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More than one million soldiers have served in the eight-year Iraq conflict and more than 4,000 didn’t return alive.
Of the one million, at least 500 are enrolled in classes at the University of Nevada, Reno this fall. That’s not to mention the countless professors, faculty and alumni who are also part of our campus community, [...]
Tags: afghanistan, editorial, end, iraq, Middle East, plaque, pullout, soldiers, veterans, war, war on terror
Posted in Opinion
No amount of tackles or interceptions can make up for the black eye his conduct violations and recent fight with a teammate have caused.
Tags: Sports, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
Since the University of Nevada, Reno decided to cut its only pre-professional adviser, students say they are worried about not receiving the information they need to get into medical and law schools — and they should be.
Tags: budget cuts, pre-professional school, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
The 78th session of Associated Students of the University of Nevada senators, who will be sworn in Wednesday, will be charged with representing students’ voices in what is turning into an even worse budget crisis than what the university’s already seen over the past two years.
Tags: ASUN, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
The NCAA’s three-year probation levied against Nevada athletics paints a red bulls-eye on the program that the department should not take lightly.
Although former Nevada golf coach Rich Merritt was a “rogue” coach who wandered outside the bounds of acceptable behavior, as athletics director Cary Groth has said, he was still a representative of the Pack.
His [...]
Tags: Cary Groth, HAWAII, Merritt, NCAA probation, Nevada sports, Rich Merritt, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
Congratulations, state leaders: You passed a budget bill that “protects the most vulnerable and preserves education.” But there is an estimated $3 billion deficit that you will need to solve in less than a year, and those accomplishments won’t be part of the next deal unless there are big solutions. The shortfall is just too [...]
Tags: budget cut, Nevada budget cut, Special Session, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
The student government put the decision to implement student fees up to the people it will affect the most — the students.
After students largely opposed the idea of the student government’s Joint Vision 2017 plan, which would add fees for a tutoring center, the fine arts and the creation of an activities center, the senate [...]
Tags: Joint Vision Plan, staff editorial, vote
Posted in Opinion
A second round of budget cuts rumored to be as large as 20 percent could decimate Nevada’s higher education, and there is no doubt students should rally against the proposal. But walking out of the very classes students claim to value does anything but show legislators higher education should be saved.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas [...]
Tags: budget cuts, Carson City, Protest, staff editorial, UNLV, walkouts
Posted in Opinion
Despite UNR’s vast diversity, the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents (who only measure cultural diversity) are not satisfied. At a regents meeting earlier this year, the board criticized UNR for not being diverse enough and questioned the administration’s efforts to improve statistics.
Tags: Clark County, diversity, staff editorial, UNLV, Washoe County
Posted in Opinion
The Student Health Center needs and deserves more money to continue providing its far-reaching services, such as free flu shots and cheap clinic visits, and student leaders need to represent the students that would be affected by a fee increase.
The health center is working to propose one of two options to the Board of Regents [...]
Tags: ASUN, h1n1, health center, money, staff editorial, Student Fees
Posted in Opinion
Although contributing to the Haiti relief effort may seem impossible when contemplating how to scrape together enough pennies for school books, University of Nevada, Reno students can still make a difference.
If everyone donated just $1 to the earthquake victims in Haiti, UNR would contribute almost $17,000 to the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.
So far, [...]
Tags: charity, Eli Reilly, Gracie Geremia, Haiti, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
Although about 1,500 University of Nevada, Reno’s students just graduated in what is being called the worst-ever year to do so, now is also an opportunity for recent grads to do something special. Now is the time for our generation to fix the downward turning economy.
Because many recent graduates aren’t tied down to a job, [...]
Tags: ECONOMY, graduates, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
Grade inflation devalues degrees, eliminates fairness and is running rampant at the University of Nevada, Reno and across the United States.
The problem breeds a slew of others: teachers who continue to educate students at levels below national averages, a state budget crisis with no one able to solve it and a health care system with [...]
Tags: grade inflation, grades, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
Universities should promote discussions and opinions about society, not ban speakers based on their views, as some University of Nevada, Reno professors have tried to do.
When the Reno community caught wind that Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, would speak at UNR this Thursday, some were excited for the controversial conversation that would [...]
Tags: debate, Free Speech, Moderate Views, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
Student leaders finally decided to represent the student body this week when they indefinitely postponed a proposal to implement a $75 university fee.
It took several protesting students, but now the government has enough time to do what they should have initially done — put the fee proposal to a student vote.
Undergraduate President Eli Reilly’s Joint [...]
Tags: ASUN, Eli Reilly, Joint Vision Plan, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
The City of Reno recently reduced fire engine operation that responds to the University of Nevada, Reno, potentially doubling response times and endangering both the college community and firefighters’ lives.
Although the decision stems from budget woes, sacrificing safety is unacceptable. This isn’t a solution to a budget crisis; this is an inappropriate “fix” that will [...]
Tags: fire department, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
