University of Nevada, Reno officials will host a town hall meeting in the Joe Crowley Student Union ballroom 1 p.m. Wednesday to discuss the recent budget cuts requested by Gov. Jim Gibbons. The cuts would be a part of the 14 percent cuts to the biennium budget, in addition to the 4.5 percent cuts the university made at the beginning of the year.

Former Nevada forward JaVale McGee became the second highest drafted basketball player in school history Thursday when the Washington Wizards picked him 18th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

A judge dismissed two more of former professor Hussein S. Hussein’s lawsuits against the university, spokeswoman Jane Tors said Friday.
The lawsuits were the first of 14 filed by the professor and the first two that looked destined for court. Seven others have been dismissed over the course of the legal battle and two are on […]

Coach Michelle Gardner, less than a month after leading the Wolf Pack to its first-ever NCAA Regional win, announced Monday that she is leaving Nevada to coach at the University of Indiana.

The Nevada football program dismissed two players and had another placed on one-year probation after they were arrested this week for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Nevada linebacker Ezra Butler, who was arrested Saturday for possession of Marijuana and DUI drug charges, was waived Tuesday by the San Francisco 49ers.

Nevada signed three basketball players Monday to letters of intent for the 2008 season, the school announced.
The Wolf Pack signed Joey Shaw (6-foot-6), Dario Hunt (6-foot-8) and Ahyaro Phillips (6-foot-8).
Shaw averaged 16.8 points per game last season with the College of Southern Idaho.
Hunt averaged a double-double last season at Charis Prep School in […]

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Three earthquakes from a 3.0 to a 4.2 magnitude struck the Somersett and Mogul area Thursday afternoon, shaking up the university and Reno area.

The first earthquake happened at 3:47 p.m. with a 4.1 magnitude followed by a 3.0 and the 4.2 at 3:55 p.m., according to the United State Geological Survey in Northern California and the University of Nevada, Reno Seismology Laboratory.

Student body President Eli Reilly may have to find a new nominee for the director of programming after the senate committee on appointments did not recommend Casey Stiteler for the position Tuesday night.

Nevada football coach Chris Ault was seen talking to NCAA personnel for about an hour Wednesday as part of an investigation into the athletic department.

Ault, who’s in his third stint as Nevada’s head coach, was in a room with two male investigators and Dr. Jean Perry, Nevada’s special assistant to the president for athletics academics and compliance.

The editor and manager selection committee picked the heads of The Artemisia, the Brushfire and Wolf Pack Radio for the 2008-2009 school year on Saturday.

The editor of The Artemisia magazine will be Clarissa León, a story editor. Ashley Hennefer, Brushfire assistant editor, will head the art journal. Van Pham, Wolf Pack Radio programming director, will be the first female general manager for the radio station.

After students questioned the legitimacy of last month’s Associated Students of the University of Nevada elections and the results were put on hold, the student government officials were sworn into office Wednesday night. The 76th session senators elected incumbent Sen. Priscilla Acosta to be speaker of the senate.

University President Milton Glick fired professor Hussein S. Hussein on Friday, going against the recommendation of three of the four people on Hussein’s hearing committee and its judge.

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