthopaedic was a Surgeons showed that there wa chance 64 percent decrease in the cha socof an ACL injury in female s cer players if they took part in Nevada a 15-minute warm up. Nev Price, soccer head coach Missy Pr said who also has a doctorate degree in sports psychology, s that the soccer team uses dynamic warm ups, which involve invo changes movements that stress exibility, range of motion and chan of direction and speed. Having an injury as severe as an ACL tear can be difcult for an athlete. Former Nevada soccer player Joanne Terranova said that it can take a long time to get back to full strength. Its frustrating to watch everyone play when youre on the sidelines, she said. No one wants to sit out. And when you nally get back See WOMEN Page B4
KNEE (ACL): FEMALE ATHLETES ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURIES BECAUSE THE AREA WHERE THE ACL IS LOCATED, CALLED THE INTERCONDYLAR NOTCH, IS SMALLER.
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Members of the Nevada womens soccer team celebrated National Women in Sports Day on Saturday.
STRESS FRACTURES (ANKLE): STRESS FRACTURES ARE ANOTHER PART OF THE FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD. MOST CASES OF STRESS FRACTURES OCCUR IN THE ANKLES AND FEET OF FEMALE ATHLETES.
National sports day celebrated

Staff Report
Getting a child involved in any sport at an early age can pay huge dividends down the line. The annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day activities were held Saturday afternoon at Lawlor Events Center. Several hundred children and their parents attended the event, which stressed the involvement of girls and women in sports. The Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada and Charter Communications teamed up
THE DAYS HISTORY

Feb. 1 was the 26th annual
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National Girls and Women In Sports Day. This years theme was, Title IX at 40: In it for the Long Run. When Title IX was enacted in 1971, only 1-in-27 girls participated in high school sports. Today, the numbers are up to 1-in-3. Its also the 40th anniversary of when it was signed into law in 1972. Despite the advances, high school girls still receive 1.3 million fewer participation opportunities than boys.
FROM YOUR SECRET ADMIRER
Dear Deonte, happy V-Day
Milestones mean nothing to team

By Eric Lee Castillo
The Nevada mens basketball team has attained milestone after milestone this season, but the only goal the team strives to earn still remains. Weve had one goal since the season started and that hasnt changed, junior shooting guard Malik Story said. It all started with beating two Pacic-12 conference schools in a single season for the rst time in program history, it culminated when the team won 16 games in a row (tying a school record set in 1965) and now the team is maintaining its stride as the 13th team in Nevada history to notch 21 victories. Wolf Pack head coach David Carter became the second coach in Nevada history to have two seasons with 20-plus wins when Nevada beat the Rainbow Wahine 80-79 Thursday in Hawaii. Nevada senior center Dario Hunt became the fourth best rebounder in Nevada history with his 928 career rebounds passing Alex Boyd (1967-70). Hunt is now tied for 20th in Western Athletic Conference history in that category after his performance Saturday in a 76-70 win over San
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i, Deonte. Umm, is it cool if I call you Tae? Lol. You probably dont know me, but I see you all the time walking around campus, running around the basketball court, sleeping in class (haha, jk). Anyway, Im sure youd recognize me if you saw me. Im usually in the Juan nosebleeds Lpez part of the student section at Lawlor Events Center at home basketball games. Im probably the only person in the gym who cheers after you miss a free throw because I know youll make it next time. If you look up into the stands and see someone waving around a blue and white scarf during halftime, thats me. Sorry for beating around the bush, I just get really nervous when it comes to things like
this. I dont normally do this. So, I really dont know how to say this, but you mean a lot to me. Like, A LOT. I think about you all the time, and when Im in class or at work, the only thing I can think about is you. My friends tell me to let you go because the feelings arent mutual, but they dont understand us. No one does. But its OK because I learned that if you want something bad enough, you can get it. And if that means stalking your Facebook and making a list of everyone whos ever liked one of your statuses so I can make sure they stay away from you, then Im willing to do that. Oooh, while were talking about Facebook, I remember a couple of weeks ago, the Sagebrush posted a question asking for suggestions on how to get more students to attend Nevada home basketball games. On one of the responses, some creeper
nevadasagebrush.com to follow the Wolf Pack mens basketball games slated for this week. 7 p.m. today against California State University Bakerseld 1 p.m. Saturday against Iona in ESPNs BracketBusters game.
Jose State. Through Hunt has tacked on nine double-doubles this season, sophomore point guard Deonte Burton had a 31-point game by against Washington, Malik Story is shooting nearly 47 percent from 3-point range and senior forward Olek Czyz had a careerhigh 27 point performance the Nevada mens basketball team is still has not satised. None of that stuff matters the streak and everything because until we get that (Western Athletic Conference) championship, we havent accomplished what we set out to this season, Story said. The Wolf Pack is only one
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Senior Wolf Pack center Dario Hunt notched his ninth double-double of the season Saturday during a 76-70 win against San Jose State .
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STAT OF THE WEEK
is the total number of assists by sophomore Nevada guard Deonte Burton on Saturday against San Jose State. He had to nd other ways of contributing as he made only two of his seven shots and no shots from beyond the arc.
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CATCHING UP WITH THE PACK ...
ON TAP MENS BASKETBALL

vs. Cal State Bakerseld 7 p.m. Today at Iona 1 p.m. Saturday
THE SKINNY: With two more solid wins at Hawaii and San Jose State, Nevada has now won 18 of its last 19 games and is sitting comfortably atop the Western Athletic Conference standings with a 10-1 conference record. The Wolf Pack will get a break from conference play this week when it takes on Division I independent California State University, Bakerseld today in Lawlor for a tune-up before travelling to New York to take on Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference powerhouse Iona. Look for Nevada guard Deonte Burton to rebound from a below-par game (for his standards) against San Jose State.
WOMENS BASKETBALL
vs. Utah State 7 p.m. Thursday vs. Idaho 7 p.m. Saturday
THE SKINNY: The Nevada womens basketball team is mired in a ve-game losing streak and has cemented itself into the basement of the Western Athletic Conference standings. After losing the past two games by a combined 34 points, the Wolf Packs condence must be low at the moment. The small amount of hope Nevada has is in the fact that the last time it won was against Idaho, which will coincidentally be the visitor on Saturday.
Nevada sophomore guard Jordan Burris makes a power move in the paint against an Idaho defender during what was ultimately the Wolf Packs rst loss in 17 games on Feb. 4.
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AROUND THE WAC

Sophomore LaSasha Aldredge broke her own school record at the Husky Invite by running the 400-meter event in 54.86. Senior Jndia Cleveland broke the school record in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.56 and Junior Courtney Schultz ran 5,000-meters in 16:44.33.
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NEW MEXICO STATE SETS THREE TRACK RECORDS
Former Wolf Pack football defensive coordinator Andy Buh coached at Stanford before joining Nevada. He recently accepted a position with the Wisconsin Badgers. He was one of three coaches the Nevada football team lost this season.
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SOFTBALL
vs. Pacic 10 a.m. Friday vs. Bradley 12:15 p.m. Friday at Stanford 12:15 p.m. Saturday
THE SKINNY: The 2012 season has gotten off to a rocky start for the Nevada softball team. With only one win in the four games it has played in the Aggie Stampede, the team will attempt to get back on track during the Stanford Nike Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.
New coaches wont cause instability for the Wolf Pack

evada football head coach Chris Ault and newly named defensive coordinator Mike Bradeson have been around the program long enough to maintain a healthy dose of consistency next season. Ault is heading into his 28th season with the Wolf Pack and has been coaching longer than any active college football coach. As the famous saying goes, Simply Eric Lee put Chris Ault Castillo is University of Nevada football. Players may not be very fond of his in-your-face coaching style, but his rsum gives him the license to conduct the team in any manner he deems necessary. He wins games, and thats all that matters. Bradeson, though hes been around for only two seasons, has made a serious impact on players in that short time. Hes the most vocal coach on the defensive side of the ball during practices and is not someone players want to see darting across the field to confront them. The fear Bradeson invokes in
WHOS HOT OLEK CZYZ MENS BASKETBALL During Saturdays 76-70 win at San Jose State, Czyz occupied Deonte Burtons role of putting the team on his back when he scored 23 of his career-high 27 points. WHOS NOT NEVADA SOFTBALL The Wolf Pack softball team got off to a rocky start in its season-opening weekend, going just 1-4 and being shutout in three of its losses. Nevada can ill-afford another slow start after nishing dead last in the conference last season with a 13-34 overall record and a 4-17 mark in the league.
the players is comparable to that which Ault instills. That alone is enough to establish a rapport among the players. New recruits will learn quickly not to cross Bradeson once spring training starts. Though these two coaches have earned the respect of the team, three new coaches are slated to start with the Wolf Pack next season and will have to work to gain similar reverence. It doesnt matter who the coaches are NCAA Division I athletes are expected to work. The caveat is that many factors go into how hard an athlete will work for their coaches. It will hurt the success of the team if the players arent receptive of their new leaders. With the Wolf Packs recent reformation of the coaching staff, questions will arise regarding whether this staff will be able to get the job done at Nevada. Theyve never been successful with the Wolf Pack. So no matter how established their experience is elsewhere, they still have to prove themselves in Reno. This creates the illusion of instability, and no team wants to appear that way. Its bad for recruiting and retaining players. Let this column squelch any
concerns regarding consistency. The Wolf Pack coaching staff does look to be taking on a new dynamic with the departure of offensive line coach Cameron Norcross, defensive coordinator Andy Buh and running backs coach Casey Moore. However, with Ault and Bradeson returning in the most inuential positions on the coaching staff, there wont be any diversion from the level of competition Nevada football fans expect from the Wolf Pack. Plus, with the returning of veteran Nevada coaches Ken Wilson, Scott Baumgartner, Barry Sacks, James Spady, and James Ward, the head coach and defensive coordinator are only at the forefront of returning coaches. Its part of the dynamic of college football that teams will look different every season. Granted its usually because of seniors graduating, the inux in freshmen recruits and junior college transfers, the new coaching staff will only help the program not hurt it. They will be able to start off in stride with the guidance of the esteemed coaching staff with the Wolf Pack.
Eric Lee Castillo can be reached at ecastillo@nevadasagebrush.com.
The Fresno State womens soccer team said goodbye Sunday to its four seniors with a banquet dinner. Laura Dodd, Rachel Pickett, Molly Nizzoli and Kendall VanDine all represented the Bulldogs for four years.
FRESNO STATE HONORS FOUR SOCCER SENIORS
The 2011 academic All-Western Athletic Conference list was released for fall sports. There were 289 student-athletes named to the list. To be eligible, an athlete had to have completed one academic year with at least a 3.0 GPA and participated in half of a teams contests. Nevada was represented by 20 athletes.
STUDENT ATHLETES HONORED
The San Jose State womens tennis team fell to No. 46 Cal Poly 5-2 on Saturday. Despite the loss, two Spartan freshmen, Erica Medlin and Isadora Busch, came away with singles wins. With a difcult 73-64 win against Louisiana Tech, the Idaho mens basketball team has won four straight games. It began its modest streak by going to Reno and ending Nevadas 16-game win streak, then followed that with two wins against Seattle University and New Mexico State by a combined two points.
SAN JOSE STATE FALLS TO WORTHY FOE
IDAHO ON A ROLL
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Wolf Pack softball slides to 1-4 start

KEY PLAYERS
Pitched 24 complete games last season. DP: Soph. Sam Puzey Batted a team high .357 last weekend. C: Fr. Ashley Butera From Saugus, Calif. 1B: Jr. Lauren Lastrapes Hit a team-high seven home runs last season. 2B: Soph. Caylin Campbell Batted .311 last season. SS: Soph. Karley Hopkins Batted .353 last season in leadoff spot. 3B: Fr. Molly McWilliams From Anderson, Calif. LF: Sr. Alex Arciniega Second season with the Wolf Pack after transferring from Western Nevada College. CF: Soph. Sara Parsons Had a team-high .700 slugging percentage last weekend. RF: Jr. Megan Fincher Drew a team-high 24 walks last season
P: Sr. Mallary Darby
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By Eric Uribe
After a rough two years, the Nevada softball team closed the book on its past and started a new chapter last weekend. The Wolf Pack opened the 2012 season going 1-4 at the Aggie Stampede in Davis, Calif. Were going to take it one game at a time, junior outelder Megan Fincher said. We know what our ultimate goal is. So were focusing on each opponent we face every day. Nevada dropped its rst two games against Boise State 4-0 and 7-3, respectively. The Wolf Pack followed with its rst win of the season, coming from behind to defeat University of California, Davis 6-3. Nevada ended the weekend with losses to Loyola Marymount 4-0 and UC Davis 2-0. Despite the slow start to the season, the Wolf Pack is convinced this years club has changed for the better. The expectation, the energy, the depth, the personnel on the team I feel like its a lot different team from the past, head coach Matt Meuchel said. Nevada has nished last place in the Western Athletic Conference for the past two seasons.
Junior outelder Chelsea Barilli slides safely on base during the Wolf Pack softball teams fall ball exhibition game with the Feather River College Eagles which Nevada won 19-0.
In that span, the Wolf Pack has lost twice as much as it has won, going 30-62. A far cry from the two seasons prior to that, when the Wolf Pack combined for a 84-37 record, qualifying for the WAC tournament nals twice in the process. Senior outelder Alex Arciniega said the Wolf Pack has a newfound attitude. Were tired of losing, Arciniega said. Were tired of feeling that way. As a whole, we decided were going to do something about it. From day one, its been a really good attitude and really good outlook on things. An area of concern for the Wolf Pack has to be on offense, which amounted to just nine runs in ve games. Nevada is without the big bat of junior Erin Jones. The third baseman underwent an MRI on her knee. Jones was selected to the 2012 Preseason All-WAC team after hitting .362 and driving in 21 runs last season. Erin was denitely one of our keys in our offense and she was dominant on defense. Were going to do the best to pick up the slack and live up to what she wouldve been, Fincher said. Meuchel emphasized pitching will be a key for a successful season. Nevada will feature a rotation of ve pitchers this season. After injuries derailed last seasons staff, ve pitchers provides much-needed depth. Senior right-handed ace Mallary Darby will be instrumental in the rotations success. She is coming off a season where she was the workhorse, pitching 214 innings. Darby pitched over 19 innings during the Aggie Stampede earning an ERA of 1.83. Ive been through it all, Darby said. After the past couple of years, our main thing is going to be coming together. Staying together and trusting together. Its about nine girls playing together as team. The Wolf Pack has a long road ahead of it. Going through the WAC will be no easy task. Four WAC rivals Fresno State, Hawaii, BYU and New Mexico State received votes for NCAA top-25 rankings. With major changes to the WAC looming, the stage has been set for a battle to end all battles in the conference. An early preseason poll had the Wolf Pack slotted to nish fth in the WAC. The rst thing that jumps out of the page is the quality of the conference, Meuchel said. For us to make the ve spot is what it is. Anybody that makes it to the conference tournament, with the conference being as strong as it is this year, is going to have a chance at winning the championship. Nevada is condent they can go toe-to-toe with its WAC counterparts. Our competitiveness is huge, Arciniega said. We compete every day, even against each other in scrimmages. All that competitiveness is going to lter towards other teams. The Wolf Pack has another thing working in its favor. Nevada will play 12 conference games at home to only nine on the road due to an uneven amount of games. Of the four teams receiving top 25 votes, Nevada will only travel to New Mexico State. Nevada continues its new chapter when it heads to Palo Alto, Calif., on Friday to compete in the Stanford Nike Invitational.
Eric Uribe can be reached at sports@nevadasagebrush.com.
Nevada drops fth straight to top-ranked Fresno

By Kyle Wise
Returning to the Lawlor Events Center did little to alleviate the ailing womens basketball team, which lost Saturday to the Fresno State Bulldogs 85-67 for the second time this season in the rst of a three-game home stretch for the Wolf Pack. The loss drops Nevada (5-17, 1-7 WAC), sending them even deeper into the Western Athletic Conference basement. The Bulldogs cruised to 20-4, 8-0 WAC, and remain at the helm of the standings while the Wolf Pack occupies the caboose in last place. Going back to a Jan. 26 loss to Hawaii, Nevada has now lost ve straight games. Wolf Pack head coach Jane Albright still found some things to be proud of. My team really battled hard today, Albright said. The score doesnt indicate that, but I thought there were a lot of really positive things. One of those positive things was the Wolf Packs rebounding, as they managed to out-rebound the Bulldogs 39 to 30. To out-rebound Fresno State is a huge thing, Albright said. The other numbers, however, do not bode well for the Wolf Pack. Nevada committed 23 turnovers to the Bulldogs 17, which resulted in 18 points for Fresno. The Bulldogs also got far more production out of its bench, netting 35 points to the Wolf Packs 14. Fresno States ability to stretch the oor didnt help Nevada, either. The Bulldogs are No. 26 in the nation in 3-point eld goal percentage, and its excellent three-point shooting continued Saturday. Fresno made 62.1 percent (18-for-29) from beyond the arc. In comparison, Nevada made 10 percent (1-for-10). Albright continued to nd the silver lining in the loss, as she praised the performance of senior forward Kayla Williams, noting that she was really inspired by the way Kayla played. Williams led the Wolf Pack with 24 points, which was double her output in the previous game against New Mexico State. She also nished with seven rebounds, two blocks and a steal. Tonight was the hardest Ive seen our team work in a long time, and its the most together weve played in a long time, Williams said. I think that if we play as hard as we did tonight against other teams in the conference, theres no way we cant start winning these games. Junior guard Chanelle Brennan also sees the bright side of her teams performance. I felt like we worked together as a team, Brennan said. Weve made so many improvements. Brennan nished with 12 points, a block and two steals and attributed her solid numbers to the team play. No one was selsh; everyone was just there for each other, and Kayla was a huge leader, Brennan said. It helped pick me up, it helped pick a lot of people up. The Bulldogs asserted dominance early, and were led by junior Rosie Moult and sophomore Taylor Thompson. Moult was 4-for-6 on three-point eld goals, and nished with 14 points, a block and three steals. Thompson was the Bulldogs leading scorer, nishing with 17 points and four steals. She was a perfect 5-for-5 outside the 3-point line. The Wolf Pack had great difculty defending the Bulldogs onslaught of 3-pointers. Opponents of Nevada have made 37 percent of three-pointers this season, and Fresno made nearly twice that amount. Its really hard to guard them man to man, its really hard to guard them in zone, Albright said. I dont know of another defense you can guard them in. I got a couple of threes shot on me, and I thought I was close enough to contest it, said Williams. But they still went in. Up next for the Wolf Pack is the Utah State Aggies, who are 17-7, 8-2 WAC and ranked second in the conference. We have the No. 2 team in the league coming in on Thursday, so it doesnt get a whole lot easier, Albright said. But well do what we can; today was a step in the right direction, I felt like. The Wolf Pack will face the Aggies at 8 p.m. Thursday at Lawlor events Center.
Kyle Wise can be reached at sports@nevadasagebrush.com.
Wolf Pack womens basketball senior forward Kayla Williams attempts to nd a way to the basket against a double-team Saturday in a loss to Fresno State.
Members of the Nevada womens basketball team faces the crowd Saturday at Lawlor Events Center after a loss to Fresno State.
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on the eld after months of recovery it takes time to get back into shape and at the same level as when you got hurt. Ive seen others struggle sitting on the sidelines from ACLs and concussions and Ive been fortunate that Ive never had an injury that has kept me off the eld for more than a week.
THE TRIAD
There are also conditions that are exclusive to the body of a woman like Female Athlete Triad. The triad includes three conditions that can trap female athletes. The rst is menstrual dysfunction, the second is eating disorders and the third is stress fractures. Athletes are in danger of falling victim to the triad, if not parts of it, through celebrities and their favorite athletes Yani Dickens, a member of the University of Nevada counseling services department, said. Female athletes compare themselves to both popular media and other athletes, Dickens said. But more with other athletes. People who get eating disorders are more critical of themselves than is realistic. For a female athlete, overtraining or an eating disorder can either prevent a menstrual cycle or delay it. To combat these dangers, head soccer coach Missy Price said that Nevadas female athletes are educated on ways to stay healthy. We dont sit down and talk about something as specic as the triad, said Price. But we do cover things like nutrition and wellness in general, like what sleeping and eating right and staying hydrated looks like. Research by the AAOS released Feb. 7 revealed that a notable percentage of female soccer athletes experienced delayed or missed menstruation. The subjects of the study included 220 athletes ranging from an elite youth soccer club, an NCAA Division I soccer team and a womens professional team. The median age was 16.4 years old. Of the players in the 15-17 age range, 19 percent experienced
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The Wolf Pack soccer teams senior goalie Jenna Riddle blocks a shot. She competes on one of 10 womens sports teams that compete within NCAA Division I athletics at the University of Nevada, Reno.
a delay or missed a period completely, as did 18 percent of college-aged players, and 20 percent of the professional athletes. Histories of stress fractures were reported by 14 percent of these players as well. spotlight. While there has been more attention given to head injuries in professional leagues like the National Football League and the National Hockey League, there hasnt been as much attention given to women athletes and their head injuries. Concussions with women arent necessarily more or less serious, but they do experience different types of symptoms. According to a study published in the January 2011 issue of the Journal of Athletic Training, the National Athletic Trainers Association found that male and female athletes experienced different symptoms when getting a concussion. Women are also suffering concussions at a higher rate than their male counterparts. The study found that males experienced amnesia and confusion whereas females reported drowsiness and sensitivity to light and noise. Concussions are difcult to diagnose. According to Price, the only way they can diagnose a head injury is if an athlete is open and tells the coaching staff. Concussions arent necessarily a visible injury, she said. An athlete may have a hard time justifying yes, theres something wrong with me. Its how the athlete feels on the inside. But other times it can simply come down to the matter of an athletes pride. In many sports its thought of as a sign of weakness if you have an injury, said Dickens. Things such as playing time come into consideration. Athletes just want to be tough.
Michael Lingberg can be reached at mlingberg@nevadasagebrush.com.
HEAD INJURIES
Over the past few years, injuries like concussions have been thrust into the national
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victory away from its light at the end of the tunnel. One more win clinches champion status in the WAC.Nevada can even afford to lose two of the three conference games remaining this season and cruise to a WAC title. That is if national rankings arent important to the team. The Wolf Pack received a season-high 21 votes in Mondays ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll, which is good enough for 30th in the nation if you count those in the others receiving votes category. Nevada didnt receive any votes in the AP poll, but the two non-conference games coming up could send Nevada over the edge and into a national ranking. Though the Wolf Pack stands to gain little in the rst bought Tuesday against California State Bakerseld, it will be a good prep for a matchup with Iona that will air nationally on ESPN2 Saturday in New York as part of ESPNs BracketBuster games. This break will probably be good for us, Carter said. The Bakerseld game gave us another home game and then we have a big BracketBuster game that will show people how good we are. Its a chance to show the selection committee what we have to offer. If Nevada loses to Iona, its safe to say the Wolf Pack can kiss goodbye to any chances it might
File photo/Nevada Sagebrush
Nevada head coach David Carter keeps his eyes on the prize a Western Athletic Conference title despite the amount of success the team has had so far.
have for an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament. The biggest obstacle for the team could be the amount of travel its undertaking. The game against Iona will end a 10-day stretch during which Nevada will play four games in four different states spanning from Hawaii to New York. Despite the hurdles Nevada must overcome before March, the latest ESPN.com Bracketology has No. 14 Nevada playing No. 3 Baylor in Albuquerque in the rst round. The Wolf Pack has been pegged as a 14th seed almost the entire season, which doesnt sit well for any at-large bid if Nevada falls short in the WAC Tournament. Its hard to believe when you consider this team will go down in Nevada history, but the biggest challenges are still yet to come for the team. As a coaching staff we have to sit down and get ready for Bakerseld rst and then well worry about Iona, you know its going to be a long trip out to New York but well be ready and take it one game at a time, Wolf Pack assistant coach Keith Brown said.
Eric Lee Castillo can be reached at ecastillo@nevadasagebrush.com.
with Nevada Athletics to host the event. The second tier walkway inside was used to showcase the different sports the University of Nevada has to offer. The sports represented included swimming & diving, tennis, football, basketball, softball, soccer and others. Along with the chance to try an array of sports, the children were able to meet cartoon mascots such as Scooby-Doo, Dora the Explorer and Strawberry Shortcake. There was also a large inatable pitching game for the children to nd out how fast their pitches were. Each sport at the event had its own station, and each group had about ve minutes at each station. This was enough time for members of the sports team to teach the children basic drills that are familiar with the sport. For example, if a group was at the soccer station, the kids would be taught how to keep control of the soccer ball by dribbling it between their legs. At the tennis station, the children learned how to hold a tennis racket and what basic forehand and backhand strokes look like. When every group had gone through all the stations, everybody was then called
down to the court to go through some basketball drills. Led by the assistant coaches of the womens basketball team, the children experienced dribbling a basketball, layup drills, and passing relays. We wanted to help them understand teamwork, womens basketball head coach Jane Albright said. Thats what teams do. As the event came to an end, the kids had one more thing to look forward to. Albright gave everyone a pep talk. She stressed keeping a good attitude and being a team player. While parts of the message were about being part of a wolf pack, other parts focused on Title IX, and all the opportunities women have compared to 30 years ago. There are so many lessons you can learn from sports, she said. There are lessons of unselshness, cooperation, hard work and disappointment that can be learned from playing sports. Not all girls like to play sports, but they have the opportunity. The families who showed up to the activities were also allowed to stay for the womens basketball game later that day against the Western Athletic Conferences top team in Fresno State. Unfortunately, Nevada lost the game 85-67.
The sports desk can be reached at sports@nevadasagebrush.com.
Love
Sophomore Nevada point guard Deonte Burton has been the general of the Wolf Pack offense en route to a 21-4 overall record and a 10-1 record in the Western Athletic Conference.
wrote: I personally am gay, but many girls have crushes on Deonte so why not give away an all-paid date with Deonte (of course you would have to ask his permission but hey, give it a try). It took everything in me to not message her triing ass on the spot and tell her, Uhh, no. Mind your business and Tae will mind his. But I didnt want to seem like some psycho whos stalking you yet. Wow, I totally cant believe Im telling you this. The friends I have left told me I need to stop. Like, now. They had enough when I made a collage of all your Facebook pictures and put it on the ceiling of my bedroom. But they dont get us, Tae. No
one does. They dont get how it makes me feel when you make a deep three-point shot and point into the student section (I know youre pointing at me, BTW). They dont get how excited I get when I hear your name called in the starting lineup. They dont see how much my heart aches when I see you miss a jump shot. *Sigh* Again, sorry for the long letter, I just get butteries when I think about you. Hearing your name makes it hard to concentrate. What Im trying to get at is you mean a lot to me. As a sports fan at the University of Nevada, Reno I want to cater to your every need at every second of every day whatever it takes to make sure that you keep playing well and get the Wolf Pack into the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament.
If that means I have to watch your every move and spy on you around campus, Im going to do it because I dont want anything distracting you. Nothing will get in the way of my booerr, you, and your dreams of taking our school to the Big Dance. And my obsession with you will guarantee that. I cant wait to spend our Valentines Day together tonight at Lawlor Events Center when you guys play California State University, Bakerseld at 7 p.m. Im ne with ignoring the other thousands of people in Lawlor because I know its always just me and you. Keep doing your thing, Tae. XOXOXOXO, Nevada basketball fans.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012 nevadasagebrush.com | @SagebrushSports

BRIEFS FOOTBALL AULT ADDS OFF. COORDINATOR, RUNNING BACKS COACH
Head football coach Chris Ault announced Nick Rolovich as Nevadas new offensive coordinator Wednesday, according to a statement from the Wolf Pack athletics department. Rolovich has been the mastermind behind the University of Hawaiis potent passing attack for the past two seasons. In 2010, Hawaii led the nation in passing offense with 394.3 yards per game and nished sixth in total offense. For the three years Rolovich had play-calling duties at Hawaii (2009-2011), the Warriors threw for an average of 347.9 yards per game. Along with his duties as the offensive coordinator, he will also serve as the quarterbacks coach. Ault also announced the nal addition to his coaching staff Thursday in Larry Lewis. He will serve as the special teams and running backs coach. The former Idaho State head coach had coached for just ve schools since 1981. Last season, as the special teams coach at Colorado State, Lewis had the Rams in the top 25 nationally in punting and kick returns.
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WOMENS BASKETBALL KEVORKEN NAMED TO ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

Nevada senior forward Kate Kevorken was named to the Capital One Academic AllDistrict VIII Team on Feb. 6. This is the second time since 1985 that a Nevada womens basketball player has been chosen for this award. Kevorken has a 3.86 cumulative grade point average. She also averages 16.4 points per game, which leads the team. She was also named to the Peppermill Holiday Classic and Nugget Classic All-Tournament Teams earlier this season.
RESULTS
Mens Basketball
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Team Nevada San Jose State Nevada Czyz, O Hunt, D Evans Jr., J Burton, D Story, M Nyeko, P Elliot, D Fuetsch, K Finn, J Burris, J Panzer, K TOTALS San Jose State Carter, W Smith, S Shamburger, K Brown, D.J. Kinney, J Douglas, C Jones, C Ballard, M Moor, A Pennington, L TOTALS 1 35 27 FGM-A 10-18 5-12 1-2 2-7 7-12 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 3-6 0-0 28-60 FGM-A 6-11 0-3 6-13 3-8 9-19 0-1 1-5 1-1 0-0 0-0 26-61 2 41 43 FTM-A 7-8 1-2 0-0 2-4 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 13-19 FTM-A 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-3 1-2 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 8-11 REB 10 12 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 37 REB 5 3 0 4 5 0 6 3 0 0 31 AST 0 3 3 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 18 AST 0 1 6 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 16 T 76 70 MIN 29 38 19 33 34 12 2 0 12 10 11 200 MIN 29 21 35 30 35 16 15 19 0 0 200 PTS 27 11 3 6 23 0 0 0 0 6 0 76 PTS 12 0 17 7 26 1 4 3 0 0 70
BASEBALL NEVADA PICKED FOURTH IN CONFERENCE

The Nevada baseball team has been picked to nish fourth in Western Athletic Conference play behind Hawaii, San Jose State and Fresno State this season. Only the top six teams can participate in the WAC tournament. The Wolf Pack nished 24-31 last year. Junior starting pitcher Tom Jameson represented Nevada in the preseason all-WAC team.
TRACK AND FIELD TRACK STAR NAMED ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

La Tijera Avery was named the WAC Field Athlete of the Week for the period Jan.30 to Feb.5 for her work in the New Balance Invitational. Avery set a new personal record in the high jump by clearing ve feet and ten and three quarter inches. Her jump earned her third place in the competition. Her clearance also gives her a chance for a berth at an NCAA National Championship bid.
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WAC MENS BASKETBALL STANDINGS

Nevada New Mexico State Idaho Hawaii 8-1 7-3 7-4 6-4
Utah State Louisiana Tech Fresno State San Jose State
5-6 3-7 3-8 1-9
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AP TOP 25
1. Kentucky (63) 2. Syracuse (2) 3. Missouri 4. Kansas 5. Duke 6. Ohio State 7. Michigan State 8. North Carolina 9. Baylor 10. Georgetown 11. UNLV 12. Marquette 13. San Diego State 14. Florida 15. Wisconsin 16. Murray State 17. Michigan 18. Indiana 19. Louisville 20. Florida State 21. Saint Marys 22. Virginia 23. Notre Dame 24. Gonzaga 25. Wichita State
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
25-1 25-1 23-2 20-5 21-4 21-4 20-5 21-4 21-4 19-5 22-4 21-5 20-4 19-6 19-6 24-1 19-7 19-6 20-5 17-7 23-3 19-5 17-8 20-4 22-4
Pack hoping to break into top 25

Nevada stands to gain from two non-conference games
By Michael Lingberg
With a career-high 27 points, Nevada forward Olek Czyz z led the Wolf Pack to a close 76-70 win Saturday ay over Western Athletic Conference foe San Jose e State. Along with an 88-79 win in Hawaii on Thursday, ursday, the Nevada basketball team hasnt missed sed a beat since losing to Idaho for the rst time e in 16 games Feb. 4. There are only ve games mes remaining before the WAC tournament, and there are two non-conference games on the slate e with California State University Bakerseld today ay and Iona on Saturday in the Sears ESPN BracketBusters cketBusters game. A win over Iona could give Nevada vada the nudge it needs to break into the top-25 rankings. kings.
NEVADA SCHEDULE
Date
Nov. 8 Nov. 11 Nov. 14 Nov. 17 Nov. 20 Nov. 22 Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Dec. 2 Dec. 7 Dec. 10 Dec. 17 Dec. 22 Dec. 28 Jan. 5 Jan. 7 Jan. 12 Jan. 14 Jan. 17 Jan. 21 Jan. 26 Jan. 28 Feb. 2 Feb. 4 Feb. 9 Feb. 11 Today Saturday Feb. 25 Mar. 1
Opponent
vs. Chico State vs. Missouri State at UNLV vs. Pacic vs. Longwood vs. BYU vs. Bradley vs. Washington at Arizona State at Montana vs. UC Riverside vs. Portland P vs. Cedarville Ce at Idaho at Utah Ut State vs. San Jose State vs. Hawaii H vs. Nebra Nebraska-Omaha vs. Fresno Fre State at Louisiana Louis Tech vs. Ut Utah State vs. Idaho H at Hawaii at San Jose J State vs. Cal Sta State Bakerseld at Iona at Fres Fresno State vs. New Mexico M State
Result
W 77-60 L 68-46 L 71-67 W 78-54 W 80-78 L 76-50 W 64-59 W 76-73 W 69-61 W 70-64 W 71-47 W 78-60 W 71-61 W 73-55 W 78-71 W 81-57 W 77-74 W 81-69 W 74-61 W 65-63 W 53-52 L 72-68 W 88-79 W 76-70 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
vs. Prairie View A&M W 60-47
Temple 122, Mississippi State 108, Creighton 20, Brigham Young 12, New Mexico 12, Long Beach State 12, Iowa State 10, Southern Miss 7, Harvard 6, Saint Louis 5, California 3, Vanderbilt 2, VCU 2, Memphis 1
PROBABLE STARTERS
at New Mexico M State W 68-60
IONA
00, Forward, Taaj Ridley Junior, 6-foot-7, 215 pounds; 7.1 ppg, 4.3 rpg 01, Forward, Mike Glover Senior, 6-foot-7, 215 pounds; 18.6 ppg, 9.3 rpg 02, Guard, Lamont Jones Junior, 6-foot-0, 196 pounds; 16.0 ppg, 3.4 rpg 03, Guard, Scott Machado Senior, 6-foot-1, 180 pounds; 13.4 ppg, 10.0 apg 33, Guard, Kyle Smyth Junior, 6-foot-4, 185 pounds; 6.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg
ONE E CHANCE
Iona ona (19-6, 11-3 Metro Atlantic letic Conference) is currently Athletic second ond place in the MAAC. Senior forward ward Mike Glover leads the team, m, averaging 18.6 points per game. me. The 6-foot-7 Bronx native also o pulls down nine rebounds per game. me. The Wolf Pack has to be wary of this his team because the Gaels are averaging raging a blistering 83.2 points per game. Thats second in the nation n behind none other than No. 5 North th Carolina. Iona ona can also boast the nations ns assist leader in senior guard rd Scott Machado, who averages rages 10 per game. Glover ver is also the second in the he nation with a ridiculous ulous 66.5 eld goal percentage. centage. However, the Gaels defense gives es up almost 73 points nts per game, which ch presents an attacking point nt for the Wolf Pack. k. But ut standing in the between the BracketBusters cketBusters game is the California State University, versity, Bakerseld.
WAC STANDINGS
Standings Conference Conf

Nevada Idaho Hawaii Utah State Louisiana Tech Fresno State San Jose State 10-1 1 7-4 6 6-4 5 5-6 3-7 3 3-8 1-9 New Mexico State 7-3
Overall
21-4 18-8 15-11 14-10 13-13 11-14 11-16 8-17
NEVADA
44, Forward, Dario Hunt Senior, 6-foot-8, 230 pounds; 9.7 ppg, 9.4 rpg 31, Forward, Olek Czyz Senior, 6-foot-7, 240 pounds; 12.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg 02, Guard, Jerry Evans Jr. Sophomore, 6-foot-8, 188 pounds; 6.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg 34, Guard, Malik Story Junior, 6-foot-5, 225 pounds; 15.0 ppg, 2.1 apg 24, Guard, Deonte Burton Sophomore, 6-foot-1, 185 pounds; 15.3 ppg, 4.4 apg
WEEKLY GLANCE
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*National rankings in parentheses pa **All statistics thru games gam 2/11/2012
Nevada
45.5 38.0 63.2 13.0 13.3 +6.6 70.7 41.0 +3.5 5.9 4.6 64.1 16.2 4,797 40 .840
Category Cat
OFF OFFENSE Field G Goal Pct. 3-Po 3-Point Pct. Free T Throw Pct. As Assists Tur Turnovers Scorin Margin Scoring Sc Scoring DEF DEFENSE Field Goal G Pct. Reboun Margin Rebound St Steals Bl Blocks Sc Scoring MISCEL MISCELLANEOUS Perso Fouls Personal Home atte attendance avg. Won-Lost Pct. Won-Lost
Iona
49.5 37.6 72.4 19.2 12.8 +10.3 83.2 44.3 +1.5 7.1 2.3 72.8 17.0 2,449 . .760
Wolf Pack to be showcased on national TV

Not only will Saturdays battle with Iona be a huge game, it will also be another opportunity for Nevada to showcase its talents on national television. The only other nationally televised game the Wolf Pack has had was its 76-73 overtime win against the University of Washington. While that game was on ESPNU, Nevada will have the 1 p.m. time slot on ESPN2 vs. Iona, a channel that reaches more viewers. The matchup with the Gaels will most likely be a high-scoring affair so many people should be watching.
THIS WEEKS GAME
DONT NT LOOK TOO FAR AHEAD

CSU SU Bakerseld is a Division I ependent school that has lost independent four r out of its past ve games. With a record ecord of 12-13, the Roadrunners will be the ones with a difcult task of taking aking down the WACs top team. CSU U Bakerseld has no statistical category egory that catches ones eye. The independent school averages 68 points per game and the teams leading ding scorer, junior guard Stephon on Carter, scores just more than 11 points per game. But ut despite its seemingly pushover status, the Roadrunners should not be taken lightly. tly. In college basketball, upsets are a part t of the game, and the Wolf Pack will be victim im to one if it doesnt take care of business. s. Much like San Jose State, Nevada must prepare pare for and not underestimate this inferior rior team on paper. If all goes well for the Wolf f Pack, the team will head to New York ready dy to win its fourth game in a row.
Michael hael Lingberg can be reached at mlingberg@ adasagebrush.com. nevadasagebrush.com.
Nevada at Iona
When: Saturday, 1 p.m. Where: New Rochelle, N.Y. T.V.: ESPN2
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Nevada senior forward Olek Czyz directing trafc against Utah State at Lawlor Events Center on Feb. 2.
MAKING THE CALL
STAFF PICKS
OPTIMIST SAYS: This game will be extremely fast paced. Nevada will far exceed its season-high point total by scoring 100 points. Nevadas Deonte Burton will score 20 and dish out 15 assists, but his fellow backcourt mate Malik Story will go berserk from the 3-point line. He will make 10 three-point bombs and score 40 points. OUTCOME: Nevada wins 100-88 PESSIMIST SAYS: Nevada wont be able to keep up with Ionas scoring pace. The Wolf Pack will score at least 70 but the Gaels will be in the 90-point range. Senior Scott Machado will build upon his nation-leading 10 assists per game by handing out 20. Nevadas leading scorer will be Dario Hunt with 20 points and 13 rebounds. OUTCOME: Iona wins 93-77
DIFFERENCE MAKER SCOTT MACHADO

Having a pass-rst point guard on your team is a huge advantage. The ability of one player spoon-feeding easy baskets to the rest of the team just makes everything easier. Point guards such as these are the main ball handlers on a team and their talent to probe around the perimeter and nding open shooters or cutters is an invaluable asset. Iona senior guard Scott Machados picture is next to the denition of pure point guard in the dictionary. He does the job of nding open teammates so well that he leads the nation in assists per game with 10. Nevadas Photo courtesy of Iona Athletics guards have to stop the ball at the perimeter and limit the Gaels freeowing offense while slowing down the tempo at the same time. Iona senior guard Scott Machado.

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