Students had more than just pizza on their minds when they attended Pizza With the President, a question and answer question with university administration that centered around budget cuts.

Students who showed up for the event in the Joe Crowley Student Union Tuesday instead found themselves at Pizza with the Provost with Provost Marc Johnson because Milton Glick got tied up in a meeting with the Board of Regents.

 

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The Fifth Annual Student World Water Forum gave students a “crash course” about global and local water issues Thursday and Friday.
Professors worked with a committee of graduate students to plan the event. Both graduate and undergraduate students gave a total of 74 oral presentations throughout the two-day forum, with themes ranging from climate change to contamination and agriculture.

White Ribbon Week hit close to home for some University of Nevada, Reno students while the weeklong campaign raised awareness about domestic violence. The campaign put on events like a dance and a movie night.

A University of Nevada, Reno marketing class is pushing students campus wide to sport white ribbons on their shirts this week. The campaign, part of White Ribbon Week, raises awareness about domestic violence and works to put an end to it.

Graduate students formed WalNet, a new social networking club on campus. Its goal is to create an informal atmosphere where students of the College of Business Administration can hang out, have a drink and form connections that might get them jobs later in life.

The Guide, Halloween edition. From pies to seeds to carved works of art, master these tips for the perfect holiday squash.

The solar panel system on top of the Joe Crowley Student Union is now running at full capacity. About 30 kilowatts generated by the 112 solar panels provides electricity to the Associated Students of the University of Nevada Bookstore inside The Joe.

When The Joe was in the early stages of design and planning in 2004, students promoted several projects to improve the quality of the campus. One was to implement a photovoltaic (PV) system, or solar panels, within The Joe.