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TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2010 VOLUME CXVII NUMBER 1SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO SINCE 1893nevadasagebrush.comFirst copy free, additional copies 50 each nevadasagebruee, additional copies 50 each

SIMPLE AS DO RE MICheck out an alphabetical guide to everything that is the Reno music scene Page A14

RELEASELooking for the best way to end beginning-of-school stress? Sex is your answer. Page A8

BIG CHANGESSee how Nevadas move to the Mountain West conference will affect the athletic department. Page B1

INDEXVideo: Take a look at the football scrimmage and whats to come this season.Audio slide show: In memory of Matthew Trabert.Podcast: Discussion on summer sports happenings.Extra info: Find out how some departments survived the budget cuts.

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Family, friends remember deceased student

FRESHMAN CLASS LARGEST YETStudent lobbyists pressure leaders

SEPTEMBER 21, 1989 AUGUST 9, 2010

By Jay Balagna

When Matthew Trabert was alive, he was always recognized among his friends for his infec-tious charisma, gregarious personality and a San Fran-cisco Giants cap he wore nearly every day. Sunday night, when friends and family gathered on campus for one last goodbye to the 20-year-old business major, dozens of his signature hats with his name embroidered on the back dotted the crowd.

Trabert was killed Aug. 9 when the Jeep he was in over-

turned near Pyramid Lake. He was the only passenger of the three to be killed. The driver and passenger s u s t a i n e d minor injuries. The driver was

arrested on drunk-driving-related charges, according to reports from the Washoe County Sheriff.

The candlelight vigil held Sun-day night was meant as a positive

way to remember Trabert, said Casey Stiteler, one of Traberts fraternity brothers in Sigma Nu who helped organize it. About 150 people lit candles in front of the Joe Crowley Student Union to remember their friend.

During the service, Patrick Kealy, who said he grew up down the street from Trabert in Reno, gave a speech to remem-ber him and to remind the people gathered there to live their lives as Trabert wouldve wanted them to.

Matt was an incredible ath-lete and he lived his whole life

like he played his sports, Kealy said. Whether he was compet-ing on the slopes, on a football field or just hanging out at a friends house or with family, he was constantly exploding with positive energy.

Shortly after the news of the accident reached them, Kealy said a group of friends Trabert went to high school and started embroidering about 100 Giants hats with his name on them to wear as a memorial to their friend. TONY CONTINI /NEVADA SAGEBRUSH

Kailey and Chris Suh and Courtney Winans (left to right) attend a vigil for Matt Trabert on Sunday. They are longtime friends of Matthew Trabert.

Budget pains strike campusMillennium fund may soon run dry

By Emerson Marcus

Students from seven of Ne-vadas eight higher education institutions passed legislation last week to send Nevada gov-ernment candidates a pledge to protect education.

Truckee Meadows Commu-nity College is still waiting to pass the legislation.

The pledge is modeled after the Taxpayer Protection Plan which seeks a commitment from candidates to not raise taxes.

We feel that if candidates can sign a pledge to not raise taxes they can sign a pledge for education, said Director of Legislative Affairs Casey Stiteler, who helped create the pledge. We understand that education could get cut. We understand the state is hurting. But we mainly want to start a conversation about education and get candidates to pledge they wont make drastic cuts that are going to eventually lead to the cut-ting of entire institutions or schools.

The Nevada System of Higher Education lost 6.9 percent of its budget after the Special Session in March.

Early predictions estimate Nevada will face a budget defi cit of about $3 billion by the next legislative session in February 2011.

Stiteler said it is critical to get candidates to commit to education with a pledge before the election.

The exact wording of the pledge reads: I will oppose and vote against any and all efforts to decrease funding for higher education that may damage the institutional integrity of the NSHE or limit access to students.

Students can go to fi ghtfor-nevada.com to petition for the pledge. Total signatures exceeded 8,000 students as of Monday.

Nevada candidates will receive the pledge Sept. 30, Stiteler said.

Stiteler and his staff are working to make sure the pledge is sent both electroni-cally and through the mail to every candidate running for statewide offi ce.

The pledge will also be posted online so students can send the link to their representatives.

Emerson Marcus can be reached at [email protected].

By Jay Balagna

Every semester, shortly before fees come due for the coming months classes, tuition ticks down by a substantial amount for more than 20,000 Nevada students receiving the Millen-nium Scholarship. Over the years, the scholarship has be-come an integral part of higher education in the state.

But that programs future is in question. If it lasts beyond the academic year, as some state leaders have speculated it might not, it will almost surely be in a drastically different form, experts say. Whether it is tighter academic requirements, decreased payment levels or an end to the program altogether,

See MILLENNIUM Page A6

See VIGIL Page A6

By Don Weinland

Budget cuts, curricular review, academic reductions campus was abuzz with words like these during the 2009-10 school year. And since March, the vocabu-lary cast a shadow over univer-sity departments and programs, eventually closing eight areas of study.

Now in the wake of the storm, the University of Nevada, Reno is counting what it lost, what it learned and what challenges are waiting just around the bend.

On March 1, a special ses-sion of the Nevada Legislature reduced the university budget by $11 million. Like the previ-ous reduction of $33 million made in July 2009, $3.5 million of the March cuts were made in administrative faculty, student services, operating funds and maintenance. The remaining $7.5 million came out of educa-tion.

The departments of economic resources and animal biotech-nology were offi cially closed June 3 when the Nevada System

of Higher Educations Board of Regents approved suggestions made during the curricular

See CUTS Page A5

By Don Weinland

The University of Nevada, Reno will see its largest ever freshman class this fall, with enrollment for fi rst-year students up 20 percent compared to last fall.

Enrollment may top 17,000 students, 3,500 being new and returning freshmen, according to University Media Relations. This resulted in the opening of two addi-tional residence halls.

UNR President Milton Glick said 750 stu-dents of this falls freshman enrollment are from Clark County, up from 300 last fall.

Glick said the numbers from Clark County are especially pleasing. The more than 100 percent growth in students from Southern

Nevada demonstrates the Universitys status in the state, he said.

Melisa Choroszy, associate vice president of enrollment services, said the numbers defi nitely point to high increases in fresh-men enrollment, but the exact numbers wont be known until the end of late regis-tration on Sept. 1.

We will have way too much adjustment to give a fi nal fi gure now, Choroszy said. We are defi nitely seeing more registration activity this semester.

Brad Schiller, an economics professor, called the increased enrollment the upside of an economic downturn.

TONY CONTINI /NEVADA SAGEBRUSH

Amber Smith, Arielle Wideman and Danika Sharp (clockwise from top) are University of Nevada, Reno basketball players who live together in Argenta Hall. The trio is one of many groups who is living three-to-a-dorm in Argenta.

Dorms deal with increased residency by re-opening dorms, adding beds

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Wolf Pack bolts for MWCSEE B1

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Medicine center opens on campusNEW BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS


Iain Buxton from the pharmacology department at the University of Nevada, Reno, spoke and ran experiments at the opening of the new Center for Molecular Medicine.

By Ben Miller

Andrea Goad was 12 years old when she was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, a disorder characterized by persistent exhaustion and pain. The disease, which continues to plague Goad 20 years later, affects an estimated 17 million people around the globe.

A new building at the Uni-versity of Nevada, Reno may eventually have the answer not only to CFS. The center will also look to treat other health problems, ranging from cancer to premature birth.

The 120,000-square-foot Center for Molecular Medicine, which celebrated its grand opening Aug. 16, is also the new home of the Whittemore Peterson Institute. The insti-tute was founded by Goads mother, Annette Whittemore, with the goal of finding answers for (her) daughters illness.

Whittemore said the center is capable of having up to 150 researchers and will hold several paid positions for medical students. The insti-tute is working toward a pos-sible residency and fellowship program. The building held an open house Saturday before being permanently closed off to the public.

UNR President Milton Glick said the new facility is important for the university because of the impact the research allows it to have.

The research done in this building will make a difference, not only for the health of Neva-dans, but for the health of the world, Glick said.

He said the building will affect UNRs grant competitiveness dramatically and will provide space to attract new researchers. Glick also said that the build-ing may be one of the last new buildings on campus for a while due to budget cuts to higher education.

Although the institute is

focused primarily with projects concerning the XMRV virus, the CMM will house research projects for asthma, muscular dystrophy, male infertility, her-pes, premature birth and cancer. XMRV is a virus the institute pre-viously linked to chronic fatigue syndrome.

Dr. Sanford Barsky, chair of the department of pathol-ogy, will use the new facility to study factors affecting the latency period of cancers. Barsky believes that factors such as stress and obesity may alter the length of this period, and that certain treatments or medications may be able to extend the latency period, perhaps even for the lifespan of the patient.

Whittemore described the work that will take place in the building as translational, in that it will translate existing knowledge of diseases and conditions into diagnostic and treatment methods.

You basically have a fl ow of information from patient to lab and back to patient, she said.

Dr. Iain Buxton of the depart-ment of pharmacology, who plans to study methods of treat-ment he said could lead to the prevention of premature births, said the state-of-the-art equip-ment is what makes the facility unique.

The secret is, we not only have a building, we have an equipment budget, he said.

Glick said this, along with the collaborative nature of the

facility, will allow researchers to speed up their projects so that work that used to take three months will take two weeks and that the building will com-pete with any medical research building in the United States today.

James Dean Leavitt, the chair-man of the Northern Nevada System of Higher Educations Board of Regents and a victim of multiple sclerosis, said the institution represents hope for people like him.

I have reason to believe that

within my lifetime we will not only see a cure for multiple scle-rosis, but we will see it reversed, he said.

The cost of the center totaled $77 million, the majority of which was generated from grants won by university researchers. The rest of the funding was provided by the Nevada State Legislature and the Whittemore Family Foun-dation.

During the opening cer-emony, Goad fought through emotion to read a letter she

wrote to her parents thanking them for their years of dedica-tion and hard work toward finding a cure for her illness. She also thanked the research-ers who had worked to find the connection between XMRV and CFS and said she looks forward to the beginning of research at the building.

Im proud to say Im the fi rst of many patients of the (insti-tute), Goad said.

Ben Miller can be reached at [email protected].

By Lukas Eggen

The new Davidson Mathemat-ics and Science Center is open, and with it comes space and technology that will be used by most future students.

University of Nevada, Reno Dean of Science Jeff Thomp-son said about 80 percent of students from now on will take at least one class in the Davidson Math and Science Building.

The building has allowed for small sitting areas on all fl oors along with classrooms on the fi rst fl oor and lab rooms on fl oors two through four with computer labs.

Its a welcoming building in that way, said Gina Tempel, Associate Dean of Science. Students are encouraged to stay and work together. With a new caf downstairs, people dont even have to leave the building to purchase food.

The Elements Caf, located on the fi rst fl oor, is open from

7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, featuring coffee, drinks and food items.

President Glick is working on a sticky campus and this is one of the examples that promotes the sticky campus where students can get to know one another and develop little communities, Tempel said.

I think that students tend to cluster in small groups, said Tempel. Too big of a group and you lose the intimacy or the ability for people to get together and exchange ideas.

As students got their fi rst look at the new building and class-rooms, many were impressed with the fi nished product.

Jesse Mitchum, a 22-year-old biology major, had high praise for the buildings main audito-rium near the front door.

Its state of the art, Mitchum said. Its my favorite audito-rium.

Each classroom has a com-puter, projectors and the main auditorium has a sound room in

the back. While professors and students seemed to be pleased overall, not everything was perfect.

Nutrition professor Marie Ricketts experienced some

computer issues, while 19-year-old Lisa Brauner became frustrated when she couldnt find her advisers of-fice on campus.

I was looking for my chem-

istry adviser but there were no signs, Brauner said. I ended up having to ask someone.

Lukas Eggen can be reached at [email protected].

Math, science find new home

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A class is held Monday morning in the Redfi eld Auditorium in the new Davidson Math and Science Building. This week marks the fi rst week of classes in the new facility.

The Center for Molecular Medicine will hold up to 150 researchers. Work done in the build-ing will aim at solutions for cancer, herpes and other diseases and conditions. The facility cost $77 mil-lion, $60 million of which is from university researchers.

Th C t f M l l

BUILDING FACS

By Kayla Johnson

The Downunder Caf opened in the fi rst week of August with-out eating trays for the fi rst time in an effort to save energy and money.

Looking to save energy and money, the Downunder Caf removed eating trays from its buffet during the fi rst week of August. The caf has also put into use new, lightweight plates and a composter for decompos-ing food waste.

Richard Forsell, general man-ager of the Downunder Caf, said that the purpose behind removing the trays is that it saves water as well as food.

Peoples eyes are bigger than their stomachs and sometimes when people have a tray, they tend to feel the need to fi ll up the whole tray, going overboard,

Forsell said. According to the University of

Nevada, Reno Dining Services, the reduction will help save the 5,852 gallons of water, 41 kilo-watts of energy and 65 pounds of chemicals required every month to clean the trays.

The trend nowadays is that there are no trays at many buf-fets and we are just updating things to modernize with the food service industry, Forsell said.

He added that UNR was one of the few colleges that still had eat-ing trays. Studies conducted by Dining Services during the past year concluded that many other universities found not having food trays to be an effi cient and economic option.

But some students feel the trays are a necessary utensil for buffet dining.

Jennifer Schmidt, a 20-year-old music education major, said she would prefer having the trays still available in the Downunder Caf.

It is hard because you cant carry two plates of food and drinks in your hands all at once, Schmidt said.

Forsell said students needing to make many trips were con-sidered. He said the lightweight eating utensils were purchased to make the trips easier.

Associate Director for Housing Operations and Dining Services Russell Meyers said that many different types and sizes of plates were sampled to fi nd the perfect one for Downunder Caf guests.

We spent weeks looking at plates, Meyers said. The new plates that were selected are lighter, unbreakable and have a rectangular shape to be able to fi t more food.

Forsell said waste studies con-ducted by dining services dem-onstrate a connection between wasting food and using trays.

When students dont have a tray, they dont grab as much food, Forsell said. Therefore, not as much food is being wasted.

Tyeisha Watters, an 18-year-old pre-veterinarian science major, supports the new changes.

I like it because it saves money, said Watters. It is also easier to carry because you can carry a plate in one hand and a drink in the other. The plates not being as heavy defi nitely helps.

Besides saving money by go-ing tray-less, a composter was also installed at the Down Under Cafe which is a pre-consumer organic waste disposal. Meyers said the composter is a resource-ful way to turn wasted food into compost.

Kayla Johnson can be reached at [email protected].

Campus dining ditches trays in efforts to go green

Writers, photographers and staffers:

Leanne Howard, Tara Bowser, Barry Belmont, Tyler Bowman, Jacob Neely, Felicia Kampf

BY THE NUMBERSBy eliminating trays. the Downunder Caf expects to save water and energy. .

5,852is the number of gallons of water the dining services

estimates it will save.

41is the number of kilowatts of

energy the dining services estimates it will save.

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Weekly UpdateCampus EventsWelcome Week ushers in new year

By Ben Miller

Welcome Week kicked off the the fall semester at the Univer-sity of Nevada, Reno and will continue with a variety of events expected to draw hundreds of students.

The week will feature events like a free hypnotist show, movie, late-night pancake breakfast and more, some of which have seen past attendance of more than 300 students.

Flipside Production Campus and Student Involvement Chair Huili Weinstock said the events are designed to help incoming freshmen transition from high school to college.

Basically, my aim is to get more people involved, Wein-stock said.

Activities began Sunday with Quad Day. The event featured a barbecue, beach ball and games. Several Associated Students of the University of Nevada offi cials served refreshments. The event started the week earlier than last year, when the fi rst event of Welcome Week was held on a Monday.

Austin Kennedy, a 17-year-old undeclared major living in Nye Hall, said he attended the barbecue to get out of the room and socialize. He said he was planning to attend more Welcome Week events, but wasnt sure if he would go to all of them.

Anything with food, Ill prob-ably be there, Kennedy said.

Wonderbread 5, a cover band wearing American flag suits and fuzzy wigs, played cover songs like I Gotta Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas and I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry while students played games, danced or sat on the grass and mingled.

ASUN Director of Program-ming Christina Gunn said she was happy with the attendance, which appeared to be about 120 students at any given time.

I really like that students are getting involved early, before school starts, Gunn said. Theyre meeting people; theyve got Frisbees and all sorts of games going on.

An ice cream social was also held Monday in front of the

Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center that Gunn said drew about 200 students. Music pro-vided background for the event along with a short serenade by seven tuba players.

The Wolf It Down pancake breakfast, which Gunn said drew between 300 and 500 students last year, will be from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. tonight on the Quad. Gunn said volunteers for the breakfast will include members of the ASUN Unity Commission, ASUN senators, athletes representing various Wolf Pack teams and freshmen who have already joined Flip-side and ASUNs programming board. Local band JamB will also play.

Lombardi Recreation Center will be open Wednesday for stu-dents to explore from 9 p.m. to midnight. A dodgeball competi-tion will also be held.

Hypnotist Linda Sparks of Vacaville, Calif. will give a show Thursday at 6 p.m. in the theater of the Joe Crowley Student Union, with a showing of Iron Man 2 following at 9 p.m. on the unions lawn.

The Friday Festival, which Gunn also said attracted about 300 students last year, will be

held Friday between 5 and 8 p.m. on the Quad. A club fair will be hosted, as well as games and food.

A banner bearing Flipside Productions nickname for the week, Best Week Ever, will be available for students to sign throughout the week, as well as a voter registration table. The voter registration cam-paign, a Sierra Club-affiliated project, is named ReEnergize the Vote, according to Jordan Butler, one of the tables vol-unteers.

Gunn said Welcome Week will not be affected by the formation of the ASUN Department of Tra-ditions, which was formed last semester and assumed several responsibilities previously given to Flipside. The role of Flipside, however, is slightly different.

Our overall goal has changed to larger events that a lot more students will attend, Gunn said.

Weinstock said the budget for Welcome Week is expected to be less than $7,500.

Ben Miller can be reached at [email protected].

AUGUST 22A suspect was cited for being a minor in possesion and consumption at College Drive and Buena Vista Avenue.

A suspect was cited for MIPC at Faland Way and College Drive.

A suspect was cited for MIPC at West Ninth Street and Sierra Street.

A suspect was arrested for MIPC and destruction of property at University Terrace.

Police responded to a report of grand larceny involving a bicycle at Nye Residence Hall.

AUGUST 19Offi cers responded to a report of an alcohol violation and contributing to a minor on North Virginia Street.

Police responded to a sex registration violation on North Virginia Street.

AUGUST 17Police responded to a report of Destruction of property and a hit and run in a Record Street parking lot.

AUGUST 16Police responded to a report of commercial burglary of currency at Palmer Engineering Building.

Offi cers responded to a report of auto burglary at Knudtsen Resource Center.

Offi cers responded to a report of a bicycle burglary at the Chemistry Building.

Police responded to a

report of petit larceny on East 9th Street.

Police responded to a report of possesion of drug parapherna-lia at Lincoln Residence Hall.

AUGUST 13Police responded to report of grand larceny involving a bicycle at the Mack Social Sciences Building.AUGUST 12 Police responded to a report of DOP involving graffi ti at West Stadium Garage.

Police responded to a report of a fraudulent check at the Joe Crowley Student Union.

Police responded to to a report of grand larceny involving a bicycle at the Howard Medical Sciences Building.

AUGUST 11Police responded to a report of DOP and a hit and run on North Virginia Street.

Police responded to a report of grand larceny involving an Apple Macbook laptop at the Paul Laxalt Mineral Research Building.

AUGUST 10Police responded to a report of misappropriation and embezzlement involving batteries and currency at North Virginia Street.

Police responded to a report of petit larceny involving a coffee mug and boxes of tea at Getchell Building.

Police responded to a report of property crimes and a towed vehicle at Valley at Enterprise.

POLICE BLOTTER NEWS BRIEFS

CEO DONATES 1.2 MILLION TO UNR

The University of Nevada, Reno was the recipient of a $1.2 million donation from Kevin McArthur and his wife, Michelle, in order to improve and support uni-versity programs, according to a press release from the UNR Department of Alumni Relations.

McArthur, the president and chief executive officer of Tahoe Resources, Inc., a Reno-based minerals development company, donated $600,000 in sup-port of improvements to the universitys tennis facilities and another $600,000 to be added to the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engi-neerings Goldcorp Endowed Chair in Minerals Engineer-ing, the press release said.

McArthur, who graduated

from UNR with a bachelors degree in mining engineer-ing, matched the cash value of a stock grant he received in his companys intitial public offering when making the donation.

We are very pleased to receive this tremendous gift from Kevin and Michelle, said John Carothers, vice president for development and alumni relations, at UNR.

FREE OUTREACH CLINIC ANNOUNNCES DATES

Free clinic dates were an-nounced for the University of Nevada School of Medicine Student Outreach Clinic last week.

The clinic, run by medical students and their profes-sors, offers free care to underserved populations in the greater Truckee Meadows

area. A childrens clinic will be

held Sept. 4 from 8 a.m. to noon, a womens clinic will be held Sept. 18 from 8 a.m. to noon and a general clinic will be held Sept. 27 from 6 to 9 p.m.

Clinics offer physicals for work or school, EKGs, blood pressure monitoring, refer-rals and selected lab services at discounted fees. Womens clinics offer pregnancy test-ing, Pap smears, gynecologi-cal exams, breast exams, STD testing and mammogram referrals. Childrens clin-ics offer school and sports physicals, immunizations and general care.

The clinics are free and held in UNSOMs Univer-sity Health Systems Fam-ily Medicine Center. Testing fees of $5-$20 may apply to students.

For a full listing of events: nevadasagebrush.com/calendar

TUESDAY/24Wolf it Down Pancake BreakfastWhen: 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.Where: The Quad

This event will feature pan-cakes and entertainment, including a live band. This traditional event, which is part of Welcome Week, of-fers the opportunity to meet other students while enjoy-ing a late night breakfast. This is a free event.For more information, con-tact Huili Weinstock at 775- 784-6589.

THURSDAY/26Hypnotist Linda SparksWhen: 6 to 8 p.m.Where: The Joe Theater

Linda Sparks, who was trained in hypnosis at the Hypnosis Motivational In-stitute, will be performing a free stage show for stu-dents as part of Welcome Week. The show will revolve around audience participa-tion, which entails a mass number of students being put under hypnosis and ordered to do wacky things. This is a free event.For more information, con-tact Huili Weinstock at 775- 784-6589.

FRIDAY/27Magician Nate StaniforthWhen: 9 to 11:00p.m.Where: Joe Crowley Student Union

Students can enjoy a show performed by street magician Nate Staniforth, presented in collaboration with the E.U.D.L. Late Night Grant. Students may be fi lmed for the show. This event is free.For more information, contact Jeanette Smith at 775-784-6505.

How to Start Your Own Campus ClubWhen: 1 to 2:00 p.m.Where: 2nd fl oor Joe Crow-ley Student Union

ASUNs Director of Clubs and Organizations, Nathan Demuth, is going to be hold-ing an interactive workshop that will guide students on how to create their own campus club. This event is free.For more information con-tact Jeanette Smith at 775-784-6505.

Morning campustemperature:

Afternoon campustemperature:

60 61 60 53 92 93 90 85

Lows: 50-55

H i g h s : 75 - 8 0

Forecast prepared by the Reno-Lake Tahoe student chapter of the American Meteorological Society. For more information visit their Web site at http://www.ametsoc.org/chapters/renotahoe/

Clear and calm, E wind 5-10 mph

Clear and calm, light winds

Continued Sunshine

UNR WEEKLY WEATHER DISCUSSION: There will be a warming trend starting early in the week, leading into the week-end. Expect some gusty winds in the later afternoon hours each day; with not much to change in the extended forecast, warm and dry conditions are expected to continue for now. So, get out there this weekend and enjoy what is left of this summers weather before its gone!

Continued Sunshine, light

winds

Clear, warm and dry

LOOKING FORWARD


Bryce Patula and Wesley McNair practice their Eiffel Tower Yo-Yo skills on the quad Saturday during the Welcome Back BBQ


Wonderbread 5 plays to students on the Quad Sunday at Quad Day, the fi rst event of Welcome Week.

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TechnologyBy Ben Miller

A mapping website recently unveiled by University of Nevada, Reno employees is providing new ways to view Nevada to students, mining companies, engineers and more, said Tod Colegrove, the head of the DeLaMare Library and a worker on the site.

The W.M. Keck Earth Sciences and Mining Research Center replaces an older version of the site, which has existed for about 10 years. The new site was unveiled June 23 at the 20th an-nual conference of the Nevada Geographic Information Society to favorable reactions, Zachary Newell, the lead developer of the site, said.

The website uses a combina-tion of ArcGIS Server Google maps and the United States Geological Survey quadrangle system. These tools divide Nevada and a small portion of eastern California into clickable areas that show different maps based on what the user wants to see.

Newell said the site sees about 10,000 page views from about 3,000 unique visitors in a month, a number Colegrove said is more than double the amount before the new site was unveiled. Colegrove said the site attracts a wide range of people.

There are a ton of people in industry who use the Keck site; people in the mining industry, people working with geothermal exploration, even some people working with Google maps, he said.

He said the site could be very useful to professors at the university as well, espe-

cially those involved with mining engineering, geology and geography, and he has been working on an applica-tion for the site for the iPad. Such development of the site could allow a streamlining of the teaching process to allow students to absorb and better understand information more quickly, Colegrove said.

The website offers maps in colorized infrared, maps that focus on agriculture, maps that show historical expansion of cities, topographic maps, thermal maps and more.

Information for the maps came from the USGS, the De-partment of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, the Nevada Department of Transportation and the Ne-vada Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Newell said certain maps are of particular use to those in the mining industry, who can use them to better examine fault

lines and other features for prospecting purposes. Digital Elevation Models supplied by the site also allow users to create 3D images of the land-scape.

Before the redesign, Newell said the site saw about 600,000 downloads per semester, a number that is likely to increase. Information is down-loaded from various places, including about 120,000 files from China.

Colegrove and Newell are currently working on integrat-ing almost 200,000 maps in the DeLaMare Library into the Keck website to allow users to access them, Colegrove said.

Ben Miller can be reached at [email protected]

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The Associated Students of the University of Nevada bookstore recently partnered with chegg.com to install four textbook rental kiosks with access to about 60 percent of textbooks used at the University of Nevada, Reno, said the stores textbook manager Aaron Ochoa.

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interior design, supply chain management, as well as the Center for Nutrition and Me-tabolism, were also closed.

UNR Provost Marc Johnson said the curricular review, a pro-cess established by the Board of Regents to reduce expenditure on academic programs, was a success.

While this was an emotional time for the campus, I believe the process worked well to identify programs for closure based on academic criteria and meet the budget reduction chal-lenge, Johnson said.

Johnson said the effect of the cuts, although devastating to a number of important depart-ments and programs, is often taken out of context.

Program closures affected less than 300 students of our 17,000 and risks the loss of less than $1 million of our research and service grants of our $106 million awarded last year, Johnson said. The positive news is that most of

our students will return to find the same academic op-portunity they found when they chose the University of Nevada, Reno to pursue their education.

But faculty from cut programs say the reductions have left holes in the framework of a comprehensive education. Valerie Weinstein, an associate professor in the German studies program, said the loss of Ger-man and Italian will be felt in other disciplines.

The study of German and Italian languages, literatures, and cultures is closely linked to a number of other disci-plines in the College of Liberal Arts such as Philosophy, Art, Music, History and English, Weinstein said. UNR has lost a small but high quality program, a number of whose recent graduates have won Fulbright scholarships to study in Germany and gone on to top graduate programs.

Johnson said the university is doing its best to help students graduate from the program they originally majored in, regardless of the cuts.

College and departmental advisors are working with stu-dents in affected programs to devise ways to get each student graduated in the degree they were in during spring, 2010, he said.

While juniors and seniors ma-joring in German studies will be able to complete their degree, Weinstein said many will be forced to look at other programs or universities.

Advanced majors and mi-nors will be able to fi nish their degree, but those just starting or even considering a future major in German are having to look for other subjects that might inter-est them, she said. Or they will have to transfer to another university.

Weinstein said the cut will hit students in the pocketbook, as well as alter their academic and professional future.

For all of our students, the cutting of the German degree program means a change in their future dreams and plans, Weinstein said. For some, it amounts to a fi nancial loss as well, having invested time and money in credit hours towards

a degree that they wont be able to fi nish.

While cuts to programs have left some faculty and students sour, administrators are facing a new set of challenges for the 2010-11 school year. The fall will see the highest freshman enrollment ever. However, state funding is at an all-time low.

This is the classic case of doing more, much more, with less, said Bruce Shively, the universitys associate vice presi-dent for planning, budget, and analysis.

Our budget has been reduced by 20 percent since fiscal 2009 and we have 350 fewer positions funded from the state budget than we had two years ago, Shively said. At the same time, we are anticipating the largest fresh-man class in the history of the university and an overall increase in enrollment of ap-proximately 5 percent.

Johnson said larger the open-ing of the Davidson Science and Mathematics Center and the Wells Fargo Auditorium will allow for an increase in class

sizes. He said larger lecture classes will be complemented by more group discussion sec-tions.

Future cuts still remain a possibility. Johnson said the states two-year, $6.8 billion budget is short $3 billion. He said academic cuts during the fall semester are possible, but unlikely.

If there is another round

of budget cuts, it likely will be known after the next Legisla-tive session ends in May 2011, Johnson said. If there is another signifi cant budget reduction ad-ditional program closures may be possible. However, we do not have any plans at this time to close more programs.

Don Weinland can be reached at [email protected]

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Students protest in front of the Nevada Legislature in Carson City before Februarys Special Session. Estimates predict Nevada could face a $3 billion shortfall for the 2011 Legislative Session.

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change will almost certainly hit Millennium students.

Budget shortfalls are nothing new for the state of Nevada. But when the Legislature is called into session in February, legislators will face a defi cit that could be as high as $3 billion, raising doubts about the fate of some programs.

A day of reckoning is coming for the Millennium Scholarship, Assemblyman David Bobzien (D-Reno) said. That day is defi nitely coming in the next session.

In July, the Nevada Legislatures Interim Finance Committee transferred $4.2 million from state-sanctioned college savings accounts to keep the program solvent through the end of the 2011 fi scal year. After that money is gone, legislators must make a decision on what to do with the program.

Its sobering, but we need to see some honesty on the part of politicians, Bobzien said. The state has to make a budget for a two-year period and we only have enough for one of those years.

The program was started in 1999 using settlement money from class-action lawsuits against tobacco companies given to each state. Using 40 percent of the yearly payments of the settlement, Nevada elected to create the largest scholarship program in its history. The late Gov. Kenny Guinn was an advocate for the program, which now bears his name.

About 21,000 students per year use the scholarship fund to attend one of the Nevada System of Higher Educations seven un-dergraduate institutions.

The programs troubles were long in coming. When the state found itself in dire budgetary straits, it borrowed against the fund, quickly depleting it and cut-ting years off its life. Many critics

also claimed the state handed out money too prolifi cally with the scholarships initially low academic requirements. That charge caused a number of revi-sions in minimum requirements for the scholarship over the past ten years.

Now the program fi nds itself in what Bobzien called a perfect storm of declining revenues. Money for the scholarship comes from the tobacco settlements and raids on the programs alternative funding, money transferred from Nevadas unclaimed properties funds, to fi ll gaps in the states general fund.

Because of the programs size, a decision on its fate can come from the Legislature alone, Mark Winebarger, Nevadas chief deputy treasurer, said.

Its just going to take more money, Winebarger said.

Donations for the program, which were solicited in lieu of fl owers after Guinns death in

July, wont be enough to keep the scholarship afl oat, he said.

Since July, about $63,000 was raised from more than 250 dona-tions, Winebarger said.

Its going to take thousands of donations, he said. And larger ones.

Despite the problems facing the program, some educational leaders maintain hope for it.

Id be very surprised if the Millennium Scholarship just dis-appears, University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick said. It would be a very serious prob-lem if it just goes away.

Glick said that although tighter restrictions on scholarship dis-bursement are a strong possibil-ity, he believes the program will outlast the states fi nancial crisis.

I am very hopeful that they will fi nd a way to maintain it, he said.

Jay Balagna can be reached at [email protected].

When Trabert was a senior in high school, Kealy said he brought him to his fi rst fraternity house, Alpha Tau Omega. Right away, Kealy knew his younger friend was destined for Greek life.

Youd think that a 17-year-old in that position would be a little bit intimidated, but this is Matty-T were talking about, Kealy told the crowd. I hadnt even had him there for fi ve minutes and already he had jumped on a

couch and was leading the whole room in the Soulja Boy dance.

When Trabert came the University of Nevada, Reno and decided to pledge for Sigma Nu instead of ATO, Kealy said he was disappointed he wouldnt be able to take him as his little brother. In retrospect, he said he was thank-ful things turned out that way.

By joining (Sigma Nu), Matt was exposed to a whole new group of people and by expanding his horizons he was able to share his gift and remarkable character with a

larger part of this campus, Kealy said.

Traberts fraternity was an im-portant part of his life, said Scott Trabert, his father. His connec-tion to Sigma Nu showed in the past two weeks by the showing of support from fraternity brothers.

What the men at Sigma Nu did for us was simply amazing, the father said. It really helps us to know that our son was able to touch so many people like this.

After Kealys speech, the crowd sat silently for a number of minutes, letting their candles

burn before slowly fi ling into line to sign a guestbook for Traberts family.

Its just everybody not wanting to let go, Riley Cate, a 20-year-old business management major who said Trabert was his best friend since the boys were 6 years old, said. You cant let go of someone like him.

Nevada Sagebrush reporter Ben Miller contributed to this story. Jay Balagna can be reached at [email protected].

Schiller said during tough economic times young people have few choices. He said the decision to go to college is more appealing than being jobless.

People can either go back to school or sit around and watch TV all day, he said. The job markets are bad in Nevada and that hurts young people.

Schiller said the extremely low cost of tuition for in-state students has given UNR an advantage. More students will choose to stay in Nevada than pay expensive out-of-state fees in other states.

Glick speculated high enroll-ment was due to the availability of open classes during the bud-get crisis. He said economic problems were probably not responsible for high enrollment.

Its expensive for someone to move from Clark County to Reno. If this was because of the economy, those people would stay in Clark County, Glick said.

The record numbers have led to the re-opening of two dormi-tory halls and the adding of beds to a third.

Manzanita and Juniper Halls, closed in the fall of 2009 due to dwindling campus housing numbers, have been re-opened to welcome the record-breaking freshman class. Argenta Hall added a third bed to rooms that once accommodated two students, making it the only resi-dence hall on campus to house three students to a room.

Residential Life, Housing, and Food Services Director Rod Aeschlimann said the changes were made to accommodate some 2,150 student scheduled to live on campus this fall, a number up nearly 25 percent from last falls 1,670 residents.

Aeschlimann said there has been no increase in dormitory

prices, and students living three to a room in Argenta Hall will save an annual $1,350 compared to a double. While doubles go for a yearly $6,100, a triple is priced at $4,750.

The addition of beds to Ar-genta Hall has raised the halls capacity by about 200 students. The hall will house 719 students this fall, up from 524 in the fall of 2009.

Jerome Maese, associate di-rector of Residential Life, Hous-ing, and Food Services, called Argenta Hall one of campus roomiest accommodations and said students should not have a problem living three to a room.

The rooms are some of largest rooms in college residence halls in the western region and they can comfortably fi t three stu-dents, Maese said. We believe it will provide more opportunity for students to meet one another. The square footage for the social lounge and the quiet study lounge on each fl oor is still more per student than every other residence hall on campus.

Students in Argenta Hall agree. Kory Ramirez, an 18-year-old criminal justice major from Las Vegas, said triple rooms in the hall are not only spacious. He said the social climate on his fl oor is enjoyable.

Its actually a lot of fun and were actually really cool with our neighbors, Ramirez said. Especially on our wing, we didnt know each other before, but were really close. We leave our doors open all the time.

Ramirez said the addition of a third bed to some rooms hasnt made Argenta Hall overly crowded.

It seems like it would be crowded, but its really comfort-able, he said. I havent met anyone else who has said this is too crowded.

Don Weinland can be reached at [email protected]

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Richard Corn, RA of Juniper Hall, helps Troy Panico (right) move on Sunday from his dorm to a new one in Argenta Hall.

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Student initiative helps check legislatorsSTAFF EDITORIAL I LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

Whats the cost of a good time?

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Whats your favorite thing about the Reno music scene?CAMPUSCHAT

SEX AND ROMANCE

Sex: the perfect answer to loads of school stress

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Boys and girls, summer has offi cially ended! Here we are again paying for classes and books, trying to fi gure out where the hell that one building is, rushing from class to class, and feeling grossly overwhelmed upon receiving several lengthy class syllabi. For the next few months you will endure the stress and anxieties brought upon you

by raging professors, long-winded papers, late nights in the Knowledge Center, balancing work and school, and last but not least the social life of a college

student. As rousing as this may

sound, some of you may not be too thrilled to kick off the brand new semester. For those who fall under this upsetting category, I have some very heartening news!

Research has shown that having sexual intercourse actually makes the reactivity of

your blood pressure far better under circumstances of stress. In a study done with sev-eral participants falling under categories of having regular penile-vaginal intercourse, non penile-vaginal intercourse (such as oral or anal), and hav-ing no intercourse of any sort, those participants who were frequently engaged in penile-vaginal intercourse were found to have much lower blood pressure measures. Moral of the story, go out and get some (responsibly). Youll feel great due to some obvious physical sensations, but your body will also release multiple hormones that will allow you to cope better with the large amount of built up stress of this upcoming semester. You may just fi nd that those late night cramming sessions wont be quite as bad as you remem-bered them and now you have a perfect excuse to take a little study break.

There is, of course, some irony in what Im telling you. When we are stressed, sometimes the last solution to be considered by most people is the sex drive. Dont believe me? Consider a married couple coming home to one another, far too exhausted from life to

want to get down. Suffi cient sleep (power naps

are good); eating healthy and exercising regularly are ways to give you more energy; there-fore increasing your desire to have sex. Self-help books will tell you how great you are, but you wont feel great until you get up and take action by getting some action.

So while standing in line at the ASUN Bookstore, make sure you add a box of condoms to your supplies. No one wants to have an average semester, so get on top (or bottom) and take control! GO PACK!

Tara studies psychology who plans on continuing a career in sexual therapy after gradu-ation. She can be contacted at [email protected]

I ts not fair. Its never been fair. And it will never be fair. Losing a friend or a loved one is something that no one can ever be prepared for. Matthew Trabert is no exception to this rule. While I did not know him personally, I feel as if I know the kind of person he was. Sweet, fun, outgoing, relaxed. If you take those traits and add friendship, loyalty and sincerity, you end up with the perfect combination to make a real genuine kind of guy.

Its too soon. Its always been too soon. And it will always be too soon. Any age feels like too young when a friend has passed away, but Trabert was far too young to lose his life. It was too early for him to be pulled away from his family, girlfriend, brothers and friends.

This is not a new feeling to the world. Weve all suffered from that encompassing emptiness that consumes us upon the death of a loved one, but at least in some cases, we realize that there was nothing we could have done to stop this.

This is not one of those cases. Weve all been told to never drink and drive. Everyone knows its wrong. Everyones seen the videos and the pamphlets and the fl iers. Weve seen it all. So then why do we as young adults keep doing this to ourselves? Do we really need a horrifi c car

accident to consume a best friend in order for us to learn a lesson?

As a fellow Greek, I have found myself confronted by this situation as well. The social pressure to just allow our friends to hop in their cars is a heavy one. We dont want to be the wet blanket, we dont want to be the cockblock, and we dont want to ruin someones good time. But start thinking of all the things that we do want instead. Isnt seeing a brother graduate from college more important than that one crazy night and one bad decision?

Take away the keys and offer them a ride. Just do something. There is never an excuse to let a friend hop in the drivers seat of a car while intoxicated.

The Oh, Im more aware because I know Ive been drinking/smoking pot excuse is nothing but a load of bull. We all know it is, so we need to fi rst and foremost stop making excuses that hold no water. Reactions become slowed when we consume alcohol or smoke pot. This renders any excuse from anybody completely useless.

Instead of making up multiple excuses to have that one extra beer, focus on how your friend might be able to have one more year of life. Life is comprised of many beautiful things. Fun times, occasionally involving alcohol, does not have to disappear from the list. But it should be something done responsibly where a persons life is not put in danger at the risk of potentially ruining some kick-ass kegger.

Matt sounds like he was an amazing friend, brother and loved one. If Greeks really want to be leaders on campus, lets try to do the best we can to take care of our friends. Work together to protecting each other in dangerous situations so that these situations do not repeat themselves. Dont let Matthew Traberts death be in vain.

R.I.P. Matt. It would have been nice to meet you. You sound like an amazing man.

Patrick is the opinion editor of the Nevada Sagebrush. He studies journalism and French. He can be contacted at [email protected]

The Nevada Education Protection Pledge, to be sent to 2010 election candidates next month, is a creative and effective way to prevent excessive cuts to the Nevada System of Higher Education.

Students and employees of NSHE must hold candidates who refuse to cooperate with its meager plea accountable.

The document asks candidates to vow to maintain academic integrity and not limit access to students. This is backed by seven of eight Nevada higher education

institutions. Casey Stiteler and the

Associated Students of the University of Nevadas Department of Legislative Affairs deserve commendation for creating a cleverly worded pledge heading into the 2010 election given NSHEs 6.9 percent cut in February and an estimated $3 billion shortfall for 2011s legislative session.

There is no way funding to higher education can be entirely spared.

But thats not what the pledge requests.

Instead, it pleads to can-

didates to not limit access: Dont raise tuition so much that students cant afford to attend college.

It also pleads to maintain academic integrity: Make sure cuts arent so large that colleges cant offer the same education promised to the students when they signed up.

The pledge isnt students end-all-be-all savior, but it does expose which candidate is apathetic toward salvaging education. And students must take advantage of that at the polls.

Not every student is a single-

issue voter for education, but there are enough students to make the pledge a serious concern for candidates who dont want to sign it.

Education will suffer huge consequences if an opposition to budget cuts fails to mobi-lize.

This pledge helps such mobilization going into the new school year and the election.

It took innovative initiative to create this pledge, and the rest of the student government should follow the Department of Legislative Affairs example

in standing up for students. The newly-established depart-ment has set a promising foundation for its future and deserves the full support of the rest of the student government and the appropriate resources.

The senates Public Affairs Committee, tasked with working directly with the department, must work to support its mission and give Stiteler and his assistants the adequate freedom to lobby the Legislature effectively.

The Nevada Sagebrush can be contact-ed at [email protected]

Everybody knows somebody thats in a band.

David Torres, Journalism Major

What is the Reno Music Scene?

Rodel Maulit,Community Health Science Major

Renos not really my scene for music. But I saw Rascal Flatts in Tahoe and it was amaz-ing.Jaycea Jacobsen,

Accounting Major

Its pretty open and accepting. Its nice to have people genuine-ly paying atten-tion to you when you play. Josh Culpepper,

English Literature Grad Student

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WEB NOTESSTORY: WOLFPACK WILL ROAM MOUNTAIN WESTOn August 19th, 4:22 p.m., Jeff wrote:UNR students dont even know how good theyve got it, with the news that the Pack is moving to the MWC! Support your teams!!! Do you want people to know what a great school Nevada is? Show them with your support!

STORY: BACKDOOR LOVIN CAN BE PLEASURABLE WITH SOME GUIDELINES, TRUSTOn August 18th, 12:53 a.m. Ali wrote:She very obviously implies condoms were used. No-where in the article does she tell gullible young adults to go out and have unprotected sex. Considering its 2010, I doubt there are that many young adults out there that dont know about STDs to begin with and that after reading this article thought, Lets do it without a condom, baby! Also, a woman can be in touch with her sexuality and still maintain self-respect.

STORY:BACKDOOR LOVIN CAN BE PLEASURABLE WITH SOME GUIDELINES, TRUSTOn August 17th, 2:17 p.m., Alyssa wrote:Chaz, lets clear one thing up. Her column is about sexits NOT sex education. If young adultsnot just from UNR, but from all over the country wanted to learn about anal sex, the Nevada Sagebrush wouldnt be their fi rst choice of websites to look intoif you werent so ignorant you would realize that!Secondly, you claim women ALONE should strive to have self-respect? Please. That is the most misogynistic sen-tence I have read in a LONG time. People like you are the reason that there is still a double standard for women and men, so you should be ashamed for trying to keep us repressed. I am proud that there are women like Caitlin that are open about their sexuality and I think it isnt destroying everything that women should be admired for. In fact, I think it is fi -nally making a statement that women enjoy sex as much as men do! IMAGINE THAT. You should know, youre obvi-ously reading the articles too.So why dont you go back to the Bible Belt where you came from. You wont be missed here.

STORY: PIRATES NEVER PAY FULL PRICE FOR TEXTBOOKSOn August 11th, 1:20 a.m. welp wrote:Even better idea, just buy international editions, scan them and resell the scans. low investment and you make it all back anyways. hell, I live in china and come book time, I pickup international editions for expensive books and scan and sell online to students for $5~10 a copy. I do believe this is what piracy is and this article is a joke.

STORY: MATH PROVES ALIEN LIFE HIGHLY PROBABLY, CONTACT UNLIKELYOn August 17th, 10:11 p.m., Clem wrote:We gotta get some of them Roswell spaceships running so we can fl y out to the aliens planets and talk to them...If theyre dumber than us we can take advantage of them. Just hope they have a gas pump on their planet.

You may just fi nd that those late night cramming sessions wont be quite as bad as you remember. And now you have the perfect excuse to take a little study break.

AMY BALAGNA /NEVADA SAGEBRUSH

The Selfi sh Act of two WAC schools.- Karl Benson WAC Commissioner

Life is hard as a college kid. I have often found myself wanting to eat better, but not knowing where to start or how to afford it. This is a problem I know that many of us will come into confl ict with on numerous occassions.

Theres only so much money to spend on groceries and there defi nitely isnt enough of it to go spending it on organic products at Whole Foods and Raleys.

Its also hard to know where to start when trying to make that step of eating healthier. The trick isnt, as many people may think, some Hollywood-

fad diet promoted by some random doc-tor or even a relatively common one. To be healthy, no special regimen is necessary; in fact most diets can be anything

but healthy, and most healthy diets are best when kept simple.

So how do we eat healthy without completely overhaul-ing our diets full of Port of Subs and Panda Express? It doesnt take a crazy fi xation on what were eating to make better decisions; we can simply make small changes little by little. As the oh so elo-quentMark Twain once said, The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then start on the fi rst one.

Even a seemingly small change can have a huge effect on the way we look and how we feel about ourselves. And the way we look and the way we feel are more important than just the size of our jeans or blouse.

A great place to start is with your morning coffee. For many of us, the day just cannot begin without a stop at Starbucks or Bytes Caf right when we arrive to campus. Its not only a morning boost, but for many of us, it can be an escape from long hours of studying and being able to

catch up with equally stressed friends.

Amongst this tiny beans many reputations are those as a caffeinated lifeline, but some critics say it comes at an addictive cost. Is it harmful to our health and well-being? Or is it really just the simple push of energy we need in the morning?

Most experts agree that moderate amounts of caffeine a day will not cause health problems, but that doesnt mean it doesnt have an effect on our bodies. On the contrary, some may experience the body-slimming effects of a heightened metabolism brought on by too much coffee, while others may become incredibly dehydrated, causing dizziness, fatigue and confusion.

Coffee also increases the heart rate, which can create that extra oomph we may need or cause a feeling of anxious-ness. If you are one of the people that coffee helps fuel, some research has also shown that moderate coffee every day could actually increase life expectancy. Most would agree it also improves quality of life.

So whats the best option when you stop by Starbucks in The Joe? Its easy to overlook their nutrition pamphlets tucked behind the sugar, but you can use this nutrition guide to learn just how many calories or grams of fat and sugar youre about to pump into your body every time you have that white chocolate mocha.

The easiest way to make your coffee drink healthier is to ditch the whipped cream, which can be 100 extra calories a touch of dreaded saturated fat. You can also use those extra options like non-fat or 2 percent milk.

Keeping the size of the drink down is definitely one of the easiest ways to keep things skinny. I indulge my sweet tooth with a tall, sugar-free vanilla Soy Chai ($4.09 and only 230 calories). So, go ahead and explore your options and see what works best for you!

Felicia Kampf is studying nutrition. She can be reached at [email protected]

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FROM THE LEFT

Media constructs Ground Zero controversy Controversy that surrounds this community center in New York is a subject we as Americans should fi nd deeply troubling. Opposing its construction is abhorrent to

the entirity of the political system, across the wide spectrum of religions that exist in America and to the very precious concepts of being an American that we pass

on through our children.First of all, the facts of this

issue have been severely skewed by the media. While this building would function as a mosque in some capacity, it is also a community center that is open to the public at large.

It is being built in an area that is known to have a statistically higher Muslim population and a politically moderate Muslim population at that. Also, it has been made to sound as if the center will be constructed on Ground Zero itself.

The truth is that it will be approximately three blocks away from Ground Zero, a radius that encompasses a

large number of buildings. The Imam is heading up the

project, and they say the center will be a symbol of healing for New York Muslims, fi xing the divide that formed between their church and the radicals that attacked the World Trade Center.

Opposition to the construc-tion of this center is offensive to both sides of the political spectrum. The Left makes the legitimate claim that this kind of opposition is the product of gross overgeneralization of the worlds third-largest religion, and clearly a form of discrimi-nation and religious hypocrisy. However, the Supreme Court has made a strong case for the right to support the construc-tion of this community center, and it should stand.

In the case Van Orden v. Perry, heard in 2005, the court gave the opinion that it was acceptable to have a monument to the Ten Com-mandments on the front lawn of the Texas State Legislature. If the Christians can have a monument on government property, why cant a peaceful Muslim community build a public community center with a mosque in it on private property, and with their own money? It is certainly a ques-tion to consider before taking a side on this issue.

This kind of opposition, and the support it is garnering, should have religions in

America running scared. If public opinion can keep a mosque/community center from being built, whats to stop the activists from attacking them when their own religion falls out of favor?

In a larger sense, opposing this community center is limiting religious infl uence and making such attacks and stereotypes acceptable.

Finally, consider for a mo-ment what being an American means to you, the reader. It means the freedom to practice your religion as you see fi t, make personal decisions of your own accord, and associate with whomsoever you choose. Most importantly, it means not having to fear the government by virtue of your skin color, relgion, etc.

Freedom from unjust persecution is one of the main reasons why Americans are taught that this country is the greatest country on earth and the last remaining super power. Opposing this community center runs afoul of those core beliefs we teach our children, which are meant to unite us and make us strong. Would we really want to teach our children to not respect the constitutuion on which our nation was founded?

Jacob Neely is majoring in politi-cal science and spanish. He can be reached at [email protected]

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FROM THE RIGHT

TOY TIME

Science unraveling the mathematical mysteries of the puzzling Rubiks cube

The Rubiks cube has been solvedkinda.

A team of researchers and the computational gusto of Google have combined to

check that all possible positions of the cube can be solved in 20 moves or less. Thats quite the feat to the average person

Now if you havent been bored off by the

fi rst two paragraphs, you may wonder what signifi cance this holds to keep you interested for the rest of the column. Well, as it turns out, the solution to this puzzle may hold the key to solving one of the biggest questions in the whole entity of mathematics, the infamous P vs NP problem.

Simply put, the big question is whether or not solutions to problems can be found as fast as they can be verifi ed. In more technical terms, the debate focuses on whether solutions to problems which can take

a considerable amount of time,(NP) are computationally equivalent to verifi cations of those same problems which are found relatively quickly (and hence completed in polynomial time, P).

That may sound like too much jargon for the average Joe, but there are many intuitive ways to consider the question.

For instance, it is much easier to confi rm something than it would be to fi nd it out on your own. Similarly, given the answer to a problem, it is no sweat to backtrack through the logic. This is the smug satisfaction one feels knowing how a mystery novel ends or the face palming one does after a test.

These characteristics reach far and wide beyond the realm of simple things like a Rubiks cube. The ramifi cations extend beyond smugness and consternation into the realm of computer science where complex algorithms are needed to solve everything.

Consider the simple case of the subset sum problem, which highlights the complexities inherit in the difference between solutions

and verifi cations. Given a set of numbers {-4, 2, -6, 5, 4, 10} does there exist a subset whose numbers add up to 0?

Its easy to point out that three subsets exist, but there is no sure and fast way to fi gure this out short of simply going through all the possibilities. However, if a pattern could be found (for instance, a rule like disregard all odd numbers in this case) the solution could be calculated quickly. Perhaps nearly as fast as it could be done could be verifi ed.

This is the ultimate goal of discovering each of the solutions to the Rubiks cube: that a deep underlying pattern (known as Gods algorithm) exists and can be used to solve it from any position.

To put the scope of this relatively simple problem into perspective, if one were to have started solving Rubiks cubes as the birth of the universe and fi nished just today in time to read this article, you would have had to fi nish the

problems at an average rate of 100 cubes per second!

And thats just for a childs toy. Now just try to imagine the immensity involved in your brain fi lled to the brim with hundreds of billions of tiny little neurons and a hundred trillion synapses. Clearly, we humans still have a long arduous journey to go in our progress to understand both the universe we live in and ourselves.

With that said, were still pretty far along. If we can fi nd a way to establish an algorithm for solving the Rubiks cube, we will understand that much clearer process by which we come to all algorithms. If we ever reach that point, we will have defi nitively solved the problem of solvability itself.

All in all, thats not too bad for a toy.

Barry Belmont studies biology and mechanical engineerings. He can be reached at [email protected]

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Substitutions in morning coffee go a long way in keeping a healthy diet

Private property permits mosque construction

The mosque and Islamic community center near Ground Zero should be built.Protesters trying to block

this project need to realize that when they actively single out

one faiths attempt to express itself, they are in all actuality protesting against a swathe of rights that leads every single American to have a great deal of pride

If we look at wha this debate is really about, wed be shocked. One group of citizens is trying to force government intervention to tell other Americans that they cant use their own private property to practice their religion because it may be up-setting. America was founded on many high principles, two of the most important being the freedom of religion in the First Amendment and private property rights. By trying to block this mosque, protesters are actually turning their back on our dearly won civil rights.

The planned mosque and cultural center is going to be built on private property. The government cannot tell people how to practice their religion

on their own property. This is one of the core principles the founders that our country ingrained in the constitution. Private property rights are one of the major cornerstones of our society. Anyone who is opposed to the government restricting what you can or cannot do on your private property cannot fi ght against this mosque and not be a ragine hypocrite.

The government cannot restrict the rights of one religion just because it is unpopular with others. What would those protesting say if the government was trying to block a Christian church being built on this site?

One of Americas most admired traits is the religious freedom we give our citizens. Does America really want to have a government like Irans which dictates where and how religion can be practiced? Absolutely not!

This country needs to remember that all Americans, no matter the religion, have First Amendment rights in the Constitution to practice religion where and how they see fi t. Some argue this building offends those who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 attacks. While it is true that some families express this sentiment, it should be noted that other families that lost relatives fi rmly support this project.

We must remember that this country has a long tradition of saying that freedoms granted in the constitution cannot be restricted due to potential upsets.

What people seem to forget is that this project is being led by moderate Muslims who have no connection to the terrorists of al-Qaeda. One mosque organizer was selected by the Bush Administration to represent the United States as a Partner for Mideast Peace. Yes, the terrorists who attacked our country on 9/11 were Muslims, but they were fringe extremists of Islam, not the center.

By the same token, do people think that the Christian protesters who bomb doctors offi ces are the face of main-stream Christians? Most of the hijackers came from a country where the right of non-Islamic religions to express themselves is nonexistent.

So why should we try to model our policies after theirs? If Americans truly want to win the war against fundamentalist Islam, we need to be above them and live our core values, being an example of what a country that shows respect for all religions and peoples can do.

Tyler Bowman is an economics,and spanish major He can be reached at [email protected]

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This is the smug satisfaction one feels knowing how a mystery novel ends or face palming one does after a test.

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Last year, La Tomatina en Reno, an annual tomato fi ght held outside of the Club Cal Neva casino, raised more than $20,000 for the American Cancer Society. This year, organizers expect to triple the attendance from about 2,000 to nearly 6,000 participants. The amount of tomatoes will be similarly tripled, from 50,000 to 150,000 pounds available for everyones tossing and squashing pleasure. The event will take place at 3 p.m. Aug. 29. Tickets can be purchased for a $10 donation.

RENO BRACES FOR ANNUAL TOMATO FIGHTsupposed Teenage Dream.

Peacock is a song, if you can even call it that, based on a thinly-veiled innuendo in which Perry debuts her attempt at the type of half-rapping, half-annoying chanting that has unfortunately made singer Ke$ha famous.

Perrys repetitive, obnoxious chanting of I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock and Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock? /dont be a chicken boy, stop acting like a beeotch makes this awful track sound like a phallic rendition of Tony Basils Hey Mickey.

Yes, there are quite a few un-bearable tracks on Teenage Dream, but the album does contain a few gems that shine through the pile of garbage.

Some recommended songs from Teenage Dream to check out include E.T., Firework and Who am I Living For?

Much like its title suggests,

E.T, an ode to Perrys lover, is very futuristic sounding. With its dark, hip-hop and electro hybrid beats, it is proof that if the production value of a song is impeccable and fresh, it can carry an otherwise mediocre tune, making it great.

Who am I Living For? is another extremely well done song, production wise. The pounding yet eerie hip-hop beats enhanced with a bit of electro synth sound nothing like what Perry has done be-fore, and that is a great thing in this case.

Beats aside, Firework is Perrys best lyrical work on the album with insightful, relatable, dare I say even semi-inspirational, albeit cheesy lyrics such as Do you ever feel like a plastic bag/Drifting through the wind/Wanting to start again.

However, Teenage Dream quickly takes another big hit with the angsty song, You Oughta Know of sorts directed towards ex Travie McCoy. While Perry tries her damndest to sound tough and badass, with every added

screeching Fucking! she sounds less raw and angry and more disingenuous.

It seems as though Perry created Teenage Dream with the main goal of it being nothing more than a vapid hit machine that would top the Billboard charts, rather than setting out to make an album that could resonate with listeners or show artistic growth.

Of course, a lyrically deep and moving album wasnt expected from Perry. After all, she did make a name for her-self with the factitious track I Kissed a Girl. But a little bit of lyrical growth or depth should not have been out of the ques-tion.

While Teenage Dream does contain some catchy, fun songs that will surely join California Gurls and Teenage Dream at the top of the pop charts, it is pretty forgettable and will surely fade fast, much like the cotton candy scent of the album.

Enjolie Esteve can be reached at [email protected].

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Ree then embarks on an increasingly perilous search for her father, angering her dangerous family members on the way, who attempt to throw her off the trail with lies and violence.

While some seem sympa-thetic toward her plight, others refuse to give up any informa-tion regarding her father and discourage her from pursuing the mystery any further. Unwilling to back down, Ree gets her uncle Teardrop (John Hawkes, Miracle at St. Anna) on her side and continues to press for answers before time

runs out.The fi lm is based on a novel

of the same name by Daniel Woodrell and adapted for the screen by director Debra Granik (Down to the Bone) and Anne Rosellini. The storyline itself is very strong, and each of the characters are written and cast well to fi t in with the dark na-ture of the subject matter.

Lawrence gives a convincing and likeable performance as Ree. She manages to remain unwaveringly loyal and re-spectful to her family despite her difficult situation. Law-rence captures her tenacious essence perfectly and puts forth just enough emotion to create a truly believable char-acter.

The entire plot is set against a backdrop of ominous woods and grey skies, emphasizing the dark atmosphere of the story. Certain shots of the scenery seem to help progress the story. Each character Ree encounters appears more and more menacing as she delves deeper into her familys secrecy.

Altogether, Winters Bone is a very well-executed film. While some parts may be too disturbing to watch multiple times, it is definitely worth seeing at least once. Its haunt-ing nature will leave audiences with shivers.

Casey OLear can be reached at [email protected].

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By Enjolie Esteve

Katy Perry has made a name for herself as the pop pin-up girl, known for making fun and guilty pleasure-worthy songs that everyone secretly knows all the words to, but will never admit it.

However, with the release of her very hot and cold sophomore album fi lled with more misses than hits, Teenage Dream, fans might be in for more guilt and secondhand embarrassment than pleasure.

While Teenage Dreams futuristic beats and physical presentation are creative and innovative (the album cover is a painting of Perry, while the album is cotton candy scented), Perrys song lyrics are anything but. Even though the produc-tion value of Teenage Dream is exponentially better than her fi rst album, One of the Boys, the actual lyrics and content of most of the s

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