Student Life Archive
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
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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 [...]
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Posted in Inside Campus, News, Student Life
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
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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
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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
The Downunder Café opened in the first week of August without eating trays for the first time in an effort to save energy and money.
Looking to save energy and money, the Downunder Café removed eating trays from its buffet during the first week of August. The café has also put into use new, lightweight plates [...]
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More than half a century after leaving college, student set to graduate with his bachelor’s degree next week
Sixty-five years ago, Richard Campbell sailed across the Pacific Ocean aboard a Navy destroyer just after the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan.
Next week, the 82-year-old will walk across the stage to receive his bachelor’s degree [...]
Posted in Homepage Features, News, Student Life
Music and traditional Native American culture filling the southern end of campus drew more people than expected, 1,900, to the sixth annual Spring Powwow.
The two-day event was free to the public. University of Nevada Reno’s Center for Student Cultural Diversity, the Native American Student Organization (NASO) and the Native American Alumni Chapter organized the powwow.
Powwows [...]
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“She was driven and that was quite apparent after our first meeting,” Paul Mitchell, one of those professors, said. “She just had it. Whatever it is, she had it.”
Posted in Breaking News, News, News CP, Student Life
The University of Nevada, Reno concrete canoe team refused to focus its recent win. Instead, it has its sights shifted toward the future. After winning the regional competition on April 10 by narrowly defeating San Jose State University, the engineers that make up the team plan to work even harder than before to improve on [...]
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The Queer Student Union’s fifth annual Gay Prom will open its doors to university and high school students, as well as the general public, at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Joe Crowley Student Union Ballroom.
The prom, originally designed as a safe haven for high school students, opened to the general public last year and has [...]
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The first annual Greek-A-Palooza was held Saturday in an effort to give back to the Reno community as well as promote unity among all sororities and fraternities. The Panhellenic, InterFraternity and Multicultural Greek Councils hosted the event and hoped the Palooza would show the community what Greeks are all about.
“Philanthropy is really important because it [...]
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The Late Night Coalition, a group of campus entities at the University of Nevada, Reno dedicated to creating more late-night programming, met with both success and failure this semester.
The group is a result of a $91,000 grant from the federal government to enforce underage drinking laws. Although the majority of the money was allocated to [...]
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Premier counseling
For more information on the Premier Counseling Group, visit premiercounseling.net or call Robert Mills at 775-250-0080.
In the last two years, there’s been an enormous spike in the number of college students attending DUI and substance abuse classes at Premier Counseling Group, according to Robert Mills, a partner at the group.
“You’d come to class and [...]
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Those who want to help in the fight against cancer will have the opportunity to assist in the search for a cure. Participants in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life will walk or run around Mackay Stadium in order to raise money for those who suffer from the disease.
The event will take place 6 [...]
Posted in Health, News, Student Life
In yet another budget-saving measure, the Nevada dance team will be cut — but its members will continue to dance.
Holly Aycock, Nevada athletics director of marketing and promotions, said the Wolf Pack’s dance team would be moved into the pom squad as of April 24 (the date of tryouts for the cheerleading team). The dance [...]
Tags: cheer, cuts, dance
Posted in Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News, Student Life
When moving out of the dorms or parents’ house for the first time, students may have questions. Knowing the basics beforehand about what is required to be approved for a lease, what hidden costs there are and the best way to live with friends can deter problems from happening later. Suzan Laxalt of Realty Executives [...]
Tags: housing, Housing Guide, Q&A
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