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A University of Nevada, Reno police officer was involved in a fatal shooting Friday in the Circus Circus parking garage, a statement from the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office said.
The UNRPD and Reno Police Department officers verbally engaged with a male driver of a vehicle at approximately 1:52 p.m. in the parking garage. The driver was [...]
Tags: circus circus, Morgan Jaeck, shooting, UNRPD, washoe county sheriff's office
Posted in Crime
A University of Nevada, Reno police officer was involved in a fatal shooting Aug. 27 in the parking garage of Circus Circus Reno, according to a statement from the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office.
Tags: circus circus, downtown, officer, parking garage, Police, shooting, UNRPD
Posted in Breaking News, Crime, Homepage Features
The undergraduate student senate convened Wednesday evening for its weekly meeting and discussed the purchase of $6,000 dollars in furniture.
The proposed purchase would furnish a room currently shared by a number of executive branch departments.
The fledging Department of Legislative Affairs is among the departments that use the room.
After debate in the senate and multiple attempts [...]
Posted in ASUN, News, News CP
BASEBALL
Stassi earns spot on ESPN’s Top Plays
Brock Stassi, a former Nevada pitcher/designated hitter, earned the number one spot on Sportcenter Los Angeles’ list of top plays from last Tuesday.
Stassi made a leaping grab over the right field fence to catch a fly ball for his team, the Wisconsin Woodchucks.
Stassi’s catch in the top of [...]
Tags: Brock Stassi, Broncos, Hall of Fame, Spanish, Volleyball
Posted in Baseball, Football, Swimming and diving, Volleyball, Women's Basketball
James Michael Biela, who was convicted of the rape, kidnap and murder of Brianna Denision as well as the rape of two other Reno women, was sentenced to death toda
Posted in Crime, Homepage Features, News
James Michael Biela was found guilty on all counts, including three counts of rape, one of kidnapping and the first degree murder of Brianna Dennison shortly after 2 p.m. today.
Posted in Crime, Homepage Features, News
Forward Kevin Panzer from Mission Viejo, Calif., signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Nevada beginning in 2010, head coach David Carter announced Sunday.
Tags: david carter, Deonte Burton, Derrell Conner, Illiwa Baldwin, Jordan Burris, Jordan Finn, Kevin Panzer, London Giles
Posted in Breaking News, Men's Basketball, Sports
Campus police will step up enforcement of bicycle and skateboard safety codes May 4 to 15 at the University of Nevada, Reno and its adjacent streets, according to a press release from the UNR Police Department.
The move to increase safety comes with a growing number of complaints from the campus community regarding unsafe usage of [...]
Posted in News, News Briefs
Heading into last week’s Western Athletic Conference Tournament, the Nevada men’s tennis team seemed destined for a deep run. The Wolf Pack was on a three-match winning streak and had won seven of its last eight matches. Plus, the fourth-seeded Wolf Pack’s first opponent was Idaho — a team Nevada defeated 4-0 earlier in the season.
Tags: Alex Daruty, Augustin Myard, Emma Verberne, Florence De Vrye, Gabe Kanzelmeyer, Lais Ogata, Maria Mizyuk, Wessim Derbel
Posted in Men's Tennis, Sports, Women's tennis
1. After weeks of speculation on how to deal with a state budget deficit of almost $900 million, Gov. Jim Gibbons called a special session of the Nevada Legislature in late February. After a week-long session made up mostly of closed-door meetings between Gibbons and a core group of legislative leaders, the Legislature passed a [...]
Posted in Inside Campus, News
SOFTBALL
Hawaii earns regular season championship
Hawaii clinched the Western Athletic Conference regular season title after defeating Fresno State 5-0 Friday.
Pitcher Stephanie Ricketts threw a two-hit shutout during the game and the Rainbow Wahine hit three home runs. The game marked Ricketts’ second straight shutout after she threw a perfect game against Nevada last week.
Although the Bulldogs [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
A memorial ceremony for an internationally renowned Buddhist scholar at the University of Nevada, Reno and the pastor of the Reno Buddhist Church was held in the Truckee Meadows April 25.
Reverend Dr. Daigan Lee Matsunaga died in Japan on Feb. 25. Matsunaga founded the Reno Buddhist Church in 1989 with his wife Rev. Alicia Orloff.
He [...]
Posted in News, News Briefs
A book edited and written in part by the UNR’s geography department and Desert Research Institute received an honorable mention at the American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE).
The book, “The Mojave Desert: Ecosystem Processes and Sustainability,” is the result of a 2004 conference.
“It’s neat to be recognized,” Jill Heaton, associate professor of [...]
Posted in News, News Briefs
Researchers at UNR recently developed a drug that may have potential for treating the most common form of Muscular Dystrophy.
Dr. Dean Burkin, an associate professor of pharmacology at UNR’s School of Medicine, has found the drug promising in avoiding the severe muscular damage associated with Muscular Dystrophy, according to a press release on Nevada News.
The [...]
Posted in News, News Briefs
Although no Nevada football players were selected during the 2010 NFL Draft, four former Wolf Pack players will get an opportunity to compete at the professional level.
Tags: Alonzo Durham, D'Anthony Smith, Dennis Morris, JONATHON AMAYA, KEVIN BASPED, Kyle Wilson, MIKE BETHEA, Mike Iupati, Ryan Mathews
Posted in Football, Sports
Sports briefs
Tags: Alex Borcherts, Eugenia Guerra, Jamie Yam, Johnna Ward, Karl Benson, Kayla Williams, Lauren Hernandez, Louise Yi, Mike Trapasso, Nicole Williams, Shavon Moore, Tahnee Robinson
Posted in Baseball, Sports, Sports Briefs, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf
