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From ballet to contemporary dance with stage lighting strapped to dancers’ heads, students performed a semester’s worth of work last week.
Fifteen pieces were performed Thursday and Friday by 38 dance students, dance faculty and guest dancers for an audience of about 500 people.
“It seems like I say this every year, but there is truly [...]
Tags: Contemporary Dance, Fall Dance Festival, dance
Posted in News
The College of Liberal Arts is now home to a new program — the gender, race and identity program, which formed from four previously independent programs within the university.
The program change started when holocaust, genocide and peace studies director Viktoria Hertling retired in the spring. Budget cuts made it impossible to hire a new director [...]
Tags: Women's Studies, gender studies, genocide studies, majors
Posted in Academics, Administration, News
A year’s worth of work ended for University of Nevada, Reno Director of Student Conduct Sally Morgan last week. Morgan has been part of the Task Force on College Gambling Policies, a national task force designed to help colleges deal with the issue of student gambling.
“We wanted to find out how to keep students in [...]
Tags: Gambling, National, Sally Morgan, Student Conduct
Posted in News
When she was 10 years old, Eva Kor was taken to Auschwitz with her family. When they arrived at the concentration camp, Kor and her twin sister, Miriam, were taken from their parents and two older sisters by German Schutzstaffel, or SS, officers. They never saw their family again.
Tags: Eva Kor, Halocaust, preview
Posted in News
For five days at the end of September, hogs will take over the streets of Northern Nevada.
Street Vibrations, a festival full of motorcycles and music, runs from Sept. 23-27. The festival appeals to people interested in bikes and music and gives people the chance to gather for a unique experience.
Tags: Street Vibrations, bikes, motorcycles
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, The Scene
