News Archive
Senators accumulate points for unexcused absences at meetings and for not holding the specified amount of office hours.
- Reynaldo Veloz, division of health sciences, 9 points.
- Adam Khan, college of engineering, 8 points.
- Brandon Jung, college of liberal arts, 7 points.
- Lauren Riley, college of science, 7 points.
- Chelsea Truax, college of agriculture, biotechnology and [...]
Tags: ASUN, Gina Tempel, Sandy RodrÃguez
Posted in ASUN, News
Adam Garcia, director of University Police Services, said 13 bikes have been stolen on campus since Aug. 1, compared to two thefts in August of last year.
“About this time of the beginning of the school year, we see higher numbers (of bike thefts), but this is a little more than usual,” Garcia said.
The total number [...]
Tags: Adam Garcia, Nic Beres, UNRPD
Posted in Crime, News, News CP
While gays and lesbians are welcome to join campus faith-based organizations, many group representatives say leadership participation is less open.
A June 28 Supreme Court ruling granted the University of California, Hastings College of Law the right to enforce anti-bias rules for university organizations. The ruling requires campus-funded organizations to adhere to university anti-bias rules, which [...]
Tags: Change Collegian Network, Christian Legal Society, Hastings College of Law, Kowsar Khan, Lee Rowland, Michael Kubel, Ryan Cleveland, Sarah Burke, Vince Fallon
Posted in Student Life
Phi Beta Sigma was recently chartered by their national organization.
They were recognized by the university in March.
The multicultural fraternity has five members and is looking to recruit new members.
A new multicultural fraternity at the University of Nevada, Reno will hold recruitment events for the first time after being chartered Aug. 26 by their national organization.
The [...]
Tags: al roker, al sharpton, anthony dionisi, beta, charles ranson, charter, george washington carver, Lee Massey, Marc Johnson, mayo thompson, multicultural, pbs, phi, Phi Beta Sigma, recruitment, reginald chhen stewart, reginald greer, sergio villasenor, sigma
Posted in Inside Campus, News, Student Life
For as long as she can remember, University of Nevada, Reno senior Katie Browne has wanted to work for NASA.
“I love space and I love that we get to explore out there,” the 22-year-old said.
She thought those dreams were dashed, though, when she discovered she enjoyed computer science over aerospace engineering.
“I was like, oh darn, [...]
Tags: computer science, entry point, job, katie browne, nancy latourrette, NASA
Posted in Faces of Nevada, News
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
When Eliska Rejmankova first noticed large growths of blue-green algae on the surface of Guatemala’s Lake Atitlan, she knew something was wrong.
Rejmankova, a professor in the Environmental Science and Policy department of the University of California, Berkeley, didn’t know her efforts would eventually lead several expeditions to the lake. International collaboration from the University [...]
Tags: alan heyvaert, algae, atitlan, blue green, david cabrera, Guatemala, lake atitlan, Lake Tahoe, research, sudeep chandra, Tahoe, violeta ramirez
Posted in Academics, Health, News
Greek recruitment is under way at the University of Nevada, Reno, and fraternities and sororities are anticipating hundreds of students to participate in the scheduled events.
Multicultural Greeks began recruiting Monday and will continue through Friday, while sorority recruitment will run Tuesday through Monday and fraternity recruitment will run Sept. 1-13. Sorority recruitment registration closed Monday.
Fraternity [...]
Tags: 2010, ashley huff, cameron belt, eli hsieh, emma garcia, Greek, olumide ogundimu, recruitment, rush, week
Posted in Inside Campus, News, Student Life
Police broke up a brawl at SAE fraternity Saturday night, a source in SAE said.
At about 10:30 p.m. Scott Martin, a defensive linebacker for the Wolf Pack football team allegedly approached the back entrance of the SAE house, the source said.
Several SAE brothers had congregated on the back patio to make sure no intruders would [...]
Tags: 1986, brawl, CHRIS AULT, fight, Football, john manoukain, patrick osgood, player, SAE, scott martin, sigma alpha epsilon, todd rich
Posted in From the archive, News
The Associated Students of the University of Nevada Senate appropriated $7,000 to hire a national company to assess the campus’ Greek system.
Speaker of the Senate Brandon Bishop said he hopes the project will increase recruitment, retention and communication for the Greek community.
The assessment report will be given to a committee made up of Greek and [...]
Tags: $7, 000, assessment, ASUN, Brandon Bishop, cameron belt, christopher day, edna meza, gerald marczynski, Greek, shannon ellis, thousands
Posted in ASUN, Inside Campus, News, Student Life
Friday Festival featured more than 73 clubs that recruited students.
The event also featured food, an inflatable obstacle course, a Velcro wall and an oxygen bar.
The festival was a part of Welcome Week and marked the end of the first week of classes.
Friday Festival featured more than 73 clubs and organizations Friday ranging from social-political and [...]
Tags: clubs, enid jennings, festival, friday, jake snyder, john treffinger, laraine o'day buchanan, mark mendoza, organizations, yolanda rangel
Posted in ASUN, Inside Campus, News
Passwords can be changed on Windows operating-based machines by clicking “change password” on the login screen or on any computer by visiting https://netid.unr.edu and clicking “change password.”
The maximum password age will be 365 days (users will be notified to change their password prior to this date).
The minimum password length is 8 characters and it cannot [...]
Tags: brittaney pearson, CHANGE, ePAWS, justin sabato, NetID, NetIDs, password, passwords, security, Steven Zink
Posted in News, Technology
This country continues to face a daunting economic crisis. Yet despite billions in stimulus spending, an extremely loose monetary policy from the Federal Reserve and proclamations by our elected officials that the economy is improving, things aren’t really starting to look all that bright.
In fact, the situation looks downright dreadful. One simple fact [...]
Tags: ECONOMY, republican
Posted in News, Opinion
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
Students from seven of Nevada’s eight higher education institutions passed legislation last week to send Nevada government candidates a pledge to protect education.
Truckee Meadows Community College is still waiting to pass the legislation.
The pledge is modeled after the Taxpayer Protection Plan which seeks a commitment from candidates to not raise taxes.
“We feel that if candidates [...]
Posted in Budget Crisis, News, News CP
Dorms deal with increased residency by re-opening dorms, adding beds
The University of Nevada, Reno will see its largest ever freshman class this fall, with enrollment for first-year students up 20 percent compared to last fall.
Enrollment may top 17,000 students, 3,500 being new and returning freshmen, according to University Media Relations. This resulted in the opening of [...]
Posted in Budget CP, Homepage Features, Inside Campus, News, Student Life
Every semester, shortly before fees come due for the coming months’ classes, tuition ticks down by a substantial amount for more than 20,000 Nevada students receiving the Millennium Scholarship. Over the years, the scholarship has become an integral part of higher education in the state.
But that program’s future is in question. If it lasts beyond [...]
Tags: budget, cuts, ECONOMY, millenium, millenium scholarship
Posted in Budget Crisis, News
When Matthew Trabert was alive, he was always recognized among his friends for his infectious charisma, gregarious personality and a San Francisco Giants cap he wore nearly every day. Sunday night, when friends and family gathered on campus for one last goodbye to the 20-year-old business major, dozens of his signature hats with his name [...]
Tags: candlelight vigil, car accident, matt, Matt Trabert, matthew, Matthew Trabert, Sigma Nu, student death, trabert, vigil
Posted in News
