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For as long as she can remember, University of Nevada, Reno senior Katie Browne has wanted to work for NASA.
“I love space and I love that we get to explore out there,” the 22-year-old said.
She thought those dreams were dashed, though, when she discovered she enjoyed computer science over aerospace engineering.
“I was like, oh darn, [...]
Tags: computer science, entry point, job, katie browne, nancy latourrette, NASA
Posted in Faces of Nevada, News
More than half a century after leaving college, student set to graduate with his bachelor’s degree next week
Sixty-five years ago, Richard Campbell sailed across the Pacific Ocean aboard a Navy destroyer just after the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan.
Next week, the 82-year-old will walk across the stage to receive his bachelor’s degree [...]
Posted in Homepage Features, News, Student Life
This post was corrected on Tuesday, April 20. The original said the ASUN Constitution is nearly 200 pages. In actuality, the ASUN Constitution and other ASUN laws total nearly 200 pages. The Nevada Sagebrush regrets the error.
The newly elected 78th session senate plans to re-pass 19 bills Wednesday, after a judicial council decision declared the [...]
Posted in ASUN, Breaking News, News, News CP
University officials remain unsure about how to send emergency alerts to every student once the university student e-mail system is discontinued June 30.
The e-mail system’s closure leaves university officials relying on students to manually update their e-mail addresses through ePaws, the class registration and grade information program. Without a university-wide student e-mail system, the police department will only have contact information for people who take the initiative to sign up for alerts, police said.
Tags: alert system, campus safety, Crime, emails, Police
Posted in Breaking News, Crime, Homepage Features, News, News CP
The opening of a bar in a residential neighborhood usually breeds community concerns of late-night safety, streets choked with parked cars and too much noise — but that’s not the case for residents near College Drive and Virginia Street.
Posted in News, News CP, Student Life
Letter from the Editor
To the students of the University of Nevada, Reno:
The Nevada Sagebrush has decided to cancel Friday’s debate for the Associated Students of the University of Nevada candidates. We regret that voters will not have the opportunity to hear each of the candidates’ platforms in a debate format, as we feel that it [...]
Posted in ASUN, News
Jessica Fryman and Jay Balagna of the Capitol Bureau (we’ve been wishing we could put that under our bylines all week) here. After spending six 15-plus hour days at the legislative building in downtown Carson City, we are finally driving back to Reno (Jay’s driving, I’m typing). We made the fast food joints up the [...]
Tags: Budget Crisis, Special Session
Posted in Blogs
The University of Nevada, Reno will likely see the closure of more than a dozen degree programs, the elimination of a major college and the loss of about 75 faculty members by Fall 2011.
Tags: Board of Regents, budget cuts, CABNR, College of Education, Nevada State Legislature, NSHE, Special Session, UNR
Posted in Academics, Administration, Breaking News, Budget CP, Budget Crisis, News, News CP
CARSON CITY — A balanced budget passed in both houses (34-8 in the Assembly, 20-1 in the Senate) in the early morning hours today. The budget bill, A.B. 6, still needs the governor’s signature, but Gov. Jim Gibbons already committed to the plan in an announcement about the deal yesterday evening.
The bill is the culmination [...]
Tags: assembly, Millennium Scholarship, Nevada State Legislature, senate, Special Session, UNR
Posted in Academics, Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News, News CP
CARSON CITY — Although there will be “pain” for all Nevadans, a deal has finally been reached to solve what turned out to be an $805 million deficit, state leaders announced at 5:30 p.m. Gov. Jim Gibbons commits to sign the bill, which has enough support in both houses to pass.
The Assembly will vote tonight [...]
Tags: Barbara Buckley, Bill Raggio, Budget Crisis, Gov. Gibbons, Heidi Gansert, Nevada State Legislature, Steven Horsford
Posted in Academics, Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News, News CP
CARSON CITY — Lawmakers are expected to vote on a balanced budget today, which includes a 6.9 percent cut to higher education.
While higher education officials say they’re relieved by the new deal, there will still be an impact.
“Considering (the proposal) started out at 22 percent, this is fantastic,” University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick [...]
Tags: budget cuts, Dan Klaich, Milton Glick, Nevada State Legislature, NSHE, Special Session
Posted in Academics, Administration, Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News, News CP
CARSON CITY — The Millennium Scholarship fund could run out in 2015 if lawmakers can’t find a way to transfer more money into the account during the regular session, which starts in February.
Today, the Assembly passed the “sweeps bill”, A.B. 3, with all but one in favor, and moved it to the Senate. The Senate [...]
Tags: budget cuts, Millennium Scholarship, Nevada State Legislature, Special Session
Posted in Academics, Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News, News CP
CARSON CITY — When the Assembly took a straw vote to reduce cuts to higher education from 10 percent to 5, the vote split down party lines with Democrats in favor.
The discussion started while the Assembly waited for the account-sweeping bill to arrive from the Senate. The Assembly, convened as Committee on the Whole, also [...]
Tags: budget cuts, David Bobzien, higher education, Millennium Scholarship, Nevada State Legislature, NSHE, Special Session
Posted in Academics, Budget Crisis, News, News CP
CARSON CITY — The state’s executive budget director Andrew Clinger skipped over cuts to education when delivering the governor’s proposal to the Senate this afternoon, resulting in a brief squabble and laughs.
“Just 55 percent of the state budget, let’s skip that,” said Sen. Steven Horsford, D-Clark County, who was also obviously frustrated that the governor [...]
Tags: budget cuts, gov. Jim Gibons, Nevada State Legislature, NSHE, Special Session, UNR
Posted in Academics, Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News, News CP
CARSON CITY — In a short address to the Senate this morning, Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-Clark County, asked the lawmakers to quickly work to solve the budget crisis this week.
Horsford said his daughter’s third birthday is March 1, and before he left for Carson City, she asked: “Daddy, will you be home for [...]
Tags: assembly, Carson City, Nevada State Legislature, Sen. Horsford, senate
Posted in Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News
CARSON CITY — While the majority of students at the legislative building today are from Las Vegas, some college students from Northern Nevada are also at the special session to testify before the Senate.
About 50 students from colleges in Southern Nevada took a bus up to Carson City to rally, testify and give legislators signed [...]
Tags: budget cuts, CSN, Nevada State Legislature, Nevada State Senate, Protest, UNLV, UNR
Posted in Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News
Some state leaders and education officials are suggesting that it could take multiple special sessions to balance the budget by June 30, despite “cautious optimism” a decision can be reached this week.
Tags: Barbara Buckley, budget, budget cuts, David Bobzien, Eric Herzik, Gov. Jim Gibbons, legislature, Milton Glick, Nevada State Legislature, Reno, Special Session, University of Nevada, UNR
Posted in Budget Crisis, News, News CP
