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.

Educational specialist Diane Barone will speak from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday in Room 324 of the Joe Crowley Student Union.

Barone is a professor of literary studies at the University of Nevada, Reno and teaches courses in early literacy and…

Gerald O’Driscoll, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and former vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Citigroup, will speak from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in Room 101 of the Ansari Business Building.

The Cato Institute…

There will be a Career and Internship Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday in the Joe Crowley Student Union Ballroom. More than 70 employers will set up at the fair looking for potential new employees in various occupations.

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The InterVarsity Christian Fellowship will hold proxy stations regarding the theories of evolution and creation. They will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Wednesday on the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center Lawn. Club members will host various activities…

The Pack to Iraq Thanksgiving charity will hold a donation drive until next Wednesday. Charity organizers will set up donation bins in White Pine Hall, Manzanita Hall, Juniper Hall, the Joe Crowley Student Union and the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center. Students…

The Nevada Sagebrush won top honors in three categories and placed in two others at The Associated Collegiate Press convention this weekend.

The Sagebrush’s 2007-2008 Pacemaker Award recognizes general excellence and outstanding achievement among non-daily college newspapers from across the country.…

Early voting will begin Oct. 18 and run through Oct. 31. Students can vote early every day except Sunday in Room 420 of the Joe Crowley Student Union.

The 14th Annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk for a Cure will be held on the University of Nevada, Reno campus from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. Registration for the event begins at 8 a.m. on the quad.

Homecoming Week kicks off Sunday with a week of events ending when the Wolf Pack takes on the Utah State Aggies on Oct. 18.

The Office of Women in Higher Education will host a conference from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at the Atlantis Resort and Casino.

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