University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick will host a “Pizza with the President” event from noon to 1 p.m. Dec. 2 in the Graduate Student Lounge on the third floor of the Joe Crowley Student Union.

All students are welcome…

The Office of International Students and Scholars will hold Talk-Talk sessions from 1 to 2 p.m. every Friday in the Joe Crowley Student Union Great Room.

The sessions bring Japanese students together to help other students learn their language and vice…

Samisoni Taukitoku will face his sentencing trial 10 a.m. Thursday.

A jury found him guilty of three counts of murder and four counts of threatening others with his gun at a Halloween party last year.

Among the dead was Derek K. Jensen,…

After Saturday’s 49-14 win over Utah State, Boise State remained as the lone Western Athletic Conference team ranked in any major poll.

Former Nevada basketball player JaVale McGee recorded his first NBA career double-double Friday against the New York Knicks. McGee, now on the Washington Wizards, scored 12 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in 30 minutes in a 114-108 loss to the Knicks.

Nevada sophomore running back Vai Taua was named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week.

Nevada sophomore midfielder Cristen Drummond was named to the All-Western Athletic Conference first team this week. This is her first All-WAC honor.

The Brushfire Literature and Art Journal and Art for Global Action will sponsor a book drive beginning at midnight Wednesday until the end of the semester.
New and used textbooks and novels will be accepted. All books will be donated to Books for Africa.

The Wintermester staff will hold a Wintermester Kick-off Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Gateway Plaza in front of the Joe Crowley Student Union.
Wintermester runs from Dec. 29 through Jan. 16. Registration for Wintermester classes will be offered on ePAWS from Nov. 17 to Dec. 26. For a full listing of courses offered, visit wintermester.unr.edu.

There will be an open question and answer forum with Ian MacKaye, frontman of Washington, D.C. bands Minor Threat and Fugazi, at 6 p.m. Sunday in room 100 of the Jot Travis Building. MacKaye will answer questions about the bands and his independent record label, Dischord Records.

Boreal Mountain Resort opened last week, making it the first of the Tahoe area resorts to open this season. Early season lift tickets are $30 per day for adults.
Other resorts opening soon include Mt. Rose (Thursday), Heavenly (Nov. 21), Northstar-at-Tahoe (Nov. 22) and Alpine Meadows (Nov. 26).

Students for Liberty and Flipside will show the film “How to Survive a Police Encounter” at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Joe Crowley Student Union Theater.
The video will highlight what students’ rights are when being pulled over by a police officer.

Safe Embrace, the Crisis Call Center, and various businesses and organizations in the Reno area are hosting the White Ribbon Campaign to raise awareness of violence against women. White Ribbon Week will be celebrated from Saturday until Nov. 22. Ribbons are being passed out around campus. People wearing the ribbons will earn discounts and privileges around Reno and on campus.

University of Nevada, Reno student Luis Sedano-Felix was shot and killed Halloween morning on Smithridge Drive, according to the Reno Police Department.

Sedano-Felix, 19, and his cousin Jesus Garibay, 20, were crossing out graffiti near a party where several gang members were in attendance, Sgt. Kim Bradshaw of RPD said. Several gang members approached the cousins and 17-year-old Angel Joel Garcia allegedly fired several rounds from a handgun, killing Sedano-Felix at the scene.

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama accepted the presidency of the United States of America Tuesday night, bringing tears of joy to some University of Nevada, Reno students and disappointment to others.