A few hundred people came to a candlelight vigil Sunday night at the Alpha Tau Omega house for Mike Pietrzak, a 20-year-old University of Nevada, Reno student who is listed in critical condition at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center.

The Fremont Cannon will stay blue for another year. With the game tied at 20-20 and only 27 seconds remaining, Nevada’s Nick Graziano found Kyle Sammons streaking down the sideline for a 43-yard touchdown that gave the Wolf Pack a 27-20 victory over the UNLV Rebels in front of a sold out house of 25,728 fans.

Nevada head coach Chris Ault addresses the media following the Wolf Pack’s 27-20 win over southern rival, UNLV.

While the opening bands boosted the fervor of the audience, it was undeniably Korn who shook the Lawlor Event Center’s foundation on Saturday night.

Mental toughness is everything in cross country. Christa Avena realized this after suffering a runner’s worst nightmare, knee injuries.

In the sibling rivalry between Nevada’s two major universities, the older school is competing with its younger counterpart more and more, university and state officials said. According to university records, the younger sibling is sometimes out pacing the school that came first: the University of Nevada, Reno.

The Reno area was the dominant political force in the state. The university was the center of Nevada’s intellectual world, and its drinking club, the Sundowners, was enjoying a good reputation. Yet events were in motion that would culminate in the greatest identity crisis the school had ever faced and it all would come down to punctuation.

A zero tolerance policy and more police officers will greet fans during the rivalry football game between the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, university officials said.

Last week was the first home game and a lot of freshmen looked confused. To help you understand the cheers, The Nevada Sagebrush sat down with Blue Crew President Chris Driscoll and talked to him about the importance of cheering.

The second floor is awaiting approval from university administration. Workers are putting finishing touches on the exterior and putting furniture in. Workers are also installing handrail outside of the building.

Officers responded to a traffic accident in the Lawlor Events Center parking lot. Police arrested an intoxicated male for driving under the influence, his second offense in a seven-year period. Officers also charged the driver with unsafe backing and assault on another person.

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