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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008 VOLUME CXIV NUMBER 20SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO SINCE 1893

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MAKINGOURCAMPUS

SAFERWith recent crime in mind, students think ofsolutions to campus safety problems whileofficials work to finalize the ideas.( )

STUDENTSThe Nevada Sagebrush askedstudents what they think willmake areas on and around theUniversity of Nevada, Reno asafer place.

We need long-termsolutions. Afterawhile, people aregoing to go back tothe way things werebefore. Trey Berns, 19-year-

old business major

Its unsafe for meto live by campusbecause there werefour rapes, and I dontwant to be numberfive. Im moving(10-15 minutes) away

because its unsafe.Emergency call boxesneed to be a priority.

Brionna Henricks,20-year-old nursing

major

We pay so much forparking and they donteven have propersecurity.

Lily Sirsy, 21-year-old biology major

OFFICIALSThen The Nevada Sagebrushasked campus and cityofficials to respond tostudents ideas about safetyon and around campus.

Its unfortunate, butit takes a tragedy toget people thinking,planning and makingprogress towardsolving thoseproblems. If studentsforget about (safety)in a few months,which tends to be thepattern, that would bethe real tragedy.

David Bobzien,Nevada assemblyman

Relative to the

(campus) populationat large, (the campus)is safe. Its never100 percent safe.We could always domore.

President MiltonGlick

Just the fact that(security cameras)are there, doesntdo anything. Justbecause theyre thereit doesnt stop anassault.

Buzz Nelson,Director of Facilities

and Maintenance

Jessica Fryman and Rebecca ChaseAssistant News Editors

University of Nevada, Reno student Jessica

Muehlberg, who earned her bachelors degree from

UNR and is working toward her Ph.D., said it is her

responsibility to improve her neighborhood and

universitys safety.As a member of her neighborhood advisory board

(NAB), Muehlberg said she has helped get better

sidewalks on Seventh Street, and she is planning

to create a committee of NAB that focuses on the

university district.

While some students like Muehlberg have taken

initiative to reduce safety hazards, the university has

not followed up to implement campus procedures.

EMERGENCY CALL BOXES

In May 2007, the Associated Students of the Uni-

versity of Nevada senate approved a bill to install

25 more emergency call boxes on campus. Nine

months later, no orders have been placed.

There are 77 emergency boxes in campus parking

garages, said Buzz Nelson, director of facilities and

maintenance. Inside each call box is a button that

connects to a police dispatcher.

He said the boxes provide a way for people whodo not have cell phones to call the police and give

students a sense of security. The boxes could also be

used by students who feel threatened or if theyre

being followed.

Nathan Maybee, a 20-year-old anthropology

major, said adding boxes to directly contact police

would help students in an emergency. Maybee, who

lives in the same house where Brianna Denison was

last seen, said he did not know UNR has emergency

call boxes and plans to install more.

Harley Anderson, a university buildings and

grounds worker, said he did not know UNR planned

to add more boxes until he was notified of the

request Wednesday.

He said he has not received an official work order.

The problem is the money, Anderson said.Each box would cost about $7,000, Nelson said.

President Milton Glick said he approved $100,000

in November for the project.

The project will cost $75,000 more than Glicks

budget allows.

The department plans on installing about seven

per year if the budget does not allow them the

money to install all 25, Nelson said.

Glick said when he approved a budget for the

emergency call boxes, the facilities and mainte-

nance department had not yet submitted a proposal

for the project.

Until you have a contract you dont know the

price, Glick said.

Nelson said the department is still in the process

of getting a proposal.

Buildings and grounds workers finalized the

locations for the boxes Wednesday.

CAMPUS SAFETY WALKS

Each semester, ASUN conducts safety

walks to look for potential hazards like

dim lighting, overgrown bushes and

potholes.

On Nov. 20, Bret Ruff, a buildings and grounds

electrician, surveyed the south end of UNRs

BY THE NUMBERS

number of burnt out lightsfixed after the November

safety walk

number of emergency callboxes in campus parking

garages

number of emergency callboxes to be installed around

campus

MANZANITA LAKE ROOM

The honors department will

move to the Manzanita Lake

Room, drawing complaints

from ASUN senators. Page A2

C WORLD

Jordan C. Bulter explores

the writing on the walls in

Getchell Librarys bathrooms.

Page A8

DATING

Find out the best places to

take your special someone

and find out how to romance

them. Page A14

PACK BEATS UTAH STATE

Nevadas Marcelus Kemp

scored 35 points as the Pack

beat the first place Aggies.

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number of extra lightsrequested, but not installedafter the November safety

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A list of ways to getinvolved in making yourcampus safer

SEE PAGE A3A map of possibleemergency call boxlocationsA timeline of safetyprocedures and crimes oncampus

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Video of students talkingabout their increased use ofCampus Escort services

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Escortextendsservices

Brian DugganEditor in chief

Its been a hectic semesterfor Campus Escort employees.

The seven vans that roamthe streets around the Univer-sity of Nevada, Reno, picking

up and dropping off students,are being used more than ever,said Campus Escort coordina-tor Monica Thompson.

The service, which runsseven days a week, is fieldingabout 150 to 200 calls per night about 100 more calls thannormal. On Feb. 5, studentswere experiencing more thanan hour-long delay for a ride.

The influx of calls is partof the reason why studentshave been getting busy tonesinstead of a Campus Escortdispatcher lately.

Ive had five-minute phonecalls and Ive missed 10calls, said Charlie Goldner, a25-year-old biology-chemistrymajor and dispatcher forCampus Escort.

The free service, whichis based in the Joe CrowleyStudent Union, has addedanother dispatcher and two12-passenger vans to its fleeton busy nights to keep up withdemand, Thompson said.

Its definitely beenreally hectic, saidChris Partridge, a21-year-old historymajor and fourth-semester CampusEscort driver. A lotof people are a lotmore conscious ofsafety.

At last weeks meeting, theAssociated Students of theUniversity of Nevada senateunanimously approved about$25,000 to fund CampusEscort, with nearly $12,000 ofthose funds going toward newescort programs.

Those programs include:

See ESCORTPage A5Cut out this article and give it to ASUN President Sarah Ragsdale on the third floor of the Joe Crowley Student Union to show this issue is important to you.

Student hit by car in crosswalk near UNRStaff Report

A 24-year-old University ofNevada, Reno student is in theRenown Medical Center withmajor injuries after being hit bya car Saturday night, Reno policesaid.

Police are searching for thesuspect who hit the woman withhis car. Witnesses described thesuspect as a white male, 5 feet 10inches tall, thin build, early 20s

with a short brown crew cut anda clean-shaven face.

The car is described as a red1990s model Toyota Celica withtinted windows and black rims.

The suspect was last seen wear-ing a black hooded sweatshirtwith a white design and bluejeans.

The suspect allegedly hit thevictim while she was on the cross-walk of 11th and Sierra streets atabout 1 a.m. Saturday. After hit-

ting her, he got out of his car, gotback into the car and drove away.

Detective Jerry Follett of theReno Police Department saidabout 10 people witnessed theaccident, which is currently un-der open investigation. He saidpolice believe the woman is anexchange student at UNR.

People with information onthe case can call Secret Witnessat 775-322-4900 or Follett at775-334-2141.

Senator said he wants to impeach ASUN president

Jessica FrymanAssistant News Editor

Associated Students of theUniversity of Nevada senatorswill discuss the alleged miscon-duct of President Sarah Ragsdaleand Sen. Jeremiah Todd 8 a.m.Wednesday in Room 332 of theJoe Crowley Student Union.

There are no charges filed,but the conduct committee isinvestigating Ragsdales failureto appoint members to the

election commission and Toddsviolation of the Nevada OpenMeeting Law, student leaderssaid.

Several committee membersrefused to comment on whetherother concerns will be broughtup at the meeting.

Sen. Sean McDonald said hemight mention when Ragsdalechanged the ASUN constitutionwithout the authority to do soover the summer.

Id like to see it move forward

toward impeachment, McDon-ald said. Its a lot of other littlethings, too, but as you take themall together, it adds up.

He also said he would make alevel-headed decision of whataction to take after hearing allthe facts at the meeting.

Ragsdale left two of the fivepositions on the election com-mission vacant, which mighthave hurt the equality of the

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What:ASUN Senate Com-mittee on Conduct meeting.Where:Presidents Confer-ence Room (Room 332) of theJoe Crowley Student Union.When:Feb. 13 at 8 a.m.Why:ASUN Committeemeeting to discuss possiblemisconduct of PresidentSarah Ragsdale and Sen.Jeremiah Todd.

CONDUCT MEETING

Knowledge center

to open on time

Jessica EstepaNews Editor

LAS VEGAS After the Boardof Regents redirected $3.2 mil-lion to the University of Nevada,Reno, the Mathewson-IGTKnowledge Center will open ontime in August 2008.

The money came from theregents moving $10 millionfrom iNtegrate, an informationsystems program.

With construction nearly fin-

ished on the building, officialswill continue to prepare for amid-August opening, said SteveZink, vice president of informa-tion technology and dean oflibraries.

The remaining funds from iN-tegrate went to the other NSHEinstitutions. The University ofNevada, Reno received the mostmoney, according to the budgetplan approved by the regents.

With the opening of this $100million building, it will greatly

improve services for students,UNR President Milton Glicksaid.

When redistributing thefunds was first brought up ina January meeting, the regentsdiscussed using the money tooffset student fees. After heateddebate, the regents decided toallow the university presidentsand their administrations todecide how they wanted to usethe money.

At UNR, the administration

and the student governmentdecided to impose a $5 percredit fee to begin in fall 2008.For students taking 12 creditsa semester, that would cost anextra $60 for their tuition.

At the College of SouthernNevada, the money receivedfrom the regents was used todecrease their student fee from$4.50 to $2.75. Throughout thetwo-day meeting, regents heard

Regents approve plans for Italian eatery

in union and Davidson Academy move

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People with informationabout the hit-and-run ac-cident can call Secret Wit-ness at 775-322-4900 orDetective Jerry Follett of theReno Police Department at775-334-2141.

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Political expertsvisit UNR to discuss

presidential debates


Students and faculty filledthe Joe Crowley Student Uniontheater Feb. 6 to watch the

first-ever panel for the Jim JoyceEndowment on Political Com-munications.

The three panelists talkedabout the impact of the primarydebates on the presidentialnomination.

Participating was FrankFahrenkopf, co-chair of theCommission on PresidentialDebates; Anjeanette Damon, aReno Gazette-Journal politicalreporter; and Jon Ralston, a LasVegas Sun political pundit.

The panel took place the day

after Super Tuesday, whichmarked an unprecedented waveof presidential nominations

from 24 states.If you look at what happened

yesterday, it was a mirror imageof what happened in Nevada,Ralston said, referring to theNevada caucus in which HillaryClinton won with about 51 per-cent of the vote.

He said Nevada was abellwether in the nominationprocess.

Fahrenkopf and Ralston

were criti cal o f rec ent primar ydebates, such as CNNs You-Tube debate, which featuredpeople uploading videos andasking candidates pointedquestions.

Fahrenkopf called the earlyprimary debates cattle showsbecause each party had abouteight candidates on stage.

Damon countered, sayinginterest in the primary electionis at an all-time high.

I think what is interestingof the YouTube debate is whoshould the gatekeepers be?

Damon asked. Frankly it cre-ated some entertainment. Ithink they should continue.

Fahrenkopf said this electionwill be one for the history books its the first one in 56 yearswhere there is no incumbent orvice president running for theWhite House.

The panel marked Jerry Cep-pos first public appearance.Ceppos is the new dean of the

Reynolds School of Journal-ism.

Jim Joyces son, Robin Joyce,moderated the panel.

Robin Joyce said he hopesto bring a Democratic andRepublican campaign man-ager to the next Joyce paneldiscussion.

Jim Joyce is a UNR alum whowas president of the Alpha TauOmega fraternity and editor ofthe Sagebrush.

He went on to manage 300political campaigns until hisdeath in 1993.

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Frank Fahrenkopf Jr., co-chair of the Commission onPresidential Debates, said heis disappointed the Universityof Nevada, Reno withdrew itsbid last year for a major presi-dential debate that would havetaken place this fall.

The stinger?Looking back now, we

would have had a debate here,Fahrenkopf said Feb. 6. Therewould have been a debate onthis campus this fall had theuniversity put in that bid.

Fahrenkopf spoke with TheNevada Sagebrush beforeparticipating in the first-everpanel for the Jim Joyce Endow-ment for Political Communi-

cations last week.The man who has pro-duced the debates for thepast three cycles came outand viewed the facilities hereand came back with a very fa-vorable report, Fahrenkopfsaid. And then about twodays before the final cutoffto submit bids came I wasnotified that the universityhad decided not to put in abid and it had to do with thefinancial demands.

Fahrenkopf was visiblydisappointed when talkingabout UNRs dropped bid dur-ing the panel discussion laterthat night, which includedReno Gazette-Journal politicalreporter Anjeanette Damonand Las Vegas Sun pundit

Jon Ralston talking about theimpact of presidential debateson the nomination process.

UNR was consideringbidding for one of four gen-eral election debates that takeplace this September andOctober, but dropped its bidlast minute because of finan-cial pressures, UNR PresidentMilton Glick said.

The debates price tag wouldhave been about $4 million to$6 million, Glick said.

While saying he regrettednot getting a debate on UNRscampus, Glick said the univer-sity had higher priorities, suchas fundraising for the newmath and science building.

As desirable as it would be,

it would be hard to justify,Glick said.Other problems included

upgrading the air conditioningsystem in the Lawlor EventsCenter to cool the podiumwhere the candidates speak to65 degrees.

We were at a disadvantagefinancially because our fa-cilities are what they are, hesaid.

Fahrenkopf, a UNR alumwho has helped organizegeneral election presidentialdebates since 1988, said hesbeen contemplating a debateat UNR for eight years.

He said he received a favor-able reaction from the localbusiness community to bringa debate to UNR.

Most of the money israised by foundations, bycorporations, by people in thecommunity rather than theuniversity itself, Fahrenkopfsaid.

Glick said he and otherofficials decided it would bemore beneficial to focus onfundraising for long-termprojects on campus such asthe math and science buildinginstead of finding the fundsfor a weeklong event albeitone that attracts thousandsreporters.

Instead of Reno, the threepresidential debates wereawarded to universities nearor east of the MississippiRiver: the University of Mis-

sissippi in Oxford, Miss.; Bel-mont University in Nashville,Tenn; and Hofstra Universityin Hempstead, N.Y. The vicepresidential debate went toWashington University in St.Louis.

More than 62 million peoplewatched President Bush andSen. John Kerry, D-Mass.,debate at the University ofMiami in 2004, according toNielsen Media Research.

I really appreciated(Fahrenkopfs) desire to haveit at UNR, Glick said. I thinkit would have been a great op-portunity for us.

Glick, who helped bringthe last presidential debateto Arizona State Universityin 2004, said the university is

considering a bid for the 2012election.

Nick ColtrainManaging Editor

The University of Nevada,

Reno Honors Program willmove to the Manzanita LakeRoom in the coming months,drawing some complaintsfrom the student governmentover losing space students eatin.

No timeline has been set formoving the Honors Program tothe room under the Overlook.The space is used as overflowseating for the food court.

The Facilities Resource Com-mittee will discuss on Tuesdaya budget and timeframe forthe move. Milton Glick, UNRpresident, and Jannet Vreeland,interim provost, said the movewill happen.

The Honors Program is inLincoln Halls first floor and over

the years has expanded into theresidence halls reading room.Vreeland said the university alsopays Residential Life, Housingand Food services $27,000 a year

to rent the space and $3,000 toheat the building during winterbreak.

Id say the relationship there

hasnt been the best of relation-ships, Vreeland said. Its timeto move (the Honors Program)out.

No one disagreed that theHonors Program needs a biggerlocation the complaint comesfrom the room picked.

Russ Meyer, associate direc-tor for housing operations anddining services, said an averageof 80 percent of the tables wereused between noon and 12:30p.m. last semester.

Meyer e-mailed his findings totwo Associated Students of theUniversity of Nevada senators,Katrina Stewart and TommyCox, after they showed interestin the move.

Youre going to be kicking out

kids that are eating lunch downthere, Cox said.Cox and Stewart said the

space is used as a studyarea and quiet place to eat

for students with little timebetween classes.Cox said hewants space any space forstudents to eat and study onthe south end of campus,especially with the closing ofthe Wolf Perk, Pine Loungeand now the Manzanita LakeRoom.

If another area near theOverlook was open for studentsto eat, I would be fine and Imsure other students will feel thesame, Cox said.

A Starb ucks in t he Jo e Crow-ley Student Union sells coffeeand offers plenty of studyspace but is too far away fromthe classes on the south end,Stewart said.

Nobody really wants to walkthat far in the winter, she said.Its like, why are we taking awayfrom students on the south endof campus?

Vreeland said she heardsome of these complaintsand will work with studentswho approa ch her. She said ifstudents wanted study space

in the Jot Travis Building, shecould look at converting theold bookstore area. If theywant co ffee , she sai d she cou ldlook at moving a Jolt N Java

cart inside.Im not saying that students

dont use the space, Im sayingthere are other places we canput them, Vreeland said. Itsjust a matter of what are thepriorities and right now mypriority is to find a home for oneof my premier undergraduate

programs.Vreeland said she scheduled

a Facilities Resource Commit-tee meeting last month for thepurpose of hearing students.Only Sen. Dennis Mankelshowed. He said he didntknow enough to make anyarguments. Cox said a miscom-munication stopped him fromattending.

He said his main questionwould have been if there are anyother locations for the HonorsProgram.

Tamara Valentine, directorof the Honors Program, saidshe wants a small class space,a conference room, space forfour office workers and a quietlounge area available for any

student.William Cathey, vice provost,said the Manzanita Lake Roomis the best spot to meet thoseneeds.

Debateflap irksUNRalum

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Honors heads to Jot TravisPrograms offices will replacethe Overlooks overflow seating

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Frank Fahrenkopf Jr. discusses how debates affect the presidential nomination process Feb. 6 during a panel discussion inside the JoeCrowley Student Union Theater. The event was made possible by the Jim Joyce Endowment in Political Communications.

Panel focuses on primary debates


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ATHLETIC ACADEMIC

CENTERWorkers will put in exterior windowsand put stucco on walls. They willget ready to install cabinets on thefirst floor.

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A university employeereported blood splatterin a mens restroom inthe Getchell Library.

A university employeereported that her vehiclehad been taken withoutpermission. The vehiclewas later returned tothe Jones VisitorCenter parking area.

ASUN candidates tostart campaigning

The Associated Students of the Uni-versity of Nevada election campaignstarts Wednesday. The primary elec-tion for president and vice presidentis Mar. 5 and 6. The general election

is Mar. 12 and 13. Forty-nine studentsfiled for a student government office,and 45 are eligible to run.

Candidates are:President: Matt Fries, Carmen

Gilbert, Adam Hunt, Eli Reilly andJustin ShaneVice President: Michael Cabrera,

Gabriel Matute, Ian McMenemy andJeremiah ToddSenator for the College of Agri-

culture, Biotechnology, and NaturalResources (1): Daniel Hansen, SeanHostmeyer, J. Malikowski and Mat-thew MurphySenators for the College of Busi-

ness Administration (3): Tony Moore,Jennifer Richards, Patrick Sergott,Ettienne Shuda and Casey StitelerSenators for the College of Edu-

cation (2): Thomas Cox and Jessica

PurneySenators for the College of Engi-neering (2): Erich Beyer, Tyler Kenneyand Allan TanSenators for the College of Health

and Human Sciences (2): PriscillaAcosta, Renee Freeman, AmandaKesjaral and Melinda RienauSenators for the College of

Liberal Arts (8): Taylor Anderson (in-cumbent), Taylor Anderson, NicholasBlevins, Brice Esplin, Gracie Geremia,Kyle Hill, Charlie Jose, Patrick Kealy,Lee Massey, Titus Roberson andAnna ZieglerSenators for the College of Sci-

ence (2): Brandyn Herman, Shaquen-ta Perkins and Jennie VerkuylSenator for the School of Journal-

ism (1): John Kim, Whitney Lee andJennie MillerSenator for the School of Medi-

cine (1): Elizabeth Jensen

Intestinal virusbreaks out in res halls

Several students were seen forgastroenteritis at the student healthcenter Wednesday and two of themlive in a residence hall, said Rod Ae-schlimann, director of residential life,housing and food services. A reportfrom the student health center saidthe virus is extremely contagious.

The student health center reportsaid gastroenteritis can be caused byseveral types of bacteria but is mostcommonly caused by a viral infec-tion.

Thirteen students reported similarsymptoms to their resident assistantbut didnt go to the health center,

Aeschlimann said.The symptoms of gastroenteritis

are: abdominal cramping, vomiting,diarrhea, fever, headache and chills.

Apply for scholarshipsAny student can apply for nine

different scholarships until Feb. 29 at5 p.m. Applications can be picked upand turned in at the ASUN front deskon the third floor of the Joe CrowleyStudent Union, Prisilia Maldonado,the special projects coordinator forASUN, said.

The requirements for each of thescholarships vary. Award amountsalso vary. The highest schlarship isfor $1,000, she said.

Free CPR training

ThursdayFree CPR training by the ambu-lance company REMSA is Thursdayin Lawlor Events Center from 7:30a.m. to 9:30 a.m, Alma Marin, publiceducation instructor for REMSA said.REMSAs goal is to train 200 people.Training will be in two sessions, eachlasting about 45 minutes. The firstsession will start at 7:30 a.m. and thesecond session will start at 8:15 a.m.Vendors like Golds Gym, Subway,Milan Institute and Kor Studios willraffle off prizes after each session.The first 96 people to attend willreceive a free CPR kit that includes avideo and a practice doll. The cost is$4 for students and $6 general admis-sion.

There will be a second class Feb. 14,and both act as a prelude to the clubsBasic Course, which runs April 5through April 9.

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Implementing programs to improve safety

needs to be a joint effort with the University

of Nevada, Reno, its students and the city. In

light of recent crimes on and around campus,

students and university officials have thought of

several ideas to improve campus safety. The problem:

few people have put those ideas to action. To help

impliment those ideas these are the people to contact.

Its one thing to be upset about something, said Greg

Green, Associated Students of the University of Nevada

speaker of the senate. Its another to say hey, this needs

to be done.

WHO TO CONTACT FOR UNR SAFETY CONCERNS:

Students can have a voice in decisions made by ASUN.Attend senate meetings Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. in the Rita LadenSenate Chambers on the third floor of the Joe Crowley Student Union.E-mail your senator about your concerns. For a complete list of sena-tors e-mails visit www.unr.edu/asunLook for burnt out lights on buildings, lampposts and the grounds.We cant see everything, Bret Ruff, facilities electrician said. We have

several hundred outside lights to take care of. We need students to reportit.Write down the specific location of the problem.On lampposts, there is a number about seven or eight feet high thatneeds to be included in the report. Be sure to look for the number on allsides of the post. If there is no number, tell the facilities department sothat can be fixed too.Note whether the light is blinking or if it is out.Students can report potholes, overgrown shrubbery or any safety con-cerns to the facilities department.Call the facilities office at 775-784-8020. Leave a message reportingthe above information if no one answers the phone.Call university police services at 775-784-4013 to report problems atany time.

WHO TO CONTACT

FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY

CONCERNS:Call Reno Direct at 775-334-4636.Its a great tool, said Jessica Muehlberg, a member of the Old North-west Neighborhood Advisory Board. The City of Reno uses it to reportbad sidewalks or lighting. If the person reporting the problem gives theirname and information, they will be personally followed up with.

Attend your neighborhood advisory board meetings and address your con-cerns during the public comment period.Visit the City of Reno Web site at www.cityofreno.com to find what NAByou belong to. The living section of the Web site has each NABs meeting de-tails and contact information listed.Click on the public sa fety link in the living section of the Web site and down-load a packet of possible solutions to neighborhood problems. A Guide ForResolving Neighborhood Problems was developed by the Reno Police Depart-ment.Talk to your landlord.Install your own peephole.It costs $5 and takes five minutes, Don Rosenthal, building official for theCity of Reno said.

Purchase a peephole at a home appliance store. Drill a hole in the door with the drill bit. Screw in the peephole.

EDUCATE YOURSELF: NEARBY REGISTERED SEX

OFFENDERSTier One: low risk of committing a sexual crime againTier Two: moderate risk of committing a sexual crime againTier Three: high risk of committing a sexual crime againRegistered sex offenders who are students or work at UNR,according to UNR police services: 10 registrants at no level

8 registrants at Tier 1 5 registrants at Tier 2

0 registrants at Tier 3Visit http://www.familywatchdog.us/Search.asp to see amap of all registered sex offenders in the state, city or specificzip code.

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Jett ChapmanStaff Writer

Maria Urbina, director of stu-dent clubs and organizations,

smiled constantly Thursdaynight before unveiling the signfor the club resource roomdubbed the Biggest LittleRoom in the Joe Crowley Stu-dent Union.

About 60 club leaders at theClub Mixer clapped and cheeredwhen she cut the paper cover-ing the miniature replica of theReno arch the new club spacewas open. The leaders touredthe new rooms and looked attheir new resources: a colorprinter, computers and bannerand flyer-making supplies.

Most importantly this spaceis for clubs to use for all theirneeds, Urbina said of the third-floor space.

Daiena Brown, director of

communication and promo-tions for the public relationsclub, said they will use the extraresources to promote their clubmore eff ectively.

Its a great way to help andspice up different billboardsand flyers, Brown said.

Sara Boca, head of the StudentAnti-Genocide Coalition, saidthe extra space and resourceswill help them stay organized.

Shelley Kudelka, publicrelations director for the Associ-ated Student of the Universityof Nevada, said not all clubs arefamiliar with their new space andthe mixer helped introduce them.

The Club Mixer is meant toget clubs acquainted with eachother in a professional setting,Kudelka said.

Daniel Hernandez, presidentof Delta Sigma Pi, said the extraspace was a plus compared tothe smaller club space in the JotTravis Student Union.

What:A recruitment fair forall the campus clubsWhen: Thursday from 11 a.m.to 1 p.m.Where:Hilliard Plaza

CLUB FAIR

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Maria Urbina, director of student clubs and organizations, unveils The Biggest Little Room at the club mixer inside the Joe Crowley Student

Mixer introducesnew space to clubs

Jessica FrymanAssistant News Editor

When University of Nevada,Reno students have code ofconduct problems, they are

informed of their options, givenadvice and punished by thesame faculty member, studentgovernment officials said.

The Associated Students of theUniversity of Nevada Senate andLegal Services department coop-erated in drafting a bill to createa student advocate who can giveobjective advice to students.

The bill will be on the Feb. 20senate agenda. Students can goto the senate meeting and giveinput on how the student advo-cate position should be created.

According to the bills draft, the

student advocate will primarilyadvise students who are involvedin code of conduct problemswith university policies, like aca-demic dishonesty. Other casescould include residency appeals,parking and traffic appeals orfinancial aid problems.

The student advocate willinform students of their options,

but will not directly represent orspeak for them. Depending onthe case, some options couldbe negotiating punishmentwith the university or having anASUN judicial council hearing.

Students are responsible formaking their own decisions asto how to proceed after beingadvised.

If the current bill is passed,the student advocate will advisestudents. In code of conductcases, university officials willdetermine the consequences.

It will make the process more

legitimate, Speaker of the Sen-ate Greg Green said. I think youwill see a lot less students beingaggravated by their decisions.

Kaitlin Brush, director of ASUNLegal Services, said the univer-

sitys legal process is confusingfor students to understand whenthey get into trouble, and thestudent advocate can answerstudents questions.

She said she currently helpsstudents with their concerns,but had more than 200 legalcases last year, and said she canthelp everyone by herself.

Brush said about 1,000 stu-dents had code of conduct caseslast year.

ASUN Judicial Council ChiefJustice Thomas Gennaro said hehasnt heard any code of conduct

cases in the two years he hasserved on the council.

I dont know if studentsare aware of (their options),Gennaro said. Its something Ihave been questioning.

Sally Morgan, the director ofstudent conduct, could not bereached to comment.

He said students should know

they can have their case heardby the judicial council insteadof accepting the consequencesfrom the university.

According to the bills draft, thestudent advocate position will

be advertised and applicationswill be submitted to the businessmanager of ASUN.

Sen. Taylor Anderson said thestudent advocate will be paidabout $7.50 per hour and willwork about 15 hours a week. Hesaid the money will come out ofthe ASUN budget, which is madeup of student fees.

Senators want student advocate to advise on legal policies

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CANDIDATES

VISIT UNR

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Provost candidates Marc A. Johnson and Suzanne Ortega held open forums this week in the Joe Crowley Student Union theater. The provost position is designed to work with the president of the university ontopics related to academics and university development. Johnson spoke to about 25 faculty members Tuesday, Marsha Read, the chair of the search committee, said. Read said Johnson spoke on the growth of theuniversity and why he is applying for the position. I found the University a very student-focused university, Johnson said. Ortegas forum was Wednesday, and she spoke on improving current university programs.The search committee will now give feedback on all the candidates to president Milton Glick, who will then make the final decision. Glick said he hopes to appoint a candidate within the next two weeks. Johnson iscurrently the dean of College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University. Ortega is the vice provost and graduate dean at the University of Washington.


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from CSN students who talkedabout their hardships on seeinganother tuition rise.

Sarah Ragsdale, AssociatedStudents of the University ofNevada president, said shebelieved UNR students didntprotest the fees like CSNstudents because they were ofdifferent demographics CSNstudents were more likely to benontraditional students whoheld full-time jobs.

Theres a difference betweena universitys mission and acommunity colleges mission,Ragsdale said. Were trying to

do two different things with ourfunding; we have different typesof students I think peopleunderstand that.

Glick said students under-stood what the fee entitled,pointing out the ASUN senatevoted to support the fee.

They would rather pay moreand get more, he said.

ITALIAN FOODAlso at last weeks meeting,

the regents approved a proposalfrom the university to lease aspace to Villa Ristorante, anItalian eatery company. Thecompany will open facilities inthe Joe Crowley Student Unionin the fall, JCSU director ChuckPrice said.

Price said they will start con-struction on their space in Mayor June.

The restaurant will sell pizzaand other Italian foods, Pricesaid.

The restaurant has manychain stores open in southernNevada, he said.

TUITIONAlso at last weeks meeting,

the regents began discussingthe tuition increase proposaland bracket system. The pro-posed tuition increase is about10 percent for the 2009-2010and 2010-2011 school years.

The regents will vote on theproposal at its meeting on April3 and 4.

The regents debated the tu-

ition bracket, which would allowstudents who take between 12

and 18 credits to pay a flat rate.The rate would be based on theamount of students would payif they were taking 15 credits.

Glick said the bracket en-courages students to take more

credits and graduate in fouryears.Glick said he thinks the

regents will analyze pros andcons of the bracket proposal,but believes the regents willhave a decision made at theApril meeting.

DAVIDSON ACADEMYThe Davidson Academys

lease of the Jot Travis Buildingwas approved by the regents.The academy, which educatesyoung gifted students, islocated in a building in northcampus. The renovation of theold student union is partiallyfunded by the $15 million giftfrom the Davidson Foundation.The academy will start holdingclasses on the second floor of

the building in the fall, officialssaid.

RegentsCONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 The Board of Regents dis-

tributed $10 million to thedifferent Nevada System ofHigher Education institu-tions and departments. Theschools and departmentsreceived the following:University of Nevada,Reno: $3,229,680University of Nevada, LasVegas: $3,132,779College of Southern Ne-vada: $1,505,514Great Basin College:$260,461Truckee Meadows Com-munity College: $633,458Western Nevada College:$328,080Nevada State College:$257,656Desert Research Institute:$712,497Special Projects: $42,873University Press: $13,991National Direct StudentLoans: $795System Computing:$358,566System Administration:$86,579

BREAK DOWN

election, Speaker of the SenateGreg Green said. The publicitycoordinator, who has not beenappointed, was supposed toadvertise filing for student gov-ernment office last week.

Green said most of the peoplewho knew about filing wereASUN insiders, which is unfair.

Ragsdale said many peoplehave filed for student govern-ment offices and they are not allinsiders to ASUN.

Green said failing to make

appointments is not a one-timeoccurrence for Ragsdale.

Ragsdale said she recognizesthe need for accountabilityand she is fully responsible inhandling the duties of her presi-dency. She said she has had 73appointments to make sinceOctober, and has made all butthree.

Ragsdale said she is workingon appointing the public-ity coordinator to the electioncommission and an associatejustice to the judicial council.She said her appointment forthe poll coordinator to the elec-tion commission should be on

the Feb. 20 senate agenda.Todd, who is now running for

vice president, did not physicallypost the agendas for interimcommittee meetings duringwinter break. He said he postedthe agendas on the Internet,but forgot to post them aroundcampus, as the Nevada OpenMeeting Law requires.

Although the committee hadto hold another meeting toreconsider legislation discussedwhile breaking the law, Toddsaid the number and quality oflegislation reported from thecommittee was not affected byhis mistake.

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Service until 3 a.m. on Thurs-day, Friday and Saturday nights,which will cost about $1,700.A shuttle to run from the

dorms to late-night events suchas ASUNs Howl at the Moon,which will cost about $2,100. A walking escort service,

which students or faculty canuse when walking to a class orcar at night. The program willcost about $7,800.

Thompson said she hopes tostart the walking escort servicein the next eight weeks. Thoseescorts will be based out of

Getchell Library and will usebikes to traverse the campus.

University of Nevada, RenoParking Services also recentlystarted offering a shuttle servicethat runs Monday throughThursday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.that travels from the DownunderCaf entrance, Greek houses, theVirginia Street Gym, the studentservices building and The Joe.

Many students who usedCampus Escort last week said theystarted using the service more fre-quently this semester after learn-ing about the disappearance of19-year-old Brianna Denison fourweeks ago and the other sexualassaults on or near campus.

Jenny Luna, a 20-year-old

journalism major, started usingCampus Escort two weeks ago.

Its definitely because of the re-cent crimes, Luna said Thursdaynight while riding a Campus Es-cort van home. Im a good friendof Bri Denison so its hit home andall my family is really worried.

Veronica DeLeon, a 24-year-old psychology major, usedCampus Escort for the first timelast Thursday.

I felt pretty confident walk-ing alone, never felt like theresbeen a need for me to carry pep-per spray or to be walking withsomebody else, DeLeon said.But with everything going on itjust seems more important; no,it is more important.

Jessica EstepaNews Editor

Around Valentines Day lastyear, Kyle Kimber and his fra-ternity brothers were at a HomeDepot to serenade the nextperson on their list.

Both customers and employ-ees circled around the group as

they sang to a girl who lookedhappy and embarrassed at thesame time.

It was a part of music frater-nity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonias an-nual Valentine singing telegramprogram. Kimber, a 21-year-oldmusic education major, is incharge of organizing the pro-gram this year.

We sing and embarrasspeople, hand them a rose andthen head to the next place, hesaid.

From sports bars to courthous-es, the 33-member fraternitytravels around the Reno-Sparksarea around Valentines Day

to sing telegrams to differentpeople as part of its fundraisingfor local music programs. Sing-ing songs like My Girl and ForThe Longest Time, the groupdonates about $2,000 to theprograms each year.

Kimbers love of music beganlong before he started col-lege and joined Phi Mu Alpha

Sinfonia. When he was 8, hisgrandmother told him howhis great-grandfather was thetrumpet player for the king ofEngland. He said he wanted tostart playing music after hear-ing that story.

Since then, Kimber startedplaying different instruments tuba, euphonium and trombone and became involved in dif-ferent bands and music groups.He came to college knowing hewanted to go into music, andsettled on music education afterhe started his classes.

After he graduates, Kimbereventually plans to get his Ph.D.

in composition and perform ina professional ensemble.

Kimber said he does the tele-gram singing each year becauseof his love for music.

Its transcendent its notabout formulas, Kimber said.Its anything you want it tobe.

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia,the music fraternity on cam-pus, will be doing singingtelegrams for ValentinesDay.Theyll sing anytime andanywhere, even during a

class (with a professors per-mission).To schedule a time,call Kyle Kimber at775-340-7345.The cost is $15 for stu-dents and $20 for non-students.

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campus on a safety walk orga-nized by ASUN Sen. MichaelCabrera. Ruff made a list of burntout lights and replaced 19 a fewdays later.

Cabrera took his own notes onlights that needed to be installed,and sent his list to the facilitiesoperations department after thewalk. Cabreras list did not reach

Ruff or his coworkers until fourmonths later.

Ruff said the facilities opera-tions front desk showed him theblank work order Thursdayafter the department was askedto produce a completed workreport. Ruff said the Novemberorder had been lost, so the workwas not finished. He said someof the items were done becausehe had them on his own list.

On the walk, I wrote downseveral places that were dark,Ruff said. Thank goodness wehad the list to make (those) cor-rections.

Ruff said the request to installlights in the front of WhitePine Hall and the ScrughamEngineering and Mines building

were not done because he neverreceived the work order.He said the light in front of

White Pine Hall is so studentscan see the stairs on the VirginiaStreet bridge. Ruff said the lighton the SEM building is for secu-rity.

He said the buildings andgrounds department is workingto get the extra lights now.

Nelson said he still has notreceived the report.

Im assuming its becauseASUN never sent it, Nelsonsaid.

Brenda Mefford from thefacilities operations departmentsaid she received Cabrerasrequest Nov. 21 and forwardedit to her front desk staff. Thestaff was supposed to create an

official work order for Ruff andhis coworkers.

Cabrera said he assumed allof his recommendations werecompleted because he receiveda confirmation e-mail.

I should have followed up,Cabrera said. I will in the fu-ture.

Cabrera conducted a safetywalk from 15th and Virginiastreets to the residence hallsThursday night. Some concernsincluded not enough lighting forcrosswalks, narrow sidewalksand overgrown shrubbery.The next day, the city lightingproblems were made into workorders and sent to Sierra PacificPower Company. The other rec-ommendations were made to

university personnel.He said there will be two moresafety walks later this monthto look at possible lightingproblems behind the Joe Crow-ley Student Union and SouthVirginia and Sierra streets nearNinth Street.

Ruff and Anderson said theyplan on walking the campusthemselves at least once a monthto fix burnt out lights and othersafety issues. They said they takecampus safety seriously becausestudents are their responsibility.

Ruff said students shouldreport hazards to UNR policeservices at 775-784-4013 toget campus safety problemsfixed. Students should contacttheir landlord or neighborhoodadvisory board for housing area

concerns.

STUDENTS IDEAS

At the Feb. 5 ASUN safetyforum, some studentsasked police why therearent surveillance

cameras in campus parkinggarages.

Officer Eric James said install-ing cameras is very expensiveand it is hard to know if studentsare willing to have less privacyfor more security.

There are currently 220 sur-

veillance cameras in campusbuildings, but there are none inparking garages, Nelson said.

We pay so much for park-ing and they dont even haveproper security, said Lily Sirsy, a21-year-old biology major.

Nelson said surveillance cam-eras dont stop assaults - they arejust a deterrent.

On Oct. 22, a female studentwas sexually assaulted in theBrian J. Whalen Parking Complexon the north end of campus. Thesuspect has not been caught.

I dont think the securitycameras is something that is go-ing happen soon if at all, ASUNPresident Sarah Ragsdale said.Its very expensive and manypeople argue that they are noteffective.

Other student ideas presentedat the forum were selling safetyitems in the ASUN bookstore andestablishing a carpool system.

Ragsdale said she talked toASUN bookstore manager MarieStewart on Wednesday aboutadding safety merchandise, like

whistles and bike helmets, tothe store. Ragsdale said theyneed to make sure students areinterested in buying the items sothe bookstore wont lose money.

ASUN Director Sandy Rodri-guez started researching other

campuses that have carpoolsystems, Ragsdale said.

Its going to be pretty expen-sive to implement, Ragsdalesaid. Hopefully, if the car poolthing is something thats goingto work, we can get it by nextfall.

Some students are concernedwith off-campus safety, too.For example, several homes onSierra, Virginia and Evans streetsdo not have peepholes.

Twenty-year-old nursingmajor Brionna Henricks made

her own peephole by placingconstruction paper over herwindows and lifting up the edgeto look out.

Don Rosenthal, building of-ficial for the city of Reno, saidthe decision to install peepholesis up to the landlord. He said if a

landlord will not put peepholesin doors, residents may do itthemselves.

Its so inexpensive and easyto do, Rosenthal said. I findit hard to believe that peoplewouldnt just do it.


MAP |EMERGENCY CALL BOXES TIMELINE |CAMPUS SAFETY

ASUN senate passes billto add 25 more emer-gency call boxes

Student sexually assault-ed in Brian J. WhalenParking Complex

President Milton Glickapproves $100,000 forthe call boxes

A female is battered andsexually groped on the400 block of CollegeDrive

ASUN conducts fallsemester safety walk onthe south end of campus

Brenda Mefford fromthe facilities operationsoffice receives the safetywalk request from Sen.Michael Cabrera

A female victim isbattered and kidnappedfrom the 1400 block of

North Virginia Street.She was sexuallyassaulted and thenbrought home by thesuspect.

Brianna Denisondisappears from 1395Mackay Court

Director of FacilitiesMaintenance GregBattaglia sent an e-mailto Cabrera to tell him thefacilities maintenancedepartment neverreceived the safety walkrequest

ASUN safety forum

ASUN President SarahRagsdale meets withASUN bookstore man-ager to discuss addingsafety merchandise

Buildings and groundsworkers receive map forcall box locations; ASUNsenate passes a bill topay for a walking escortservice

The facilities operationsoffice found the No-vember work order andshowed it to buildingsand grounds

ASUN safety walk downVirginia Street.

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Perspectives

EDITORIAL CARTOON

The United States legal system at its finest.

What we need is a proactive community

STAFF EDITORIALI CAMPUS SAFETY

Restroomgraffiti a troveof expression

C. WORLD

What are you doing for Valentines Day?

CAMPUSCHAT

A FOREIGN AFFAIR

Foreign policy disastersdominate Bushs record

www.nevadasagebrush.comA8 FEBRUARY 12, 2008

There are many reasonswhy the currentadministration isconsidered a mistake,

an ongoing humiliation and afailure: No Child Left Behind,economic recession, made-upwords during importantspeeches I could go on.

But for me, one of thebiggest ways the currentadministration has failedthis country is through a

complete re-

tardation ofour approachto globalaffairs. Thefollowing isa short listof the topfive reasonswhy o uresteemedPresidentGeorge W.Bush is a

foreign policy disaster:5. Immigration is under-

standably a hot-button issuein this country these days,but is building a giant fencealong our southern borderreally the best solution?Forgive me for being pessi-

mistic, but the people alreadyattempting to enter our

country illegally must forgewild river s, cro ss sc orchingdeserts and navigate theirway ar ound borde r patr olsand coyotes that chargethem exorbitant amountsof money f or protectionjust t o get into this countr y.Besides, didnt the terroristsresponsible for 9/11 enter ourcountry through Canada?

4. Although Iran is perhapsone of the more unstablecountries in the world today,

its also a key player in ourongoing battle against theTaliban and Al-Qaeda. If thereis no tangible, credible, actualproof that they are currentlydeveloping nuclear weapons,let it go. There are other moresubstantial threats to focusyour energy on right now. Andhey, the Iranian governmentcan probably help if youll letthem.

3. In his final State of theUnion address, our presidentfinally recognized the horrorof the genocide in Darfur.Bravo. Its a shame that ColinPowell actually recognized thecrisis in Darfur in September2004. Its an even biggershame that despite taking so

long to acknowledge the con-tinuation of such atrocities,

our leader made no mentionof intervention or assistanceof any kind. The icing on thecake, however, was that goodol George didnt even paylip service to the similar, andmore recent, acts of conflict inKenya.

2. If the real reason weinvaded Iraq was to dethronea ruthless dictator whowas massacr ing his people,running his nation into theground and making threats

against our country, whyhave we not invaded Somalia,Zimbabwe or Sudan? Iunderstand that its not ourplace as the worlds mostinfluential nation to become aglobal policeman, but blatantlies and double standards arereally upsetting.

1. Guantanamo Bay. If wereraining down punishment andjudgment on countries that stillpractice torture and suspendhuman rights, then why is itpart of our foreign policy toshow these barbaric anduncivilized nations how itsdone?

Phillipa Lockwood is a colum-nist for The Nevada Sagebrush.

She can be reached at [email protected].

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heres something about Getchell Library publicrestrooms that invites social discourse. Etchedonto the walls and stalls are graffiti about racialtension, drugs, inspirational quotes and the

2008 presidential election. Someone even commentedon the Sudan genocide conflict: Of all the genocidalgroups in history, the janjaweed militia has the funniestname.

Like other restroom graffiti, there are crude draw-ings of breasts and penises. Theres Finals suck ass,Smoke weed every day and the insightful To wierd tolive to strange to die. My favorite is a message writtenon toilet seat covers that says, Free cowboy hats.

But as you read closer, youll discover the socialoutcasts of the university. Nazis, anarchists,

druggies and homophobes usethe restroom walls to express theircontroversial opinions.

For instance, Ive never met a Nazion campus, but their headquartersare apparently in the libraryrestrooms. Someone drew a swas-tika in a main f loor stall. Next to thesymbol, someone wrote, Whitesare the only ones who can be

supreme. But the Nazis were metwith irr itation: Others ad ded to thewall, Nazi p unks fuck off, Fuck o ffNazi cunt and Im black and Im a

physics major, much smarter than you.Anarchy As, depictions of anal sex and Im tweaking

on the toilet are also scribbled on the walls.Getchells taggers are also enthusiastic about the

presidential election. Republican Ron Paul seems to beGetchell restrooms preferred candidate: Vote Ron Paul,someone wrote, followed by a The only Republican thattastes like a Democrat! A fingerlican! Another personwrote, Libertrarian, and a smart aleck responded, Ifyou are going to be political, learn how to spell.

Another political message scrawled diagonally is,Hillary Clinton is going to fuck up. My thoughtsexactly.

But why relegate this expression to restroom walls?All expression of opinion, no matter how coarse andcontroversial, should be public expression.

If these taggers really are anarchists, Nazis and so on, wecould benefit from their viewpoints. They could produce

an enlightening dialogue on our communitys values.Id like to know why Clinton will botch the presiden-

tial election. If Nazism really exists at the University ofNevada, Reno, there should be discussions on it withits supporters. And the number of drug references onthe restroom walls possibly demonstrates a problemUNR officials should address.

Then again, most restroom graffiti is probablymeaningless. The release of bodily fluids understandablyinspires people to scribble nonsense on the walls. I knowthat guy who wrote Vote Ron Paul really didnt mean it.

I still have to think, though, that some ofGetchells restroom graffiti echoes true sentiments.While most o f the restroo ms wri tings are cr ude,there are some meaningful aphorisms likeImagination is more important than knowledge,learn; live; love and Carmens a hot muffi n!

But its not my place to evaluate the substance ofGetchell restroom graffiti. It should be in the publicsetting without anyones judgement of its value. Thewriting shouldnt merely be on the wall. I want learn;

live; love and Im tweaking on the toilet shoutedfrom every rooftop.

Its been one after another.

Kidnappings. Sexualassaults. Break-ins.

Were still grappling withthe thought of such terriblethings happening to our neigh-bors. Those random, senselesscrimes have overshadowed thissemester at the University ofNevada, Reno.

But that doesnt mean weshould let those crimes defineit.

Most importantly, theserecent events should be a callfor us to make this communitybetter.

Hence the big words on our

cover this week.That big font isnt to fill up

space. Its to let you know thatyou can do something aboutthe recent crime on and nearcampus. Page A3 has plenty ofsuggestions for you to take astand.

Send our cover story to acampus official. Call one.Send another an e-mail. Justdo something to let those incharge know how you feel.

Over the last week wetalked to students abouthow they feel about campussafety. We wanted to know ifthey think their leaders are

doing enough to keep themsafe.

Some answers were good.Others were disturbing.

Many told us that theydont feel safe near campusanymore. Some are evenconsidering moving away fromcampus which is the lastthing a university needs.

Others were wonderingwhy t here a rent securi tycameras in parking garagesdespite there being 220cameras in or aroundcampus buildings.

Students shouldnt haveto feel this way. Crime will

happen on any collegecampus whatever size it maybe. But that doesnt mean wecant do something about it.Our community needs help. Itneeds repairs.

There are problems at UNRthat students should address.

There have been commu-nication breakdowns amonguniversity officials when itcomes to making our campussafer.

Remember those emer-gency call boxes around thecampus?

Even though the AssociatedStudents of the University of

Nevada senate passed a billin May 2007 that approvedplacing 25 emergency callboxes around the university,UNRs buildings and groundscrews just recently got thegreen light to find places toput them.

You need to do some thingabout this community. De-mand change. Seek solutions.Work with your leaders.

Its one thing to changea light bulb when it goesout. Its another to bring asense of security back to ourcommunity.

Its the least we could do.

Im going to seemy boyfriendin Carson City.And then fromthere, itll be asurprise.

Nicole Lipsman18, undecided

Im probablygoing to hangout with mygirlfriends andcomplain aboutnot having aboyfriend.Jonevieve

Wilkerson

18, biology

Nothing at all.

Gabriel Rojas24, mathematical

science andengineering

My girlfrienddoesnt go toschool here, somaybe Ill graba nice dinner bymyself.

Travis Simas20,communications

Jordan C.Butler

PhillipaLockwood

WEBNOTESSTORY: PROFESSORCLAIMS RESEARCH DAM-

AGE WAS INTENTIONALOn Feb. 7, 4:45 p.m., DavidThawley wrote:

I would like to correct twomisstatements in Feb. 5thsNevada Sagebrush article en-titled Professor Claims Dam-age Was Intentional.

I am quoted as sayingThawley says he is 100percent sure that Husseinor Bollinger made a mistakein shutting the door. In fact,the freezer is a departmental,communal freezer and anyonecould have mistakenly leftthe door partly ajar. As suchmy comment was that I wasnearly 100 percent sure that

someone made a mistake inshutting the door.

COLUMN: SOUTHERN ILLI-NOIS IS SOLID MATCHUP

On Feb. 7, 3:21 p.m., KevinKipers wrote:

Southern Illinois is a goodmatchup for Nevada and itwill help their RPI even more.The Salukis were sweet six-teen finalists last before losingto Kansas. The game is alsoone of the matchups on TVand if Nevada can pull off afifth straight Bracketbustervictory on February 23, thenthis will look good for themcome March.

STORY: EDITORIAL CAR-TOON: AND SO DO WE

The WBC are not Christiansby far, they could care lessabout the Bible or how it is in-terpreted. The WBC is tryingto see how far they can pushthe 1st Amendment, they area family of lawyers, that is all.

COLUMN: SEX NEEDS TOLOSE ITS RISQU REPUTA-TION

On Feb. 5, 8:43 p.m., Victorwrote:

Dont expect to see a change.There isnt a liberal atheist

quiver full movement

LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR

Dear Editor,

Ricardo Lopezs column inthe January 27 issue needscomment. First, it is possiblethat homosexuality is genetic,and this is an argument fordealing sympathetically withhomosexuals, but not foraccepting the condition aseither normal or desirable.Hemophilia (failure of bloodto clot, so the victim can bleedto death from a small cut) isalso genetic.

The gist of the column seemsto be that homosexuals shouldhave the right to show affectionin public. All right, but in thatcase, the rest of us have anequal right to express our dis-gust. This reminds me of how,a few years ago, homophiles

sued the Boy Scouts, a privateorganization, to take away theirright to set their own member-ship requirements. Rights forme, but not for thee.

As for the demand for recog-nition of their marriages, etc.,five thousand years of humanexperience have shown thatthe normal two-parent fam-ily is the best way to preserveand continue civilization. Thelegal and financial benefitsthat married couples receiveare simply means to that end,not ends in themselves. Andhomosexuals already have allthe same rights as everyoneelse, including the right tocontract normal marriages.

Finally, if there were noother reason to oppose both

amnesty and homophilia, whyisnt the fact that the demandfor both is coming from thesame moronic liberals whomade the Twentieth Centurythe bloodiest one in recordedhistory sufficient by itself?

Bill Hamma


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hen I talked to my boyfriendabout an annoying situationa few weeks ago, I was

careful not to use the wordgay pejoratively. My boyfriend onceargued that the pejorative use of the wordis the reason young gay boys are afraid tocome out. Furthermore, its use implies thatbeing gay is bad.

Quite frankly, he has a point. Our genera-tion has been misusing gay as a generalterm of disparagement. While politicalcorrectness seems cumbersome at times,its necessary.

Whats necessary, though, is not alwayseasy. For example, I cant help whenaggravating situations get to me and a slipof the tongue often results in f-bombs orcalling someone/something/someplace gay.

Take my ongoing predicament with theoffice of financial aid. When they failed toissue me my $1,600 refund to buy booksbecause of some office limbo, I couldnthelp but say, What the (expletive)? What

kind of gay (expletive) is that?! (Now, Imnot saying theyre doing a bad job; theyrejust a little slow and understandably so.)

In unfortunate or stressful situations,you need words with a kick, usually thatword ending in ck does the trick. Andthats fine, but using words like gay at the

expense of others iscareless.

I didnt know what theword gay meant unt ilroughly sixth grade.Until then, though, I hadheard the word hun-dreds of times. Through

context clues, I learned its impliedmeaning. Whenever it was used, I knewit meant something bad. If someone wasgay, you didnt want to be that person.If something was gay, you didnt wantto have it. Or if some place was gay, youdidnt want to be there.

Thats why I never told anyone aboutmy orientation in middle school. Theidea of being publicly gay was unap-pealing, to say the least.

Perhaps thats why I feel guilty some-times when I use the word in that way. Iknow by doing so, Im only perpetuatingthe negative connotation and aiding thesame people who made me feel like apariah in middle school.

So while some people will argue that

they dont mean to use the word to putdown gay people, they dont understandthe impact of their words. To understandthat impact, you have to first understandlanguage.

Language is an immense and powerfultool. It fuels movements. It diffusesviolence. Language can inspire and itcan hurt.

My being gay is neither an excuse nor areason as to why I shouldnt use the wordgay in that manner. In fact, I join themillions of people who continue to misusethe word and, in turn, affect the millionsof struggling teenagers trying to find theirplace. Im struggling myself because I mustconsider the following question in regardsto the evolving etymology of the wordgay: Should language change first and

then people will follow, or should peoplesperception change first and then languagewill follow?

Ricardo Lopez is an assistant design edi-tor for The Nevada Sagebrush. He can bereached at [email protected].

Undesirable effects come with thenegative use of the word gay

GAY MATTERS

What do you think of people who celebrateholidays like the Jewish Bar Mitzvah,fast like Muslims and bury the dead likeChristians?

People who would celebrate all three of these holidaysmay surprise you. You may even consider them faithless.

But most Japanese people live their lives just like this!They visit Shinto (a traditional Japanese religion) shrinesevery New Years Day, marry like Christians and performBuddhist-like funerals.

Although Japanese people practice these religiousevents, they regard them more as tradi-tions. The truth is, most Japanese peoplewould define themselves as atheists orwithout religion. They actually have badfeelings toward religion.

The general opinion about religionin Japan is that religion creates closed-mindedness and produces conflict andignorance for other people. Japanesepeople think others should respect theinfinite number of gods or no god and adopt good aspects of each religionrather than admire one god and create

exclusive communities.I am a Japanese person who doesnt believe in a specific

religion. But I have been trying to understand what religionis, the good aspects of religion and why there are so manyreligious believers in the world and especially in the UnitedStates. I often wonder why many Japanese people hatereligion and whether religion is actually dangerous.

But Ive actually experienced the danger of religion!Three years ago, I was nearly forced to join Soka Gakkai by

one of my friends. Soka Gakkai is a very fast-growing kindof Buddhism, holding its organization in more than 190countries and having about 12 million believers worldwide.

When I asked my religious friend about Soka Gakkai, hereacted politely. He took me to Soka Gakkai headquarters,

Soka University, a Soka professors house, etc. Eventhough these experiences were quite interesting for me,my interest in Soka Gakkai didnt mean my interest injoining Soka Gakkai.

However, I was targeted by Soka Gakkai without myknowledge.

My friend came to see me with two of his Soka Gakkaifriends a few weeks later. I thought we were going to havea fun night out together, but instead they took me to abranch of Soka Gakkai. Although we had small talk at thebeginning, the conversation shifted to Soka Gakkai.

Surrounded in a sealed room, the Soka Gakkai membersand I talked about why they became members, why theirreligion is awesome and why I should join them. Theencounter lasted from 5 p.m. until 11 p.m. and made mephysically and mentally exhausted. Even though theydidnt persuade me, I found Soka Gakkais recruitingmethods extremely aggressive.

My experience with the Soka Gakkai recruiters is whyreligion puts a bad taste in my mouth. My friend laterapologized to me about his forceful nature, but the experi-

ence taught me that religion can make people very angry.I guess many Japanese people have had similarexperiences like mine. America is a very religious country.Americans: Please teach us Japanese people, includingme, to appreciate religion.

Terror.

That would be the wordto describe it. Terror was theexpression she wore on her

face as she pulled her infant son closerto her side.

I doubt she even knew the funnylooking E on my chest was actuallya Sigma, and the O with the super-imposed I was actually a Phi. But itdidnt matter. All she knew was that Iwas a frat boy that I haze my pledges,mistreat women and, in my free time,drink beer and do keg stands until Ipuke on my shoes.

This lady, who essentially knewnothing about me, judged me on thespot outside the C gates at McCarran

International Airport in Las Vegas.If she only knew that Sigmas are

different than Epsilons, that Phisare different than Alphas, and thatLambdas are certainly no Gammas.In the end, its all the same nonsense

to the person who is quick toassume the values of such organiza-tions are all the same.

All Greek houses have their distinctpersonalities, different sets of values,and their own ways of abiding bythem, but many people lump us alltogether into a single malignant ball ofdebauchery.

All too often t he posit ive mer itsof a fraternity are overshadowedby assumptions of hazing, childish

pranks and crushingbeer cans againstour heads after agame of beer pong.

What peopledont hear about is

the thousands ofhours of communityservice we contrib-ute every year orthe large amountsof money we raisefor our respective

philanthropies.They dont hear SigEp saves

hundreds of lives a semester throughtheir blood drive with United BloodServices. They dont hear that Sigma

Nu raises tens of thousands of dollarsfor St. Jude Foundation in their Chip-ping for Charity philanthropy.

Rather, people are quick tohighlight the most recently publi-cized story of members involved in

fights, bizarre hazing practices oralleged date rape, whether it be onour campus or not.

Instead of wearing Greek letters thatday at the airport, I was sure I hadmistakenly strapped dynamite to mychest and had two horns protrudingout of my forehead while carrying apitchfork. How I managed to get thatfar into the airport is beyond me. Apart of me was half-expecting to beblindsided and subsequently tased by

an overweight TSA guard.The truth is that fraternity

members are just normal collegestudents. We go to school, stressabout tests, have girlfriends and yes,we par ty ev ery now an d the n. Al l

that I ask of you is that instead ofassuming the worst of me or any ofmy brothers, or b elieve were all thesame cookie-cutter frat boy, take aleap of faith and get to know us.

After all, it may be the both ofus who are missing out on a greatfriendship.

Memo Sanchez is a columnist for TheNevada Sagebrush. He can be reached [email protected].

America andJapan differ intheir outlookson religion

Stereotypes overshadow fraternities philanthropic efforts

ANOTHER LOOK

GREEK LIFE

RicardoLopez

GakuIshimaru

MACKAYS MOODY BY WINTER CARRERA AND JORDAN C. BUTLER

As I tried to find subjects to writeabout this week, I found myselfstruggling to find a competentsubject but not because theres

a lack of things to talk about. All youhave to do is open up the front page of

the newspaper to findsomething good, whetherits the State of the Uniona few weeks ago or aDemocratic primaryanalysis.

Im drawing a blankbecause in some weirdway thats where we are asa nation: blank.

Were drawing a blankin having an honestdiscussion of issues onthe campaign trail. With

exception to the Democratic debate in Los

Angeles and possibly the Republican Debateat the Reagan Library or St. ReagansCathedral, depending on your politicalpersuasions Ive come out of each partysdebates learning little, if nothing, about the

candidates. And those tasked with coveringthem in the press havent been helpfuleither, but thats another story.

We draw a blank when it comes to beinga beacon for sanity and justice abroad.There are obviously the abuses of prisonersat Guantanamo Bay as well as at the prisonat Abu Ghraib.

Theres also the story a month ago that theUnited States was put on a torture watch listby Canadas Department of Foreign Affairs.Although Canada has vowed to review thisdeclaration, the simple fact that our countrywould be put on the same list of torturersas China, Syria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia ishumiliating. Absolutely humiliating!

We draw a blank when it comes to thehealth and well-being of our citizens. Ourhealth care system is ranked 37 in the world,according to the World Health Organization.In 2006, our infant mortality rate among our

industrialized countries was tied with thatof Malta, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.The fact that weve been talking about this

problem makes me optimistic. Then again,weve also been talking about our health

care system as long as Ive been alive.We draw a blank when it comes to the

will of the politicians we send to Congress.Democratic leaders squashed the valiantefforts by senators Chris Dodd and RussFeingold to filibuster Foreign IntelligenceSurveillance Act legislation and remove im-munity from telecommunication compa-nies like Verizon. The result, unfortunately,was FISAs reauthorization.

Whenever I hear pundits talk aboutmassive Democratic gains in Congress comeNovember, I look at situations like these andgive a skeptical eye to those predictions.

There are other instances where thisblank slate is seen in our country. From theeconomy and our priorities as a nation to theconsolidation of media entities under onecorporate umbrella, each example is proofof the hole we have dug ourselves today andhow we need to find daylight before its too

late. Try to remember that when you go intothose voting booths this fall.How long do you want to stare at a blank

slate before you start painting a bettertomorrow on it?

United States is a blank canvaswhen it should be a colorful painting

POLITICAL OPINION

BrianAult

Language is an immense and powerful tool. It fuels

movements. It diffuses violence.

MemoSanchez


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When mixing a depressing warbackdrop, a girls soul searchand witty, sarcastic humor,the outcome can be at timesan overwhelmingly bland andsomewhat confusing theaterexperience.

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The films most enthrallingsection is the first 30 minuteswhen the audience is introducedto Marjane as a child. Marjaneis the epitome of innocence andcuriosity. Whether it be braggingto her friends about her unclesheroic jail time served, or statingthat her main dream in life is toshave her legs, her adorability isundenia ble. Her parents canthelp but be amused by herserene little world when theyredealing with Irans biggest revo-lution in the its history.

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