Archive for October, 2008
| Oct. 28, 2008
Freshman Nevada basketball player Ahyaro Phillips pleaded not guilty Monday for charges of petty larceny, after he was cited Oct. 15 at the Scheels sports store at the Sparks Marina. A court date was not determined.
| Oct. 28, 2008
Whether she is charging the net, making a key pass or diving for a dig, Nicole Link is always showcasing her versatility.
| Oct. 28, 2008
This week’s stories in news, arts and entertainments, sports and the elections special section.
| Oct. 28, 2008
France and Hungary may have fought on opposite sides in World War I, but at Nevada players from the two countries have created a bond that is leading the Wolf Pack tennis team.
| Oct. 28, 2008
Nevada has outshot its last two opponents 30-11, but it only has one victory to show for it.
| Oct. 28, 2008
The Wolf Pack’s overflowing talent couldn’t get the job done again in Hawaii. Nevada lost another heartbreaker that left Wolf Pack fans asking, “What’s wrong?”
| Oct. 28, 2008
With a win against Idaho Friday, the Wolf Pack is on the brink of qualifying for the Western Athletic Conference Tournament even though it started the season winless in its first 11 games.
| Oct. 28, 2008
There are so many groups on campus telling people to vote, it’s easy to forget this is the first election in which many students are eligible to vote.
| Oct. 28, 2008
During both of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama’s recent University of Nevada, Reno campaign stops, thousands packed the venues, drawing national media attention.
For UNR, the recognition means a lot. It strengthens programming, increases student recruitment and could lead to better rankings in national reports, UNR spokeswoman Jane Tors said.
| Oct. 28, 2008
Nevada’s voters may be focused on which presidential ticket they will vote for come Election Day, but political experts said voters need to remember the importance of state and local races this year.
“You see voters come in every four years, and they vote for president and Congress, but they won’t vote for the state legislature,” said Kenneth Fernandez, a political science professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
| Oct. 28, 2008
The Wolf Pack controls its own destiny to qualify for the Western Athletic Conference tournament going into the final weekend of the season.
| Oct. 28, 2008
“If it’s Halloween, it must be Saw!” That is what the TV ads keep telling me. Frankly, I stopped watching the Saw series after *Spoiler* the death of Mr. Jigsaw *Spoiler* in installment No. 3.
The truth is, I have stopped watching most new horror movies in general. Besides the random Stephen King adaptations, horror movies today have lost all sense of originality and rely solely on random things jumping out to provide scares.
| Oct. 28, 2008
The most terrifying part of “The Strangers” is not the people in creepy doll masks or the torture sequences: it is the fact that this one-and-a-half hour film is one hour too long.
| Oct. 28, 2008
Jason did it. Freddy did it. Even Chuckie did it. Hell, everyone’s done it. Every major horror films’ antagonists for the past 20 years are guilty of the same crime (excluding cheesy pre-kill one-liners, of course). They each dragged their sequels and franchises out way past their prime. So it comes as no surprise that in the spirit of tradition, Jigsaw does the same.
| Oct. 28, 2008
Ever wondered what the weather’s like in Philadelphia? I’ve never wondered and never cared, but apparently, it’s always sunny. Or so says FX’s hit comedy, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”
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