Every now and again, most students at our university wonder “What does the student government do?”

And for good reason: student politicians and figureheads accomplish less in one week than the average club president does in the same time frame.

Maybe that’s why the student government decided to shift responsibility over to the club presidents in trying to solve the problem with the suddenly expensive tutoring center. In their proposal, the government wants student clubs to serve as a surrogate tutoring center.

“We should be homeless more often!”

If any myth still existed about Nevada’s importance in politics, last week hopefully killed it. The same for myths about student’s importance.

It was an anomaly and a unique opportunity for us to earn a visit from Sen. Barack Obama. The Democrat is looking more and more likely to be the one taking the oath of office in January, if polls are to be believed, and at five weeks out he decided to stop at our university.

It was disgusting how Nevada and University of Nevada, Las Vegas fans acted at Saturday’s rivalry game.

The constant fights and obscenities at Saturday’s game did a disservice to both universities. The trash covering the tailgating area was disrespectful to our state.

A man was shot roughly 500 feet from campus close to midnight on Friday and neither Reno Police Department or University Police Department thought to tell anyone on campus about it.

The culture shift toward sustainability earned a few more victories at the University of Nevada, Reno this year.

We were stunned at how few students went to the budget-crunch town hall this week. Then we learned it wasn’t meant for students.

About 1,600 students, 10 percent of the population, used the tutoring center last year.

These were students who needed help with a math class or Spanish class or a number of others, so they could continue their education and earn a degree.

This past week, the director of campus relations created a new set of media policies for everyone involved in the executive branch: the vice president, campus clubs, campus programming, homecoming and the attorney general.

For those lucky enough to go to college, and for the luckier ones who go to the University of Nevada, no comma or Reno, the college years are the time between the “real world” and childhood.

Silver State Schools Credit Union opens. ASUN recruits appointed officials. Learn to use WebCampus. Welcome Week kicks off school year.

It’s changed.
This university. This city.

Some puddles, when stomped in, never clear up. The silt mingles with the water and nothing is clear until the water disappears.

Student newspapers have a knack for the offensive.

Out of the millions of students graduating from American high schools this year, about 65,000 of those graduates are in this country illegally.