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‘Been there, done that’

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 04 May 2010 07:43:15 +0000

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 [...]

Food venues starved for profits

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:26:02 +0000

At first glance, business seems to be booming for some of the food venues in the Joe Crowley Student Union.

Judicial decision voids 19 ASUN laws

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:29:35 +0000

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 [...]

E-mail closure leaves gaps in emergency alerts plan

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:44:16 +0000

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.

Awful big, awful close

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:08:47 +0000

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.

Letter from the editor: ASUN debates canceled

Jessica Fryman — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:49:48 +0000

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 [...]

The Top 10 things we learned at the special session

Jay Balagna — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:55:28 +0000

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 [...]

UNR to cut $11 mil from budget: majors, CABNR at risk

Jay Balagna — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:55:07 +0000

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.

Millennium fund likely to end in 2015

Jay Balagna — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:48:49 +0000

CARSON CITY — The Millennium Scholarship program will likely end in 2015 if lawmakers can’t find a way to add more revenue in the 2011 regular legislative session.

Budget ready for governor’s signature

Jessica Fryman — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:15:22 +0000

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 [...]

State leaders: Deal finally reached

Jessica Fryman — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:45:00 +0000

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 [...]

Proposed 6.9 percent NSHE cut will still carry ‘impact’

Jessica Fryman — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:40:53 +0000

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 [...]

State leaders say budget decision could come tonight

Jessica Fryman — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:37:03 +0000

CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons said he expects to return to the Legislature tonight as final agreements wrap up on how to solve the state’s budget shortfall. A few sticking points yet to be decided are mining and gaming tax increases, he said. “After hours of tough negotiations, we’re working our way through some difficult and [...]

Assembly passes sweeps bill, includes Millennium Scholarship cut

Jessica Fryman — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:13:25 +0000

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 [...]

Assembly discusses reducing proposed NSHE cuts from 10 percent to 5

Jessica Fryman — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:44:08 +0000

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 [...]

Education cuts discussion gets heated

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:47:17 +0000

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 [...]

Senators plan to end special session this week

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:05:45 +0000

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 [...]

Nevada’s college students testify on behalf of higher ed

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:36:16 +0000

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 [...]

Expert: Special session could get ‘ugly’

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:29:16 +0000

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.

Lawmakers expect $3 billion shortfall in 2011

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:24:51 +0000

Although hundreds of community members begged legislators Saturday to preserve various state-funded entities, few people provided suggestions. The lawmakers, who have close to no options for increasing revenue to fill the $881 million budget hole, held the town hall at the Reno City Council Chambers in hopes of finding help.

USAC to counsel potential travelers

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:55:58 +0000

For theater major Kara McMally, studying abroad in Australia during spring 2007 was the best semester of her college career yet.

Meet the new (and old) faces of the ‘Brush

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:23:54 +0000

Well, we’re back in the swing of things here at The Nevada Sagebrush, and as usual, the newsroom is buzzing with breaking campus news and reporters scurrying to cover it. But not everything is just where we left off. There are quite a new faces this semester (and some old ones that you may not [...]

New health center fee proposed

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:57:04 +0000

The Student Health Center plans to ask the Board of Regents for a student fee increase in June, the center’s director Cheryl Hug-English said.

Reid proposes academic hospital

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:28:00 +0000

The University of Nevada School of Medicine could receive a teaching hospital if a recent proposal comes to fruition. Clark County Commissioner Rory Reid announced his plans Wednesday to transform University Medical Center in Las Vegas into an academic hospital for the state. “Ultimately this could be the thing that transforms higher ed in the [...]

Panel to analyze Nev. politics

Tara Verderosa — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:26:40 +0000

A diverse panel of veteran political reporters and experts will discuss how Nevada politics are bound to make national headlines this year. “Election 2010: All Eyes on Nevada” will focus on the importance of the Nevada senate and gubernatorial races and how communication plays an intricate role in the political process.

Recent graduates to face poor job market

Jessica Fryman — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:50:16 +0000

Although Garrett Swanson graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno with a bachelor’s degree in biology, he won’t be finding a job in his skill set any time soon. The recent graduate plans to keep his job waiting tables because the poor job market won’t allow for many other options right now. He said he plans to apply for graduate school and go on to complete dental school to eventually find a job in his collegiate field of study.

Knowledge Center pipe bursts, sets off fire alarm

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:57:28 +0000

Just before 3 p.m. today, a pipe burst near the south first floor entrance of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, causing a waterfall to pour in the doorway and the fire alarm to blare for nearly half an hour. Two Reno Fire Department engines responded to the scene and confirmed that a frozen pipe burst as it started [...]

Rising trend: Grade inflation

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:18:56 +0000

About 40 percent of undergraduate grades at the University of Nevada, Reno last spring were A’s — a statistic some faculty say illustrates a national grade inflation problem devaluing college degrees. Others suggest that the grade distribution could be attributed to high-achieving students or improved teaching methods.

Faces of Nevada: Prof. wins national award

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:02:46 +0000

When Tom Nickles’ colleagues learned that he’d been awarded Nevada Professor of the Year this month, they weren’t surprised. Nickles, who has taught at the University of Nevada, Reno for 33 years, does more than just teach philosophy. He helped launch the core humanities requirement and curriculum, teaches at the Davidson Academy in the summers and [...]

Pew Internet Project Study: Networking fosters diversity, interaction

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:04:28 +0000

University of Nevada, Reno students are mimicking a national trend that shows social networkers have more close friends, visit public places more often and have more diverse points of view. The Pew Internet Project study, Social Isolation and New Technology, debunks traditional assumptions that heavy Internet users are often hermits who enjoy isolation rather than in-person interaction.

Soldier family returns to Reno

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:06:35 +0000

A father and son are on their way home to Reno and are expected to arrive later this week after serving a two-month National Guard deployment together in Afghanistan. “It’s been a good deployment having a piece of home here with me,” Lt. Col. Bart O’Toole said by phone from Afghanistan. “As a parent, I’ve enjoyed having him around, looking after him and what not.”

Candidate in governor’s race pledges fixes

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:11:41 +0000

Download a PDF to read Rory Reid’s full vision. Pledging to fix the state’s economic woes, 2010 gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid says improving education will be an integral part of that promise if elected. “You can’t have a prosperous economy without a prosperous higher education,” Reid, a Democrat, said. “We need to fix our economy first because [...]

UNR pushes for sustainability: Leaders look at ways to conserve energy, recycle

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:29:06 +0000

As the university moves toward improving energy efficiency on campus, one thing has always stood in the way: the budget. Earlier this month, the university received a $950,000 grant, making it possible to focus on three projects in lighting, renewable energy and recycling. “The efforts are going to be smaller,” John Sagebiel, manager of environmental affairs, said. “But as I always like to point out, that’s what adds up to be big things.”

Fashion shoot in an alley

Jessica Fryman — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:27:25 +0000

For the second day of our fashion shoot for the fall/winter preview, we headed downtown to pose models in front of Reno’s urban scene Saturday. Before the shoot, print manager Emily Stott, Ricardo Lopez, Tara Verderosa and I shopped at Forever 21 and GAP for clothing. Stott led the team in picking outfits, especially for the [...]

Sustainability grade rises without policy change

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:13:23 +0000

Although the University of Nevada, Reno recently scored a B+ on a college sustainable report card, improving from its C- last year, administrators said they haven’t implemented anything too different to account for the improved score.

New building announced

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:05:13 +0000

Pre-nursing student Kelly Sullivan is patiently waiting to hear back about the nursing school application he submitted a few weeks ago. With a grade point average on the edge of the typical cut-off, he said he’s unsure if he’ll be accepted in mid-October. Sullivan is one of about 480 pre-nursing students at the University of Nevada, Reno. Another 400 pre-nursing majors attend other Nevada schools. And although the state is ranked 46th in the number of nurses employed compared to the population, the Orvis School of Nursing can only accept one of every 10 of its applicants, John McDonald, vice president of the Division of Health Sciences, said.

Police promise extra game security

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:34:36 +0000

As the infamous University of Nevada, Las Vegas game approaches, university officials say game-day policies won’t change.

Audio Slideshow: A Look Chris Ault’s Career at Nevada

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:05:07 +0000

Debate comes close to home

Jay Balagna — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:50:52 +0000

For the past four years, Chris Swinger avoided going to the doctor at all costs. Once he was taken off his mother’s insurance at age 18, he quickly realized how expensive medical care could be.

Health care rally aims to gather student support

Jessica Fryman — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:20:19 +0000

A handful of students stood in support of health care reform Wednesday afternoon as they lined up in Hilliard Plaza brandishing Obama signs. Speakers including Nevada assembly representatives Shelia Leslie and David Bobzien addressed the students and passersby about Obama’s plan for universal health care. Student leaders also spoke to explain the importance of this issue to college students as many will no longer be covered on their parents’ health insurance post-graduation.

Cook a meal with just five ingredients

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:18:09 +0000

Pesto Peppers with Pasta Serves: 6 Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 13 minutes Ingredients: – 2 cups penne pasta – 16 ounce package of frozen mixed bell peppers and onions (fresh veggies are better, of course) – 10 ounces basil pesto Directions: – Cook pasta in boiling water. – Sauté bell peppers and onions in [...]

Stay physically fit to maintain a steady psyche

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:19:41 +0000

When it comes to living a healthy lifestyle, physically and mentally, there’s little dispute between medical professionals as to what works and what doesn’t. Although their advice seems simple and cliche, they say some college students still might underestimate the steps they’ve been told to follow most of their lives. While in college, students, especially freshmen, often [...]

Campus escort, blue lights keep students safe

Jessica Fryman — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:44:51 +0000

When moving to a new place, it's important to understand the various safety services available.

Stay connected to the system with these instructions

Jessica Fryman — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:02:43 +0000

With so many new faces and places, college can be a scary start for an incoming freshman. At the University of Nevada, Reno, faculty and student leaders work for you. Here's a guide to the most important people around campus and what they can do for you while you are part of the Wolf Pack.

Blurring gender for sense of self

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:18 +0000

The term transsexual woman fits 33-year-old student Corinna Cohn, but her identity goes deeper than what her body shows. â€œI want to be considered as somebody who is an economist, somebody who is libertarian and conservative in principle. Somebody who is smart. Somebody who's friendly,â€ Cohn, who plans to graduate later this month, said. â€œI'm kind of nerdy ... I really dig politics â€¦ I think that makes a lot more of who my identity is than what is or isn't between my legs.â€

University alum battles bone cancer

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:05 +0000

Devin Hosselkus, a 24-year-old University of Nevada, Reno alumni, put his dreams on hold in February. Instead of completing a prestigious artist residency at the Vermont Studio, he is fighting Ewing's sarcoma, a rare form of pediatric cancer.

Audio slideshow: University alum battles bone cancer

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:52:58 +0000

Health experts urge flu caution

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:14:14 +0000

Students shouldn't panic about the swine flu outbreak, but taking general health precautions is a good idea, health experts said. â€œCould it come here? Yes,â€ Judy Davis, a spokeswoman for the Washoe County District Health Department, said. â€œWill it come here? We don't know yet.â€

Final budget, enrollment still a question

Jessica Fryman — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:19:18 +0000

The University of Nevada, Reno is facing two conflicting milestones in its history â€” the largest proposed budget cut and the greatest number of enrolled students in its 135-year history. The friction of these benchmarks forces the school to answer the question of how to provide classes and services for more students with less money. Already, proposed budget cuts of up to 49 percent of state money has cost UNR its free tutoring services, academic centers, career counseling and faculty their jobs. Now, the university expects to see a 1.39 percent increase in students for fall 2009, bringing total enrollment to more than 17,000 students, according to institutional analysis.

ASUN plans for less money than projections indicate

Jay Balagna — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:10:33 +0000

The student government is planning for fewer students and less money despite indications from the Office of Institutional Analysis that the University of Nevada, Reno will see the opposite. â€œIt came down to being conservative with our planning because we don't know what's going to happen,â€ Associated Students of the University of Nevada President Eli Reilly said.