The crunch would take away more than $20 million from the university’s budget alone.

UNR has announced 40 employees will not have their contracts renewed for next year, including one employee in a teaching position. Also, the marching band may be disbanded.

More cuts are expected to be announced at the meeting.

For those who cannot attend the meeting, questions can be submitted at this link.

“We’re going to miss him a great deal,” Nevada coach Mark Fox said. “We’ve lost three guys in the last two years to the NBA Draft. That’s just the way it works, though.”

Former Nevada guard Marcelus Kemp was not drafted, but may still have a future in the NBA via free agency.

McGee, originally of Flint, Mich., was a Second-Team All Western Athletic Conference selection last year at Nevada. He led the WAC in blocks per game (2.8, 14th in the nation) and grabbed 7.3 rebounds per game. He scored 14.1 points per game with the Wolf Pack last season.

McGee’s departure will leave the Wolf Pack with a size disadvantage this upcoming season. Nevada lost its four tallest players from last year: David Ellis (7-foot-1), Demarshay Johnson (6-foot-9), Matt LaGrone (6-foot-8) and McGee (7-foot).

Coach Fox said the Wolf Pack will look to play tough defense, while speeding up the game on offense.

“We have a lot of turnover, a lot of young talent coming in,” said Fox of such recruits as Luke Babbitt, who will be Nevada’s tallest player next season at 6-foot-9.

The 18th overall selection falls short of agent Roosevelt Barnes’ pre-draft expectations. Barnes, McGee’s agent, reported he was hoping McGee would go as high as ninth overall or at least as a lottery pick (teams positioned 1-14 in the draft).

“I never thought he’d go in the lottery,” Fox said. “I certainly thought he’d go in the first round, though.

“He’s going to have to make adjustments in the NBA. He still has to become a better foul shooter and get stronger.”

McGee is guaranteed $1.16 million in his first year under the league’s rookie contract scale.

McGee, 20, will enter the NBA after his sophomore season at Nevada in a draft dominated by underclassmen. The first three picks were freshman and a record 12 freshman were picked in the 60-player draft.

The Chicago Bulls selected Derrick Rose, of Memphis, first overall. The Miami Heat predictably choose Kansas State’s Michael Beasely second overall, while the Minnesota Timberwolves selected USC’s O.J. Mayo third overall—all three players were freshman in college last season.

As for Nevada’s only representative in the draft, McGee will join a team that has made the NBA playoffs four straight seasons.

McGee will compete for limited playing time behind Washington’s improving center Brendan Haywood. Haywood recorded a career high 10.6 points per game last season and grabbed 7.2 rebounds per game. He started in 80 games last year.

The Wizards may also send McGee to the NBA Development League in order to give him more playing time on a professional level.

As for Kemp, Fox isn’t too worried.

“He’s got several teams pursuing him as a free agent,” Fox said. “He’s going to be fine. He has a degree and a future as a professional basketball player.”

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 appeal.

Hussein alleges vast mistreatment by the university, starting with Hussein receiving a poorer annual evaluation than he expected seven years ago. He also blew the whistle on poor animal care at university research farms, leading to 46 U.S. Department of Agriculture violations.

Since then, university officials have installed a “spy camera” near Hussein’s office, tampered with his lab and harassed graduate students, Hussein says in the suits.

The two lawsuits named 21 people, including former president John Lilley, former provost John Frederick and Hussein’s department heads.

In the legal battles that have followed, lawyers for the university have painted Hussein as unstable and disgruntled. Lawyer fees for the university ran almost $1.3 million for the first two suits.

In an unrelated decision, a judge denied Hussein’s appeal for reinstatement to the university.

Hussein was fired this spring for allegedly misusing research donations and not properly citing students on rough theses sent to research sponsors.

Officials tried to fire Hussein in 2005 but Hussein won the decision.

Gardner coached six seasons with the Wolf Pack, accumulating a 187-176 record in that span.

But it was the 2008 season when Gardner really broke out as a head coach.

She was awarded Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year after the Wolf Pack broke its single-season record for wins (44), won two NCAA Regional games, garnered its first WAC regular season crown and beat the No. 1 team in the nation Arizona on Feb. 18.

Gardner’s first season with Nevada, in 2003, was also the first season in 14 years for the Wolf Pack softball program. The program was terminated in 1989, but re-instated in 2003—Gardner’s first season. She helped lead the Wolf Pack to a 22-35 record that season.

The program continued to flounder under the .500 mark in 2005, but in 2006 Nevada went 33-33 and won the WAC tournament. Gardner had built the program from scratch and turned it into a conference champion.

The Wolf Pack will return 13 of its 18 players for next season, including six starters. While Nevada losses its star senior Jordan McPherson, they will retain their ace from a year ago Katie Holverson. So why leave with such a wealth of returning talent?

Gardner has Midwest roots. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and was a star player for the Wolverines. She was named Big Ten Player of the Year with Michigan in 1988.

Gardner also has three children under the age of 8. She has reported in the past that living closer to home would benefit her children.

The university announced Monday that a national search for the next Nevada softball coach will begin immediately.

Wolf Pack wide receiver Mike McCoy was one of the players arrested. He was the only player, of the three arrested, to remain on the team after his incident.

Rocco Bene and Kenny Viser were kicked off the team by coach Chris Ault on Thursday.

“We have decided to dismiss Rocco Bene and Kenny Viser from the team for this incident and previous team rules violations,” Ault said in a released statement. “Mike McCoy has been placed on team probation for one year and will face reductions in scholarship aid.”

Nevada associate athletic director Keith Hackett couldn’t confirm Bene and Viser’s previous rule violations.

“That’s internal,” Hackett said. “It could be anything from curfew violations to several other different rule violations.”

Viser was pulled over for careless driving and DUI on May 24 at 4 a.m., just north of campus. The defensive back tallied 20 tackles in 12 games played during his red-shirt freshman season last year for the Wolf Pack.

Bene was arrested May 23 at about 3 a.m. The senior spent most of his time on special teams, but also filled in at wide receiver. Bene has failed to grab one reception for Nevada since transferring from UTEP in 2005.

McCoy, who ranked third in receiving yards (598) and second in touchdown receptions (4), will return for his senior season. McCoy was arrested May 24 at about 3 a.m., on North McCarran Boulevard, for failure to stay within marked lanes and driving 11-20 miles per hour over the speed limit.

“This is very unfortunate for these individuals,” Hackett said. “It won’t have an impact on the program, per se, but for these three men it is just very unfortunate.

“Ault’s response should make kids sit up and take notice of these punishments.”

McCoy’s and Viser’s incidents happened within an hour of each other, but no reports have linked the two arrests.

The three DUI charges correlate with former Nevada football player Ezra Butler’s arrest on Saturday. Butler was pulled over for failing to move into the left lane while passing a traffic stop. Butler was then arrested for DUI drug charges and marijuana possession after the state trooper smelled marijuana in his car.

The 49ers reported that the arrest had nothing to do with Butler being waived.

Butler, who was suspended one game last season with the Wolf Pack for using marijuana, was pulled over on North McCarran because he allegedly failed to move into the left lane while passing a car in a traffic stop. State law requires drivers to move into the left lane, when it is not occupied, while passing a traffic stop.

The Nevada state trooper allegedly chased Butler down, pulled him over and smelled marijuana in his car. The trooper then forced him to take a field sobriety test and arrested him on possession and DUI drug charges.

“The driver stated he smoked marijuana 40 minutes ago,” the trooper reported. “I gave the driver field sobriety tests. He showed signs of intoxication. I advised the driver he was under arrest and took him into custody.”

The trooper also reported finding 4.1 grams of marijuana in Butler’s car, which is below 28.45 grams or one ounce. Possession of under an ounce of marijuana is considered a misdemeanor.

The 6-foot-2, 245-pound linebacker led the Wolf Pack in tackles last season with 87.

Fresno State scored five of its six runs with two outs in the fifth inning. Nevada pitcher Chris Garcia had cruised through the first four innings, but in the fifth he gave up a double, single, double and a walk after getting the first two outs of the inning.

With the bases loaded and two outs, Fresno State leading 4-2, Nevada second baseman David Ciarlo decided to go to second instead of taking the routine play at first base. Fresno State’s Alan Ahmady safely slid into second base and Tommy Mendonca followed with a two-run single.

Nevada’s 1-4 hitters in the lineup were 0-13 through the first seven innings of the game, but in the eighth inning they finally got started. Matt Bowman led-off the inning with a double, followed by a Jason Rodriguez single and a Shaun Kort single.

With the score 6-4 and runners on first and second base with no outs, Nevada coach Gary Powers elected to bunt the hot-hitting Mike Hale. Hale’s bunt bounced off the plate and into the air, giving Fresno State catcher Ryan Overland an easy play at third base to force out the lead runner.

Terry Walsh then grounded into a fielder’s choice. The inning ended after Walsh was picked-off first base.

Nevada catcher Tyson Jaquez reached on an error to leadoff the ninth inning, but Kevin Rodland grounded into a fielder’s choice and David Ciarlo fouled out to the second baseman Eric Wetzel. Nevada’s leadoff hitter Jason Sadoian then ended the game with a strikeout, capping his 0-5 performance at the plate.

Garcia took the loss for the Wolf Pack, while Holden Sprague was the pitcher of record for the Bulldogs. Sprague threw 5.1 innings, allowed two earned runs and three hits. Brandon Burke came in for the last 1.2 innings to get the save for Fresno State.

Garcia pitched 4.2 innings and allowed five runs, four earned. Sammy Miller relieved Garcia and threw 1.2 innings. He allowed two runs, one earned.

Nevada turned two double plays Sunday and six in the WAC tournament, moving the Wolf Pack within two double plays of Louisiana-Monroe for first place in the NCAA this season (75). Nevada turned 73 double plays this season.

The Wolf Pack had six players selected to the All-WAC Tournament team: Tyson Jaquez at catcher, Kevin Rodland at shortstop, Jason Rodriguez at third base, Terry Walsh at designated hitter and David Ciarlo at second base. Ciarlo wasn’t expected to play in the tournament after he missed the final 10 games of the season when he was hit by a pitch in the face and sprained his ankle trying to avoid the pitch. Ciarlo was 6-for-14 this weekend with five runs, eight runs batted in and two home runs.

Nevada’s Rod Scurry was selected as a pitcher after he got his first-ever road victory with the Wolf Pack in the last start of his collegiate career on Friday against San Jose State.

Fresno State won the WAC championship’s automatic bid to the Regional tournament and a chance to play in the College World Series.

With its wins, Nevada will advance to Sunday’s championship round against Fresno State. The Bulldogs won the regular season championship and are undefeated in three WAC tournament games this weekend. Fresno State will win the championship if it wins one game on Sunday, while the Wolf Pack must win two games against the Bulldogs because of its Friday loss to Hawaii (14-5).

Nevada won with hot-hitting starts and solid starting pitching on Saturday. Mario Rivera threw six innings, allowed five runs and was the pitcher of record in Nevada’s 15-5 early win against Sacramento State. The game ended early in the seventh inning because of the 10-run rule. Jason Sadoian led Nevada bats with a four for four game, four runs and two runs batted in.

The Wolf Pack sent all of its batters to the plate in the first inning, jumping to an early 4-0 lead. The Wolf Pack added three more runs in the fourth, four runs in the fifth and three in the sixth.

Brock Stassi carried the Wolf Pack through game two with seven innings pitched, six hits and four earned runs against Hawaii. Jason Rodriguez was four for five with four RBIs. Terry Walsh added a five for five performance with three runs scored.

The Wolf Pack jumped for five runs in the second inning against Hawaii and added another crooked number in the sixth with four runs. Nevada had 19 hits and worked for six walks in its 12-7 victory against the Rainbow Warriors.

Hawaii lost two games on Saturday, including its early game against Fresno State 11-4.

The win left the Bulldogs perfect (3-0) in the six-team double-elimination tournament. The Wolf Pack (3-1) will be forced to play another doubleheader on Sunday to win the WAC championship. Nevada and Fresno State split the season series at 4-4.

The winner will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Regional tournament and a chance to play in the College World Series.

Howe pitched his worst effort of the season, surrendering six earned runs in one inning pitched. His previous worst start came April 19 when he allowed six runs in two innings pitched—also against Hawaii.

Nevada was forced to dip into its bullpen for seven innings, relieving Howe with Derek Achelpohl (2 INP, 4 ER), Stephen Bautista (1 INP, 0 ER), Jacob Kaup (1 INP, 1 ER) and Bryan Suarez (2 INP, 2 ER). Lack of pitching may become a factor for Nevada because of the heat in Ruston, La. The humidity was 90 percent for Friday night’s game and the temperature for Saturday’s game is predicted to be more than 90 degrees. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are also predicted.

Matt Bowman and Mike Hale were the only Wolf Pack players with a multiple-hit game. Bowman was three for three with two walks and one run. Hale went two for five with one run.

It was Hawaii’s fourth win in five games against the Wolf Pack this season. The Rainbow Warriors have outscored Nevada 45-16 in five games this year and continued bludgeoning Wolf Pack pitching Friday, accumulating 22 hits and hitting three home runs. Hawaii failed to score in the fifth and sixth inning, but tallied at least one run in every other inning—including an 11-3 lead after the fourth. The Warriors added three more runs in the final two innings.

The closest Nevada got, after Hawaii jumped to an 8-1 lead, was when David Ciarlo scored on a Jason Rodriguez ground out. Ciarlo’s run pulled Nevada within five at 8-3, but the Warriors outscored the Wolf Pack 6-2 the rest of the way.

Josh Schneider pitched solid for Hawaii, but allowed 12 hits and walked two in seven innings pitched. Schneider only allowed five runs, though, partly in part to Nevada stranding 11 base runners.

The loss brought Hawaii to 29-29 on the season, but dropped the Wolf Pack to 32-25. It also moved Nevada into the loser’s bracket of the six-team double-elimination tournament. The Wolf Pack will battle Sacramento State on Saturday at 1 p.m, streamed live on ESPN Radio 630 AM. Nevada won the season series with Sacramento State three games to one, but all games were at Peccole Park.

If Nevada wins, it will then play the loser of Fresno State and Hawaii on Saturday night.

San Jose State and New Mexico State, the only other teams involved in the tournament, were eliminated on Friday.

The third-seeded Wolf Pack will move into the winner’s bracket of the double-elimination tournament to play Hawaii tomorrow at 5 p.m. The game will be streamed live on ESPN radio 630 AM.

Rod Scurry pitched all seven innings of the game, which ended early because of the 10-run rule. It was Surry’s first road win as a member of the Wolf Pack. He allowed three hits, walked a batter and added three strikeouts. He also hit three batters, but the Spartans couldn’t take advantage of his wildness.

Tyson Jaquez led the Wolf Pack offense with three home runs. Jaquez was three for four with five runs batted in. Nevada coach Gary Powers usually starts Travis Simas behind the plate when Scurry is pitching, but he started Jaquez on Thursday and it paid off.

The game was much closer than the final score showed, though. Nevada only had a two-run lead going into the sixth inning, but tallied nine runs in the sixth.

Wolf Pack second baseman David Ciarlo added a two-run double in the sixth inning. It was Ciarlo’s first game played since May 3rd when he was hit in the face by a pitch. Ciarlo sprained his ankle while trying to avoid the pitch and was hospitalized, but tests were negative.

He was one for two with a walk in his comeback to the Wolf Pack lineup.

Hawaii, who will play Nevada on Friday, also won its first game of the tournament on Thursday against New Mexico State, 11-7. The Rainbow Warriors had a 10-1 lead, but surrendered six runs late.

Hawaii threw Nicholas Rhodes on Thursday, so a possible starter for Hawaii on Friday would be Jared Alexander. Alexander was 7-3 with a 3.27 ERA this season. Alexander beat Nevada earlier this season, pitching seven innings and allowing four earned runs in his only match up with the Wolf Pack.

Nevada will probably throw Kyle Howe, who was awarded First Team All-WAC last week. Howe was Nevada’s most reliable pitcher this season, recording an 8-2 record with a team best 3.55 ERA.

Hawaii took three of four games against Nevada, outscoring the Wolf Pack 30-11. The Wolf Pack will look to fair better at the neutral site in Ruston, La.

Fresno State also won Thursday, beating Sacramento State, 3-2.

In a statement released by the university, Gervasoni said: “I would like to thank Cary Groth, Cindy Fox and Chris Ault for giving me this opportunity to be the head women’s basketball coach at the University of Nevada for the past five years,” Gervasoni said. “I appreciate the support from the administration, support staff, my coaching staff, the players, my friends, family and the community. I’m grateful for my experience here and I am excited about my future.”

Gervasoni, who lost her husband and assistant coach Mike Gervasoni in a car accident in 2004, said she resigned because of personal reasons.

Gervasoni was 59-92 as the Wolf Pack head coach, but had back-to-back winning seasons in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. Gervasoni improved Nevada’s win total every season as the head coach: 3-26, 8-22, 13-17, 17-15 and 18-12.

Nevada was one win shy last season of reaching its highest win total in school history (19). She is the second Nevada coach to reach the 50-win mark and the only Nevada coach to take the Wolf Pack to a post-season berth (2007 Women’s National Invitational Tournament). The Wolf Pack’s record last season was its best since it joined the Western Athletic Conference in 1999-2000.

Gervasoni also stressed success in the classroom, coaching 21 Academic All-WAC selections in her five-year career.

Gervasoni started her head-coaching career at Solano Community College in 1992 and coached there before becoming an assistant coach at Arizona State in 2000.

The university announced that a national search for its next head coach would begin immediately. Gervasoni had three assistant coaches who may become early front-runners for the position: Amanda Levens, Darryl Smith and Jackie Moore.

Levens has been a coach under Gervasoni since they came to Nevada together in 2003. Levens played under Gervasoni when she was an assistant coach at Arizona State, leading the Sun Devils to two NCAA tournament bids (2001 and 2002).

Smith is the only assistant coach with head coaching experience. He recorded a 267-163 mark in his 15-year coaching career at Metropolitan State College of Denver, Wichita State and Butler Community College.

Moore came to Nevada in 2005-2006 and worked as a recruiting coordinator at Boston College and Miami before coming to Nevada.

“I don’t have to go out there and be perfect because my girls are going to go out there and score runs,” said McPherson, who was a first-team All-Western Athletic Conference selection as a senior this year.

The Wolf Pack lost in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Softball Championships, but it hopes the same thing won’t happen this year. This is Nevada’s second trip to the Softball Championships in school history. The Wolf Pack will play Purdue (34-21) in the first round of the championship on Friday. The game will be televised on ESPNU at 2:30.

The No. 3 Bruins got a home series this weekend because they were ranked in the top 16 nationally.

Nevada played UCLA earlier this season and lost 10-1.

“It’s not about revenge,” McPherson said. “We want to get back in that game so we can prove to the nation and UCLA that we can play with anyone in the country.”

The UCLA loss was the worst outing on the season for McPherson. She pitched 3.1 innings in the start and allowed five earned runs.

“We have to worry about Purdue before we can worry about UCLA,” she said.

UCLA will play Cal-State Fullerton in the first round of the tournament immediately following Nevada’s game on Friday.

Nevada, Hawaii and Fresno State received at-large bids to the NCAA tournament for the WAC. Louisiana Tech received an automatic bid because it won the WAC tournament.

The Wolf Pack won its first ever WAC regular season championship this season, but lost to the Lady Techsters 2-1 in the WAC tournament championship game.

“I just think La. Tech was on a mission,” McPherson said. “They played good. They deserved it.

“We’re prepared now. We needed that.”

McPherson said the loss gave the Wolf Pack a wake-up call.

“The tournament is meant for teams like La. Tech,” McPherson said. “It gives them a chance to sneak into the NCAA tournament.

“It really means a lot for the WAC to get four teams in the NCAA tournament.”

McPherson said it’s been rough to go through final exam week, while playing in the WAC tournament last week and preparing for the NCAA tournament next week.

“I’m just happy I’m done,” McPherson said. “It’s the greatest feeling ever.

“We know that when we sign up as Division I athletes that this is something we are going to have to deal with.”

McPherson took her last exam yesterday and will graduate this year with a degree in general studies with an emphasis on psychology and human and family studies.

“It’s been a great senior year,” McPherson said.

McPherson was 15-9 on the season with a 2.61 earned run average.

McPherson said she wants to be a pre-school teacher when she is finished with college.

“It’s not going to be the same without her next season,” Gardner said. “It’s going to be really different when I come back next year and Jordan is not here.”

Gardner has yet to specify who will pitch for Nevada in the first round.

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 Wilson, North Carolina and Phillips hails from Fort Union Military Academy in Virginia.

The three signees would add to the Wolf Pack’s already strong recruiting class.

Nevada’s recruiting class is ranked No. 23 by Rivals.com and has been named the best mid-major class in the nation by the online website.

Monday’s signees will join Luke Babbitt, Mark McLaughlin and London Giles as Nevada’s 2008-2009 recruiting class.

This is the first at-large bid for the Wolf Pack (42-16, 16-2 in WAC). Nevada won the WAC regular season crown, but lost the WAC tournament championship game to Louisiana Tech, 2-1.

Fresno State, Hawaii and Louisiana Tech all made the NCAA Softball Championship tournament for the WAC. This is the first season the WAC has sent four teams to the tournament.

The Wolf Pack will enter the tournament as a two seed. Purdue is a three seed.

Purdue (34-21) is playing in its first ever NCAA Softball Tournament.

Nevada will play the winner of Cal-State Fullerton and UCLA on Saturday if it beats the Boilermakers in the first round.

The top 16 teams in the nation received home games for the first two rounds of the 64 team tournament. UCLA was awarded the home series because it was No. 3 in the most recent USA Today top 25 poll. Nevada was No. 17 in the same poll.

The first-round game with Purdue will be televised Friday at 2:30 on ESPNU.

Nevada first baseman Shaun Kort said he thinks about baseball all the time—even during finals week.“At least we can go to our finals with a good attitude,” Kort said.

Kort hit an outside fastball over the left field fence for a home run Sunday, giving him something good to think about as he studies for his final exams this week.

The 13-12 win also moved the Wolf Pack within one game of Fresno State for first place in the Western Athletic Conference standings.

“Every game means something this late in the season,” Nevada coach Gary Powers said. “We have to first think about getting through finals and then think about taking on San Jose State next week.”

The Wolf Pack also won the first two games of the series 14-5 and 6-5, but lost the third game 13-4 on Saturday.

Nevada trailed 12-9 going into the ninth inning, but was sparked by Kevin Rodland’s leadoff single.

“I told him I didn’t want anybody else at the plate in that situation,” Kort said. “He was really seeing the ball well today and I was pretty sure he would get us started.

“This team really has no holes in the lineup.”

Jason Sadoian followed with another single and Matt Bowman was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Jason Rodriguez. Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to get Nevada within two runs and then Kort came to the plate.

“It’s the first walk-off home run of my career,” Kort said. “I was going crazy, but it didn’t hit me until I rounded second base and saw everyone getting out of the dugout and mobbing around home plate.”

It was the second home run of the game for Kort and his sixth of the season. Both of his home runs were to the opposite field on Sunday.

“The wind helped because it was blowing that way,” Kort said. “I wasn’t really trying to hit it that way, though. I was just trying to look for an elevated pitch and drive it.”

The Wolf Pack will end its season next week with a four-game series at San Jose State. It will be Nevada’s first meeting with the Spartans this season.

Fresno State concludes its season with a four-game series at Sacramento State.

“It’s hard not to watch the standings this time of the year,” Kort said. “I think we have one of the best teams in the west.”

Nevada reliever Sammy Miller got the win, throwing the last two innings and allowing two runs. Derek Achelpohl was the starter for the Wolf Pack, but he left the game after he pitched 2.2 innings and allowed four earned runs.

Sacramento State’s closer Jeff Roth got the loss.

Friday, May 9
If your class meets at: ………………….Your final class meeting time is:
9:30 a.m. T R…………………………………………………………….. 7:30-9:30 a.m.
10 a.m. M W F………………………………………………….9:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
Noon M W F………………………………………………………………..Noon-2 p.m.
2 p.m. M W F……………………………………………………………. 2:15-4:15 p.m.
5:30 p.m. M W………………………………………………………….. 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 10
Conflicts*………………………………………………………………… 9:45-11:45 a.m.
Conflicts*……………………………………………………………………..Noon-2 p.m.
Conflicts*………………………………………………………………….. 2:15-4:15 p.m.
MATH 126 (All Sections), 127 (All Sections) Departmental
Final Exam………………………………………… …………9:45-11:45 a.m.
Math 096 (All Sections), 128 (All Sections)
Departmental Final Exam…………………………………………..Noon- 2 p.m.

Monday, May 12
If your class meets at: …………………Your final class meeting time is:
8 a.m. M W F…………………………………………………………… 7:30-9:30 a.m.
11 a.m. M W F………………………………………………………. 9:45 -11:45 a.m.
1 p.m. M or M W F……………………………………………………. Noon-2 p.m.
1 p.m. W or 2:30 p.m. M W………………………………………2:15-4:15 p.m.
4 p.m. M or M W………………………………………………………4:30-6:30 p.m.
7 p.m. M or M W………………………………………………………………. 7-9 p.m.

Tuesday, May 13
If your class meets at: ………………….Your final class meeting time is:
8 a.m. T R…………………………………………………………………. 7:30-9:30 a.m.
2 p.m. T…………………………………………………………….9:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
2 p.m. R………………………………………………………………………..Noon-2 p.m.
4 p.m. T…………………………………………………………………….. 2:15-4:15 p.m.
5:30 p.m. T R…………………………………………………………….. 4:30-6:30 p.m.
5:30 or 7 p.m. T……………………………………………………………………7-9 p.m.

Wednesday, May 14
If your class meets at: ………………….Your final class meeting time is:
10 a.m. T R……………………………………………………………….. 7:30-9:30 a.m.
Noon T R………………………………………………………….9:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
3 p.m. M W F……………………………………………………………….Noon-2 p.m.
3 p.m. T R………………………………………………………………… 2:15-4:15 p.m.
4 p.m. W…………………………………………………………………… 4:30-6:30 p.m.
5:30 or 7 p.m. W………………………………………………………………….7-9 p.m.

Final Week Class Schedule

At a town hall meeting in the Jot Travis Building last week, more than 100 people gathered to listen to experts talk about the recent temblors in Mogul, Nev., and West Reno.

Made up of students, faculty, administrators and community members, the audience wanted to know whether stronger earthquakes were possible and what it would mean for the area.

Nevada is one of the most seismologically active states in the country. While numbers have been steadily growing since February, 4.1 and 4.2 magnitude earthquakes on April 24 set off a sequence of about 20 earthquakes a day with magnitudes of 1.0 or greater, according to a report from the Nevada Seismological Laboratory. Earthquakes with magnitudes of 2.0 or greater have happened at a steady rate of one or two a day.

But despite the increases, experts said they don’t anticipate earthquakes with larger magnitudes, believing the 4.7 magnitude earthquake on April 25 would most likely be the strongest.

At the same time, John Anderson of the Nevada Seismological Lab, along with other experts from the lab and the geology department, said earthquakes can’t be predicted.

“We track what happens, but the most we can tell people is that they should be prepared,” Anderson said.

Officials said that the university is prepared to deal if larger temblors occur.

“Students shouldn’t worry about these small earthquakes or buildings coming down,” said Edward Atwell, the university’s emergency management coordinator.

While most campus buildings have steel foundations, the university identified 10 buildings as “unreinforced masonry buildings,” meaning there is no steel in the buildings’ walls, said Stephen Mischissin, assistant director of facilities services. Those buildings are Clark Administration, Thompson Hall, Jones Center, Facilities Services Building, Virginia Street Gym, Palmer Engineering, Mackay Science, Lincoln Hall, Morrill Hall and Manzanita Hall.

All of the buildings listed are at least 60 years old.

Mischissin pointed out that the buildings have made it through larger earthquakes in the past and should be able to sustain future damage.

“The biggest thing people should be worrying about is items falling from above,” he said.

The university plans to submit capital requests to redo the foundations of Lincoln and Manzanita halls to the state legislature in 2009, Mischissin said. They originally asked for money last year, but the requests were voted down.

Rod Aeschlimann, Residential Life director, said officials are in the process of examining the residence halls to make sure the buildings are safe for students to live in.

“Even with students moving out, we want to make sure that everything is stable and safe,” Aeshlimann said.

The university is also planning on having an earthquake drill in June, Atwell said. The drill, an annual event that prepares the university to deal with various disaster situations, will show faculty, administration and other participants what a 7.2 magnitude earthquake would do to the university and surrounding area.

• What’s causing the earthquakes The earthquakes are being caused by the shifting of tectonic plates underneath the earth’s surface. Nevada sits on two separate plates, and when those plates move and shift against each other, they create earthquakes.
• What you should do during an earthquake Drop, cover and hold under a table, desk, bed or against a wall. Try to stay clear of bookcases, shelves, file cabinets and other furniture that may slide or topple. Also stay away from glass.
• How to prepare for an earthquake Take down any heavy objects that may be hung up or placed on a shelf, such as TVs or books. Also prepare a first aid kit because first responders will head to serious situations first during an earthquake. People also should have two to three days’ worth of food in case they become trapped.

Atwell said the university will work with the cities of Reno, Sparks, Washoe County and surrounding counties to act out the scenario. They plan on testing the emergency communications systems, which include sending voicemails to all the phones on campus and testing out the Washoe County Regional Communications System, which allows university people to reach first responders from REMSA and the Reno hospitals.

Fault Lines

Faults are not always easy to detect — some sit underneath the surface while others come in obvious forms, such as mountains or discolored scarring lines in the dirt. Faults are caused by breaks in the Earth’s crust that slip past each other in different directions - this movement often results in an earthquake. Historically, an earthquake’s magnitude is determined by the size of the fault: 200-mile long faults can cause magnitude 9.0 quakes while a 5 to 10-mile long fault may only be capable of causing a 6.0.

Dip-Slip Fault

An earthquake is caused when one side of the fault falls abruptly below the other side. Over time these faults usually result in a valley while the side of the fault that stayed in place turns into a highland or a mountain.

Strike-Slip Fault

This fault is less common, though still important, because western Nevada’s earthquakes are generally caused by these kinds of faults. One side of the fault will stay stationary while stress builds up from the force of the other until eventually the fault breaks, distorting the land and causing an earthquake.
Nevada is made up mostly of these faults, which explains why the state is full of mountains and valleys.

The senate faces a paradox in deciding whether to pay the wages through the operational account, putting the government in the red, or changing a law and paying the wages through the capital account, possibly hurting their goal to save $500,000 within two years.

“This isn’t as dire as everyone is making it out to be,” said Sandra Rodriguez, director of the Associated Students of the University of Nevada. “Making the decision without proper context is the only thing that could be a problem.”

President Eli Reilly has submitted two budget proposals for each possibility so the senate can consider whether to pay for salaries out of the operational or capital accounts.

About seven years ago, ASUN leaders started planning for the time when ASUN would outgrow itself and need new staff. They collected data and planned for office space in the new student union to house future employees.

While senators argue that ASUN can’t afford the positions and does not need them now, administrators say they are needed to relieve an overworked administrative staff.

Three new administrative positions were approved by the last two senate sessions. The extra positions also went through a slew of university checkpoints ranging from the human resources department to the provost. ASUN already has the almost $200,000 in wages for the new personnel accounted for in its overall budget.

However, if those wages are taken out of the operational account like the law now requires, it puts ASUN in a deficit. The senate could amend the law and take the wages out of the capital account instead.

Some worry that by using the capital account as a crutch, it will never reach $500,000 by fiscal year 2010.

Rodriguez said bookstore profits will transfer to ASUN three times before 2010. ASUN will also receive a budget increase next year when students are charged an ASUN fee of $5 per credit instead of $4.34 per credit.

Another solution could be eliminating some or all of the administrative positions. Some senators argue that the positions aren’t necessary right now because other people are already doing those jobs.
The new administrative positions are:

-The technology coordinator would provide tech support for ASUN computers, which UNR’s Information Technology department handles now. The coordinator would also handle the info monitors, which Inkblot Promotions is in charge of. The technology coordinator would have a salary and benefits of $71,270 and would also supervise ASUN employees in Inkblot Promotions and the Web masters.

“We function fine without it,” Budget and Finance Chair Gracie Geremia said.

-The associate director of student activities would supervise the ASUN Senate, the elections commission, ASUN secretaries, the front desk staff, the assistant director of student activities and the assistant director of clubs and organizations. The position would make $74,092 in wages and benefits.

-The assistant director of clubs and organizations would supervise all employees and events having to do with clubs and organizations. The position’s salary and benefits total $59,626.

Right now, the ASUN director does most of the work outlined for the three new positions.

Rodriguez said her administrative staff sometimes works 80 to 90-hour weeks and new staff members are needed for ASUN to function more efficiently.

“My staff and I will accept whatever happens,” she said.

Geremia thinks a good solution might be for the senate to put the positions on hold. If they choose that option, they have to do so before May 26 when the search for employees stops and a candidate is chosen.

If the senate chooses to leave the salaries in the operational account, cuts will happen. In this situation, Reilly said he would break the partnership between ASUN and the Recreation and Wellness Center. Right now, ASUN receives a percentage of Lombardi pass sales and pays for intramural sports. Breaking the agreement would allow the Recreation and Wellness Center to keep Lombardi profits and pay for intramural sports, which saves ASUN about $10,000. He said he counts on paying for the rest of the deficit out of rollover money from this year and adjusting other things if necessary.

If salaries are paid out of the capital account, there will be extra money in the operational budget. Reilly wants to increase club funding by $41,000, the homecoming budget by $35,000 and programming by about $14,000. He said he would also give about $2,000 more to both The Artemisia and the Brushfire.

“I want to take the (wages) out of the capital account, so we’re showing students what’s being done with their money,” Reilly said.

As the new student government officers settle into their new offices, former representatives are moving out. Here is the Associated Students of the University of Nevada report card for recently retired elected officials.

Former President Sarah Ragsdale

Ragsdale’s platform:

• Increase support for clubs and organizations
  The budget for clubs and organization did not increase from last year.
  In Ragsdale’s candidacy bio, she wrote, “I promise to…ensure that funding for clubs, organizations, consistent programming, and large scale events are a priority.”
  Ragsdale said clubs were supported in other ways including having space and resources in the Joe Crowley Student Union.

• Accountability
  Although it was part of Ragsdale’s platform, the senate created several positions to help ensure visibility and accountability of ASUN. For example, the attorney general was established to protect students and the director of public relations to promote events within the office.
  The senate held Ragsdale accountable for failing to make appointments to the election commission within a “timely manner.” In the end, the senate did not impeach or censure her.
  “If I didn’t cross a ‘t’ or dot an ‘i’ correctly, I was definitely sent a memo (by the senate),” she said.
  Accessibility and quality of academic advising
  Ragsdale said she had several meetings with college advisers and the provost to create consistent academic advising throughout the colleges. There was also a big push to publicize the course concierge, which students can call if the class they want is full or not available, she said.

Former Vice President Chris Trillo

Trillo’s platform:

• Increase recognition of Brushfire and Wolf Pack Radio

• Create independence of The Nevada Sagebrush from ASUN

• Improve communication between the publications
  Soon after Trillo was elected to office, the constitution was changed and his power over the publications was taken away. Instead, he was made responsible for assisting the president.
  Trillo said he always helped Ragsdale with what she asked and still tried to help publications where he could. He said he would stop by the publications’ offices and check to see if they needed anything.

Former Director of Clubs and Organizations Maria Urbina

Urbina’s platform:

• Create new funding policies and budget processes
  New funding policies and budget processes were approved after Urbina spent last summer creating them.

• Increase recognition of clubs
  About 10 people attended last year’s club banquet in the Pine Lounge. This year, more than 50 club leaders attended a formal banquet in the JCSU.

• Increase club outreach
  The senate created the club commission, which was later divided into specific coalitions. Under Urbina’s direction, the commission was a liaison between club leaders and the department. The commission attended club meetings to provide help and a physical presence. Clubs also had access to the new club resource room in the student union.

• Number of clubs
  This year, about 206 clubs were recognized and in good standing with ASUN, the most in ASUN history, Urbina said.

Former Director of Programming Eli Reilly

Reilly’s platfom:

• Increase a sense of tradition on campus
  Flipside hosted the largest homecoming parade in 10 years, Reilly said. The programmers also brought back other traditions like the Moon Off, but had little attendance. New traditions, like the Wolf It Down Pancake Breakfast during Welcome Week, drew hundreds. Reilly said University Weeks Chair Brita Muller and the other programmers played a big part in helping accomplish his goals.

• Establish a speaker series
  Flipside brought speakers including an advocate for sex workers, survivors of the Darfur genocide scare and Ralph Nader to campus. Comtemporary Issues Chair Tim Taycher carried out the speaker series for the year, Reilly said.

• Seek large-scale sponsors for events
  “This was one area of my platform that I didn’t carry out as well as I would have liked,” Reilly said.
  Large sponsorships included Bank of America and Wells Fargo, which donated over $2,000 each. Flipside also recruited smaller donations from Jimmy John’s, Port of Subs, My Favorite Muffin, the Eldorado and other businesses.

Former Speaker of the Senate Greg Green

The 75th session senate and Green’s accomplishments:

• Establish the government under a new constitution
  The senate wrote a new constitution and created legislation for policies including elections, the judicial council and senate rules.

• New positions creating services for students
  The club commission, attorney general, student advocate and director of homecoming were created by the 75th session senate. All of those positions, along with others, provide students with better services.
  “I think this year was great in the fact that it set up future years for success,” Green said.

The 75th senate’s legislation is available at www.asun.unr.edu.

Photo by Daniel Clark/Nevada Sagebrush

When students come back to school next fall, they will have a new building to retrieve books and knowledge.
The Matthewson-IGT Knowledge Center will open Aug. 11, and is more than a traditional library, Steven Zink, dean of university libraries, said.

Zink said the Knowledge Center differs from a library in that a knowledge center offers more technology and information.

“Libraries started when there was a scarcity of information,” Zink said. “Now information isn’t scarce.”
The four story, 300,000 square foot building is double the size of Getchell Library and offers a lot of space for students.

The first floor
The first floor is the technology center.  Nicknamed “@ One” because it’s a convenient meeting spot, this floor offers a vast amount of computers and workspace.  Most of the furniture is movable in order to accommodate students working in group projects. Lockers and movable white boards will be available for students to use.

“@ One” is a group study area intended to be the social center of the building.

The second floor
The second floor is the main entrance to the building.  It consists of a large atrium that can be seen through all floors of the building.  A reference desk and a circulation desk are on this floor.  Students will be able to use the reference desk for help with computer and technology questions in addition tootherl questions.

The atrium is an open area that leads off to all other parts of the building.

The reference and computer help center will be centralized in one area.

The third and fourth floors
The third and fourth floors are mainly for book storage and study rooms.  The way students retrieve books is different from Getchell. Students can enter the book they want through a computer and a large mechanical hand will find the book according to its bar code, pick it up from a three-story shelf and deliver it to the circulation desk. The process takes approximately 10 minutes.

The large book-retrieving robot has been dubbed MARS by its creators.  It will house older books that are not used as much and will not replace the stacks entirely.

Getchell Library
Zink said the future of Getchell is still unclear, but he hopes to see it turn into office and classroom space.

Refreshments
Jolt ‘n’ Java is not moving to the Knwledge Center however, Bytes Coffee will take its place.

Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center hours

•  Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m. to midnight
•  Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
•  Saturday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
•  Sunday: 10 a.m. to midnight

• Wednesday and Thursday: math tutoring in room 320 from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m., yoga classes from 10 pm. to 3 a.m., massages in rooms 422 and 423 from 9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. (Thursday only),smoothies from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the second floor food court, food at 11:59 p.m. in the second floor food court
• May 12: math tutoring in room 320 from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m., food at 7 p.m. in the second floor food court. This study hall is to relieve the stress of finals week, give students good food and help them get through finals, Flipside Programmer David Olivieri said.

“It’s not dead but we are pursuing other options,” Price said.

He said Baja Fresh’s corporate offices have been unable to attract a franchise to take the space in the student union.

“We are pursuing other Mexican and Asian options,” he said.

Price said he hopes to have the space filled by next fall.

Tahoe Creamery is offering a signature flavor only served at UNR called Wolf Pack Tracks, made up of vanilla ice cream, a fudge ripple and peanut butter cups.

There are dollar-off coupons available at the store and wooden tokens for a free scoop of ice cream can be found around campus.

Hours:

• ?Weekdays: 11a.m to 7 p.m.
• ?Weekends: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• ?Finals week, May 7, 8, 9, 12 and 13: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Editor of the Brushfire Kelly Bridegum said there will be two bands performing and drama students will be hosting a short comedy play. There will be free refreshments, too.

“This is one of the greatest Brushfire publications as a whole, and a lot more content is present than in past years,” Bridegum said.

Donations of $15 are encouraged for more than one copy of the Brushfire. Admission is free.

The deadline is June 6.

The award-winning, student-run newspaper will be hiring editors, reporters, designers, photographers, multimedia journalists, columnists and illustrators for the 2008-2009 school year.

All majors and class standings are welcome to apply to work for The Nevada Sagebrush. No experience is necessary to work for the Sagebrush.

As part of a larger push toward Web-only content, the Sagebrush encourages students  of all journalistic pursuits to apply.

Please e-mail any questions or concerns to Nick Coltrain at editor@nevadasagebrush.com.

Brianna Denison was reported missing from a friend’s house near campus Jan. 20. The 19-year-old woman’s disappearance drew national media attention as her family and friends held rallies and raised money to “Find Bri.” Her body was found in a south Reno field Feb. 15. During the investigation into her disappearance and murder, police linked hers with two sexual assault cases in 2007. A suspect in the case has not been identified.

2. ASUN elections

This year’s Associated Students of the University of Nevada elections were marked with close results in the presidential race, two Taylor Andersons running for the same seat and a number of violations. Former Sen. Carmen Gilbert lost to Eli Reilly by 11 votes in the general election, while a misprint in the elections guide led to Taylor R. Anderson filing a complaint with the judicial council. In the end, the council voted to keep the election. esults.

3. Nevada caucuses

Throughout January, Democratic and Republican presidential candidates visited the state in an effort to get voters involved with the caucuses. It was the first time Nevada had an early caucus before the New Hampshire primary. Though a record number of Nevadans turned out to caucus for their candidate, overall youth voter turnout was low. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Republican Mitt Romney won their respective races in Nevada.

4. Potential alcohol ban
A gameday survey resulted in university administration and the Nevada athletics department debating whether alcohol should be banned from Mackay Stadium during football season. The ban would have been done to “create a safer environment,” UNR President Milton Glick said. In the end, the university decided alcohol could be sold, but officials said stricter alcohol policies will be enforced next season.

5. Hussein S. Hussein fired
Animal nutrition professor Hussein S. Hussein was fired in April for plagiarism and mismanaging donations. He filed a complaint with the Board of Regents in hopes of getting his job back.
Hussein has sued the university 11 times, claiming retaliation and defamation from university administrators after drawing attention to animal neglect. Two of his suits will go to trial in the fall.

6. UNRPD files no-confidence vote against chief

Ten University of Nevada, Reno police officers and four sergeants said in February that they have no faith or confidence in UNRPD Director Adam Garcia.

The officers said they felt Garcia didn’t properly prepare them for an “active shooter” scenario on campus. The vote came days after the shooting at Northern Illinois University.

University officials said they will bring in a private consulting firm to try and solve problems in the police department.

7. Budget and tuition

After Gov. Jim Gibbons asked each state agency to cut 4.5 percent from their budgets, UNR ended up cutting $18 million from its biennial budget. The cut will result in a $5 per credit fee in the 2008-2009 school year to cover some of the costs.

Also, the Board of Regents voted for 5 percent tuition increases for the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years. The tuition increases are as follows: $129.50 to $136 in fall 2009, and $136 to $142.50 in fall 2010.

8. ATO loses charter

During the fall 2007 semester, Alpha Tau Omega members were caught branding pledges’ buttocks and forcing them to eat uncooked food. The university’s investigation into the fraternity lasted throughout winter break and resulted in ATO losing university recognition until 2011. The national ATO organization has not commented on the incident.

In the world of entertainment, the alumni of the University of Nevada, Reno have left an unexpected mark, influencing everything from rollercoasters to sitcoms to the freedom of YouTube.

Amy Carothers, director of Alumni Relations, admits UNR gets a bad rap outside of Northern Nevada. She said there are plenty alumni who are improving the University’s reputation.

Over 130 years, UNR students like Delora Zajick have gone on to sing soprano in the opera, Joey Gilbert boxed on the reality TV show “The Contender” and pianist Lorie Line founded her own independent record company, Lorie Line Music, Inc., that now grosses $5 million annually.

Other UNR alumni achievements have penetrated deeper into American culture. Graduate Charlie Douglass invented the “Laff Box” in the early 1950s, which is heard every time Al Bundy or Frasier Crane makes a joke.

“Who would have thought of that? It is really unique,” Carothers said.

Other alumni have made screwier contributions to American culture. Ronald Toomer has been credited with creating the corkscrew roller coaster.

“I didn’t invent anything, anywhere, I just made it work,” Toomer said.

He said he was working at a roller coaster factory in Mountainview, Calif. in 1971. His bosses brought in the idea of the roller coaster, and they soon went to work on it. He said he never thought any idea was impossible especially the corkscrew roller coaster.

Alumnus Tim Casey made a recent impression on the Internet. Interim Editor of Nevada Silver and Blue magazine, Melanie Robbins, jokingly said he saved the Web.

Casey switched his major to electrical engineering in 1984 to avoid taking a foreign language class, which led him to a career as an intellectual properties lawyer. Casey started working for MCI, a phone company and Internet Service Provider. He got into this part of the law when copyrighted material on the Internet was becoming an issue.

At first, content companies like Timer Warner were pressuring the government to allow them to sue the ISPs and Web sites for pirated material that their users post or e-mailed. Robbins said if ISPs were sued, Internet prices would skyrocket and lawyers’ fees alone would have buried sites like YouTube.

She said Casey was able to write a law that gave ISPs and Web sites protection from being sued as long as they took down the material within a reasonable amount of time.

“If it hadn’t been for him the law would allow content companies to sue Internet Service Providers,” Robbins said. “I think he is the guy who saved the Internet.”

TheVillageBarbershop.com

Art Williamson knew almost everything about Chris Ford, although Ford didn’t know much about his longtime barber. So to fix this problem Ford, a University of Nevada, Reno grad, started making things up.

“I almost felt bad,” Ford said. “He’d always asked about me, but I’d never asked about him. So creating a story, for me, was a small way of letting go of the guilt for having never really took the time to get to know him.”

In 1998, Ford started to write his film “The Village Barbershop.” In 2004, he asked friend and fellow UNR graduate Jason Newmark to co-produce while Ford directed it.

The two finished the movie early this year, and it has been circulating West Coast film festivals and picked up Official Selection awards at the Newport Beach Film Festival, Sonoma Valley Film Festival, the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, Calif. and the Santa Cruz Film Festival. It also won the Audience Award Best Feature at Cinequest.

The movie is set in Reno and tells the story of Art Leroldi (played by John Ratzenberger, who played the postal worker on “Cheers”), a grumpy old barber whose business partner just died.  He is forced to hire Gloria Macintyre (Shelly Cole, “Gilmore Girls”), a young pregnant woman just dumped by her boyfriend. Although Art is against hiring Gloria at first, the two form a bond and help each other get past their respective obstacles in life, Newmark said.

“It’s not an action movie or a horror movie, it’s just a good story,” Ford said.

The real Village Barbershop is located on California Street across from Reno High School.  Ford grew up and went to school a block away from the barbershop. When he went to college, he continued to get his hair cut from Williamson. He still gets haircuts at old-fashioned shops though he doesn’t live in Reno.

“He is kind of addicted to barbershops,” Newmark said.

Ford and Newmark met in college through their fraternity, Sigma Nu. Their friend Pat Martinez said the two shared an interest in film, which helped them become and stay friends. The two graduated in 1992 and Ford went into advertising while Newmark became a film editor.

Ford said he started to write the film after he heard one of his co-workers say he was going to write a script himself. Then in 2004, Ford was having coffee with director Ed Burns. Burns convinced him that it wasn’t that hard for a first-time director to make their first feature. Ford said he then went to Newmark for help with the movie.

“Chris wrote the screenplay and he needed someone experienced to work with,” Martinez said. “Both were very ambitious and creative. They both had the vision to do this and drive to jump through the hoops.”

Williamson was able to see the movie in San Jose. He said he didn’t have much in common with the character Art, except they both like to get a hotdog and a beer for $1.99 at Cal-Neva. Ford admits the two characters aren’t similar and were never meant to be. He said Art in the movie is a mix of different people he knows.

Newmark said he’s happy with the film despite its low budget. He said they want to screen the film in Reno when it is finished with all of the festivals, but they don’t have any concrete plans yet.

Two weeks ago the president’s office was empty. Now gym shorts, ROCKSTARs and Wolf Pack memorabilia fill the office.President Eli Reilly said it’s all a part of who he is and a reminder of how grateful he is that he ended up at the University of Nevada, Reno.

“It was a bizarre turn of events,” Reilly, a 20-year-old history major, said.

Reilly’s original plan was to attend UNR for a year, then transfer to the University of Redlands, a California school he had a $35,000 scholarship for.  After a year, his plans changed and he decided to stay at UNR. He has attended UNR for the past three years.

“It was the people,” Reilly said. “It was the environment.”

Reilly wanted to stay for the experience, from painting the N to meeting all the people who worked for the Associated Students of the University of Nevada.

His freshman year, Reilly met Jeff Champagne, the ASUN president for 2005-2007, a man who is now an inspiration to Reilly.

Seeing Champagne put so much effort into the university made Reilly realize the importance of college events.

Champagne said despite Reilly’s high position as president, Reilly will always remain a playful guy who can make anybody’s day better.

“Whenever I was having a bad day as president I would go to the programming office and talk to Eli to cheer up,” Champagne said.

Reilly’s way of cheering people up generally involves passionately singing a popular rap song.

“He knows every lyric to every gangster rap song,” Champagne said.

Reilly said he is so energetic because he doesn’t want to lose any moment of college.

“I spent my freshman year watching block parties from my dorm room while I played ‘World of Warcraft,’” Reilly said.  “That’s not how people should spend their college years.”

Reilly got involved in Flipside Productions his freshman year and loved watching students benefit from events.

“We’re giving people the college experience,” Reilly said.

That is what keeps Reilly pumped throughout the day. Reilly said the college experience includes anything from playing pool at Pub N’ Sub, to taking a class in an interesting subject.

Reilly said he looks forward to new buildings opening, new traditions starting and his favorite event– freshman orientation.

He said he loves freshman orientation because he gets a chance to tell people what he didn’t know.

“I tell them to do everything:  ‘Even if you don’t want to, no matter how stupid it might sound,’” Reilly said. “It’s college. Why not?”

This university. This city.

Maybe it’s the blue ribbons that still flap in the wind. Thousands of them, reminding us to think about that smiling 19-year-old woman and the monster responsible for her early death.

Maybe it’s the orange cones that line this campus. Hordes of them, reminding us that this university finally deserves a world-class student union and library.

Or maybe it’s downtown. Dirty, downtown Reno. The only difference being it’s not that dirty anymore. People write about it now – in magazines like Esquire. They’re not making fun of it.

“It’s ruddy and rock hard, self-evident and openhearted,” Tom Chiarella writes of Reno in Esquire. “Reno is of a whole. It is a city, not an event.”

Reno has changed. So has this university. Right under everyone’s noses despite all that glitz and glamour of that event down south.

We’re no longer a small town, nor a small university, tucked away at the foot of the Sierra Nevadas.

Students have been talking about change for decades.

Paul Strickland wrote about it in the 1979 Artemisia.

“Students were annoyed by air pollution, and they were imperiled by serious crime which reached even into the university campus,” Strickland wrote. “Students wondered whether it might soon become just another sterile, overly bureaucratic multiversity.”

In some ways our university has lost some of that charm Strickland alludes to. The university’s administration is more prone to protect us than ever before. From hazing. From drinking. From getting out of hand.

They probably know no matter how many rules they enforce this is still a university at the end of the day. Students will be students – they should just remember to be safe.

Reno is finally growing up. This university isn’t far behind.

We have big city problems and even bigger goals.

We want so badly to be an ESPN darling. We want so badly to be like those schools where people dress up in funny costumes at football games.

But what we need is a community. Next to the university. What we need is personality near our campus and people enjoying it. Restaurants. Bars. Shops.

Stickland might have seen a university on the decline. But this city and its school has much more growing up to do.

There’s nothing wrong with a little change.

Good luck,

Brian Duggan

Editor in chief, 2007-2008

The three towers are located in Hilliard Plaza, in front of the Joe Crowley Student Union and north of the quad.

Seventy-two blue light phones are already located in parking garages around campus.

Tors said the blue light phones are equipped with two different buttons. One button rings directly through to 9-1-1 services while the other button contacts campus escort services.

“The button for the campus escort service is more like a courtesy call, whereas the 9-1-1 button is for emergencies only,” Tors said.

Since I’m graduating this month and leaving for Madagascar to teach English for two years, I wanted to make my last column go out with a bang. So I did what any zany Nevadan student columnist would do: I went to a brothel to cuddle and talk about current events with a prostitute.

Why wouldn’t I? Apart from being a funny story, I’d get to learn what goes on inside brothels. Legal brothels, like gambling and quick marriages, are a part of Nevadan culture. They’re a part of our state’s history. Having spent my entire life in Las Vegas and Reno, I was astounded that I hadn’t visited a brothel before.

I grabbed some friends a few weeks ago and drove to Mustang Ranch, a brothel in Storey County a 15-minute drive east of Reno. We walked into the Ranch to find nearly-naked women relaxing in chairs and waiting to chat with customers. “That one’s mine!” one said to one of my friends like a ravenous wolf. “Can I have him?” My friend chuckled nervously.

These women—or “girls,” as they call themselves—were of all shapes and sizes. Big breasts, little breasts. Big asses, small asses. Skinny, thick, tall, short, whatever. Race, too: Africans, Egyptians, Persians, Thais, Latinas and so on. Anything you wanted, they had. They meandered throughout the Florentine-styled lobby in their bustiers and skimpy negligees and flirted with potential customers.

A girl named Persia came to my buddy and me and started talking. She was Persian and wore a bustier that made her breasts the size of bowling balls. She was smiling and batting her eyes and laughing as if I was the funniest guy on the planet. Then she said, “Can I give you a tour? It’s non-binding.”

We went on the tour. The bedrooms were themed and equipped with Jacuzzis, double-fisted dildos, king-sized beds, tantric tables and curtain-less showers “for watching girl-on-girl action.” There were “world,” Italian, Hawaiian, Asian and princess-themed rooms. The princess room had a white bed with frills and pink shearing.

“What kind of customers get the princess room?” I asked. “Female customers?”

“No,” Persia said with a hint of disgust. “Pedophiles, usually.”

We finished the tour and I was ready for my selection. I announced my readiness and sat down in a chair. Suddenly a woman over loudspeakers said, “All girls on shift, line up!” Prostitutes then emerged from a door and introduced themselves one-by-one, “Hi, my name’s Emily,” “Hi, my name’s Cinnamon,” “Hi, my name’s Jade” and so on until there were nine or 10 girls peering down at me with inviting eyes.

I picked the friendliest-looking girl so that when I told her I only wanted to cuddle, she wasn’t likely to get mad and strike me in the temple with a five-inch stiletto. Her name was Toni, a 5’5”, 170-pound girl described on the Mustang Ranch’s Web site as a “black beauty.”

Nevada state law doesn’t allow the prostitutes to discuss prices in public—that’d be considered illicit solicitation for sex—so Toni and I walked into a negotiation room. I imagined it to be like an interrogation room, but it was actually a pleasantly-lit room with beige walls and a sofa. Toni and I sat down and began our deliberations.

“OK,” I said. “This might be a weird request, but I just want to cuddle. I don’t have a lot of money on me, so maybe we