Posts Tagged ‘staff editorial’
After the campus-rattling kidnap, rape and murder of 19-year-old Brianna Denison in October 2007, safety measures were amped throughout campus. From the installation of Blue Light Emergency Phones to general events about self-defense, many strategies were implemented to increase safety.
Tags: argenta hall, Blue Light, Brianna Denison, opinion, residence halls, self protection, self-defense, staff editorial, weapons
Posted in Opinion
On Feb. 9, the Rubio-Manchin Bill, S. 2092, was introduced into the U.S. Senate. If passed, the bill would allow any corporation to refuse to provide contraceptive coverage on the basis of religious beliefs. Essentially, the bill would take away the rights of millions of women to have insurance coverage for contraception based on the religious or moral beliefs of their employers.
Tags: birth control, Mitt Romney, Nevada Personhood Amendment, Nevada Pro-Life Coalition, Newt Gingrich, opinion, reproductive rights, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Rubio-Manchin Bill, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
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Tags: ASUN, opinion, staff editorial
Posted in Editorial Cartoons, Homepage Features, Opinion
Recently, a proposal was submitted to increase the pay of the senators in the Associated Students of the University of Nevada Senate from three undergraduate credit hours per semester to six. This would be a jump from $470.25 each semester (one credit hour costs $156.75) to $940.50.
Tags: ASUN, opinion, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
In spring 2008, the BASICS (Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention of College Students) program was implemented at the University of Nevada, Reno as a response to an increasing number of students being at risk with high levels of intoxication. The program was also implemented to address the fact that UNR’s underage drinking rates were higher [...]
Tags: alcohol prevention, alcoholism, BASICS, opinion, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
Friday at Lawlor Events Center, the University of Nevada, Reno President Search Committee will meet to discuss the search process that will be used to find a permanent president for this university. The committee will talk about the qualities they would like to see in the next UNR president, who will be just the third person to hold that title in the last 33 years.
Tags: budget cuts, Milton Glick, opinion, staff editorial, tuition increases, UNR president
Posted in Opinion
Students should make sure the extra money they’re paying to attend this university is going toward things they want. They might not have much of a say in whether tuition increases, but they can definitely be instrumental in deciding where the money goes.
Tags: BASICS, Budget Crisis, Casey Stiteler, Dan Klaich, Jason Geddes, Marc Johnson, NSHE, opinion, staff editorial, tuition increase
Posted in Opinion
To quote Hamlet, when the theater department was posed with the question of whether “to be, or not to be,” it is clearly choosing the former. Other departments should do the same.
Tags: hamlet, opinion, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
Service learning, which integrates more meaningful community service with reflection and teaching, is something all students should aspire to frequently engage in throughout college.
Tags: community service, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
While we have no problem with the drinking culture cultivated in Reno, we do think it’s important for students to know how to drink wisely.
Tags: Halloween, staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
Be mindful of what you post and don’t allow yourself to fall in the habit of hiding behind the online mask of anonymity.
Tags: staff editorial
Posted in Opinion
