The Nevada Sagebrush

Wolfpack Radio event will host three bands
Wolfpack Radio will be hosting a lunchtime event on the second floor of the Joe Crowley Student Union Tuesday. The event will include food and live music from bands Buster Blue, Short Hair and My Messenger. The event is free and will be from noon to 2 p.m.
Manager Matt Scherer said the event is to help spread the word about Wolfpack Radio.

Club plans for dessert social on Saturday
Campus club Eye in the Dark will host a dessert social for University of Nevada, Reno students and the Reno community on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in the William J. Raggio Building, room 1003.
The social will also be a forum for discussion about the organization and its achievements in helping the community.
The event is formal dress and a $10 donation is requested. All proceeds will benefit children being raised in motels by single parents in downtown Reno.

Rover team searches for new members
The University of Nevada, Reno’s University Rover Challenge team, organized by the Mars Society, is recruiting students to help improve the team for the competition in June.
The URC competition requires students to design and build a remote-control rover to perform several tasks in the Mars-like desert of Utah. The team needs students in any science fields, journalism and business (for marketing) and anyone interested in helping with the project. Volunteer and independent study credits can be earned if students apply before next semester.
“Any amount of time a student is willing to participate, we will take,”said Jill Pocock, the team’s public relations consultant.
There is no application, but interested students can e-mail Pocock at pocock@unr.nevada.edu.

ASUN to recognize community involvement
The Associated Students of the University of Nevada’s public affairs committee would like to recognize community members who are involved in campus life and the university. Students are encouraged to submit names of individuals who contribute to the university in any way. Nominations must include the individual’s name along with a short statement outlining the details of the contributions made. Send nominations to Carmen Gilbert at senatorgilbert@asun.unr.edu.

School of Public Health wins award
The School of Public Health won the Truckee Meadows Tomorrow Accentuate the Positive Silver Star Award for educating the community about health risks involving exposure to mining pollution. Dr. Marie Boutté, a medical anthropology professor, worked with university students Mary Higgins, Vanessa Conrad and the fall 2006 medical anthropology class on research.
The project attempted to help residents of Yerington, Nev., gain an understanding of their exposure to the leftover uranium and arsenic they had been exposed to from the Anaconda Copper Mine that sits upwind and upstream from many of the residents.
The Yerington Community Action group contacted Boutté to see if she could help the community conduct a health ethnography.

Classes cut from spring schedule
Skiing and snowboarding, golf and bowling classes have been canceled for the spring 2008 semester.
Skiing and snowboarding was canceled after Alpine Meadows Ski Resort raised prices, Jim Fitzsimmons, assistant director of Campus Recreation and Wellness, said. Fitzsimmons said golf and bowling were canceled because of cuts to the budget.

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