Staff Report

The man convicted of the 2008

kidnapping, rape
and murder of
Brianna Denison
had his appeal
for a new trial
heard Monday
before the Nevada
Supreme Court.
James Michael
Bielas lawyers
argue that the
media frenzy
surrounding the case, and not
the evidence, swayed the jurors
to sentence him to death, ac-
cording to media reports. They
also said linking the Denison
case with the sexual assault of
two other women in the same
trial was unfair to their client.
Biela was convicted of kid-
napping Denison, a 19-year-old
Reno native from a house two
blocks west of the Sierra Street
Parking Complex near the resi-
dence halls. Biela later raped and
strangled her to death before
dumping her body in a south
Reno eld. He was arrested after
a tip from his former girlfriend
and was later linked to the case
via DNA from his son.
Biela was also convicted of the
rape of two other women, both
of whom were UNR students at
the time, in the same trial.
Denison, a psychology student
at Santa Barbara City College visit-
ing a friend, was missing for nearly
a month before her body was
found and in that time the case
drew national media coverage.
Appeals to the states high
court are mandatory in death
penalty cases in Nevada. This is
Bielas rst such appeal.
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for updates on the decision.
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People dance during the Salsabration graduation ceremony in the Joe Crowley Student Union on April 20.
By Alex Malone
For many University of Ne-
vada, Reno graduates, walking
across the stage on the historic
Quad is the symbolic end of
an era. But for some students,
smaller celebrations are bet-
ter suited for acknowledging
the end of one chapter and
the beginning of a new one.
From breakfasts to unique cer-
emonies, graduates have many
choices as to whom to celebrate
their achievement with.
Groups within the Center
for Student Cultural Diversity,
as well as the Latino Research
Center and others, host these
cultural celebrations every year.
Similar to the academic celebra-
tions held through individual
colleges, these cultural cel-
ebrations allow unique campus
communities to come together
and praise their graduates.
In particular, when you are
talking about populations that
are historically underrepre-
sented in higher education, its
really nice for the community to
be able to rally around them and
be inspired by them, said Ellen
Houston, an assistant director
at the Center.
The rst of these events for
the semester was Salsabration,
a graduate ceremony for Latinos
coordinated by the Center. As-
sociate Professor Daniel Perez
delivered the keynote speech
acknowledging that these un-
derrepresented groups mean
more than just a diploma to
their communities.
You not only show others
que si se puede (that yes, it is
possible) but you possess the
knowledge and the skills that
others need to learn to follow
in your footsteps, Perez said in
his speech during the event on
PROVOST SEARCH
Hardy
to seek
open
position
Staff Report
The university will likely
begin its national search for a
new provost an administra-
tor who makes decisions about
issues such as budget cuts and
academic standards next
week.
The interim provost, Heather
Hardy, said she intends to ap-
ply for the position. Hardy was
dean of the College of Liberal
Arts for about six years.
University of Nevada, Reno
President Marc Johnson said
he wants to nd somebody
to ll the position who com-
municates effectively and
has a good sense of academic
standards. That sense needs to
apply to all areas of campus,
Johnson said.
This institution, with such
high academic standards,
would only accept credits from
like institutions, for example,
he said.
Johnson said he wants one
quality that hasnt been highly
considered for provosts before:
The potential to take on the
presidency of the university dur-
ing abrupt leadership changes.
Johnson, the former provost of
the university, was named act-
ing president after Milton Glick
died in April 2011.
The search is being opened
up to a national pool of candi-
dates because it is consistent
with the universitys policy of
seeking out diverse employ-
ees, Johnson said.
This in no way implies that
our interim provost, Heather
Hardy, falls short of anything,
he said.
The news desk can be reached at
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How to rise above teen
pregnancy, small income
By Ben Miller
Maribel Ramirez had just
nished enrolling for classes at
the University of Nevada, Reno
in January 2008. She had lled
out her scholarship applica-
tions and her FAFSA. She was
even getting an early start with
summer classes.
Then she found out she was
pregnant. And suddenly the
prospects of higher education
began to disappear for a teen-
ager who had never considered
college an option.
Her parents had never gone
past high school. And through-
out her youth, they had always
told her that they just wanted
her to graduate. Ramirez had
never even seen the universitys
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Biela requests retrial
File photo/Nevada Sagebrush
A police ofcer addresses a crowd after the murder of Brianna Denison
in 2008.
ASUN FUTURE
ASUN president answers
Sagebrushs criticisms
Editors note: As an end to the
ASUN Future series, The Nevada
Sagebrush invited ASUN
President Huili Weinstock to
respond to our criticisms of the
student government.
Do you think there are large
problems with ASUN? What do
you think they are, if any? If
not, why?
Every
organization
faces issues
and ASUN
is no differ-
ent. Better
communica-
tion should
exist between
the ASUN,
students
and other
university
departments. We have already
taken progressive steps to better
these relationships. Senators
speak to students outside of
the ASUN ofces, allowing the
student population to become
involved in senatorial decisions.
We collect data from events and
other ASUN services to deter-
mine student expectations of the
ASUN. We are also expanding our
existing programs like campus
escort to meet the needs of the
growing campus. We plan to
increase face-to-face interaction
with our students to bridge the
gap that exists and to ensure
students wishes are heard.
Does ASUN need more
diversity in terms of the
background of its leaders and
ofcers? What is the impor-
tance of diversity to ASUN
representation?
Diversity is an essential part
of ASUN representation. ASUN
has a diverse group of leaders
who represent the students.
We pull inuences from clubs
and organizations, different
colleges and majors, different
backgrounds, races, genders
and more. Different opinions
and viewpoints within the
ASUN make the associations
decisions more cohesive to the
entire student body.
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Members of the #Wolfstock crowd listen to the music of Rebelution Saturday at the John Salas Intramural Fields.
ASUN DRAWS MORE THAN 1,000 TO #WOLFSTOCK, SPENDS $60,000
$75
250
is about the amount of
money the association
spends per student on its
most expensive events
is the number of tickets
to #Wolfstock the
undergraduate student
government gave away
$48
is about the amount
of money spent per
#Wolfstock attendee
BY THE NUMBERS
Source: Sandy Rodriguez
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$76,000
is the high estimate of the
number of people who at-
tended #Wolfstock
is about the amount
of money spent on
#Wolfstock
$13,000
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Fraternities ask to reduce liability
By Ben Miller
University ofcials will meet
with Greek chapter leaders this
summer to discuss changing
a document that holds Greek
chapters responsible for the
actions of individual members,
according to a fraternity leader.
Bobby Moretti, president of
the Interfraternity Council, said
national afliates of the local
Sigma Nu and Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity chapters didnt want
them to sign the agreement
because it makes them liable for
individual members for insur-
ance purposes.
Lets say one of the houses is
really loud one night, Moretti
said. Then the police come and
theres one really drunk person.
Everything that person says and
does can then fall back liability-
wise on that chapter.
The agreement states that
chapters must Accept organiza-
tional responsibility for violation
of University standards by indi-
vidual members of the chapter,
related to chapter activity, when
the individual member(s)
violation(s) have been reviewed
and agreed upon as directly
related to chapter functions and
chapter standards for member
behavior.
Moretti said hes not neces-
sarily in favor of removing the
clause, but that he wants chap-
ter leaders to have more input in
similar matters.
I guess one of the biggest
problems with it is theres no
way for us to say whether the
violations are directly related to
chapter functions, he said. It
seems to be up to the adminis-
trators to decide whether it is or
not.
That responsibility has been
a source of tension between ad-
ministrators and Greek leaders
in the past. Former IFC President
Cameron Belt called for more in-
ternal accountability in Novem-
ber 2010 after the university
briey suspended Sigma Nu
for alcohol violations.
Its gotten into an us-versus-
them mentality, Belt said after
the incident.
Kyle Brice, another former
IFC president, said those kinds
of policies tend to worsen
the relationship between the
university and its Greek orga-
nizations after an assessment
survey of the Greek life system
was released in February 2011.
The report pointed out a mis-
trust between leaders in the
community and the university
ofcers they deal with.
Its probably the biggest
complaint Greeks have
over-regulation, having to
watch our backs and watch
our steps, Brice said at the
time.
The university removed its
ofcial recognition of Sigma
Nu and Sigma Phi Epsilon
when they refused to sign the
agreement, which was due in
December. Administrators will
meet with Greek representa-
tives in June to discuss chang-
ing the clause in question,
said Dean of Students Gerald
Marczynski.
Ofcial recognition means
that the university has pulled
the chapters off its list of Greek
organizations on its website and
that it wont fund or assist them
until they sign the agreement,
Marczynski said. Despite calls
from Sigma Nu and Sigma Phi
Epsilon to change the document
soon, he said he wouldnt con-
sider updating it until December
the normal signing time for
the relationship agreement.
Theres just not time to do
that, Marczynski said. And
thats why we say if were going
to review it, it happens in fall or
summer.
Moretti said chapter leaders
are considering signing the
agreement to retain recognition
until it can be changed.
Marczynski declined to
respond to the fraternities
concerns because he said they
havent directly contacted him
about their specic issues with
the agreement.
Ben Miller can be reached at
bmiller@nevadasagebrush.com.
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The university ceased recognizing the Sigma Phi Epsilon, left, and Sigma Nu fraternities in March after they refused to sign the Greek relationship agreement.
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TUESDAY/8
STRESS REDUCTION, PART
ONE
When: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Where: In front of the Joe
Crowley Student Union
Phi Alpha, a social work
honor society, will reduce
stress with a massage rafe,
therapy animals and food.
For more information,
contact Annie Robinson
at annierobinson2011@
hotmail.com.
UNDIE RUN
When: 10 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Where: In front of the Joe
Crowley Student Union
The Associated Students
of the University of Nevada
will host its annual undie
run. Students will meet, strip
off their clothes (except the
underwear), donate it to
charity and run.
For more information,
contact Wesley Nilsson at
specialevents@asun.unr.edu.
WEDNESDAY/9
STRESS REDUCTION,
PART TWO: ELECTRIC
BOOGALOO
When: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Where: Mathewson-IGT
Knowledge Center
Paws 4 Love, a local non-
prot group, will bring
therapy dogs to campus for
stressed-out students.
For more information,
contact Mary Anne
McAuliffe at 775-997-8102
or mamcauliffe@hotmail.com.
SATURDAY/12
WOMENS HEALTH
AWARENESS DAY
When: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Where: Whittemore-
Peterson Institute
The Whittemore-Peterson
Institute and the University
of Nevada School of
Medicine will host a day of
events in honor of National
Womens Health Awareness
Week. The day will include
free massages and blood
pressure screening.
For more information,
contact the Whittemore-
Peterson Institute at 775-
682-8250.
CAMPUS
EVENTS
CAMPUS NEWS
COMPUTER SCIENCE:
STUDENTS COMPETE IN
MICROSOFT APP CONTEST
Three student teams from the
University of Nevada, Reno will learn
tomorrow if their applications will win
a Microsoft Programming contest.
The competition, an annual program
for the computer giant, seeks new apps
for Windows Phone 7, according to a
statement from the university.
Cody Callahan and Ray Shihab, two
students in the College of Engineering,
designed an app called GeoHoops
for the contest, the statement said.
GeoHoops is a game where the user is
bounces a basketball through obstacles
to get it to a basket.
Over the past year or so, my main
goal for extracurricular excursions has
been to gain real-world experience and
to build a portfolio of projects for future
job hunting, Callahan said in the state-
ment. With this particular project so
far, Ive learned a lot of things to help
me achieve my goals.
Winners of the competition will be
judged based on reliability, usability,
uniqueness, sustainability and market-
ability, the statement said.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP:
UNIVERSITY TO GRADUATE
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPERS
The University of Nevada, Reno
will graduate 125 Nevadans from its
Small Business Development Center
in June.
The program, a local branch of the
national NxLeveL entrepreneurial
training organization, teaches busi-
ness owners and those interested
in creating a business how to most
effectively begin or expand their ven-
tures, according to a statement from
the university. It takes 13-15 weeks to
complete.
Self-employment is not for everyone,
but those who choose this path must be
smart about it, and stay smart, taking
advantage of the resources that are
available to help them succeed, local
NxLeveL administrator Kathy Carrico
said in the statement.
This year, students from Reno, Car-
son City, Virginia City, Yerington, Win-
nemucca and Las Vegas will graduate
from the program.
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Daniel Moore (left), a junior psychology major and Reggie Cruz, a freshman, donate blood Tuesday in front of the Joe Crowley Student Union during the annual Cesar Chavez
Blood Drive Challenge. The challenge is aimed at bringing out members of the Latino community, people who typically have O blood types, to donate because this blood is
the most common and can be universally donated to people of any blood type. Cesar Chavez is a respected member of the Latino community and serves as a rallying point for
attracting participation by the Latino community. Two campus Greek chapters, Kappa Delta Chi and Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztln, competed for the rst time UNR
has participated in this event. The club that brought out the most blood donors won $200 for their chapter.
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changes procedure
By Stephen Ward
Those familiar with the old
protocol for textbook buying on
campus might be in for a surprise
Steve Dubey, the Nevada Wolf
Shops new director, has made
substantial changes to the way
the store operates.
One of the more controversial
changes is the roping off of the
textbook area on the second oor
of the store when the store isnt
busy.
Theres two reasons: one is
that it allows us to work and re-
turn books back to the publisher,
so doing returns, he said. The
other thing is that its also a way
to deter theft.
Dubey said he would see stu-
dents acting suspiciously when in
his ofce in the back of the store,
and therefore decided to imple-
ment the change.
Students loitering near the
shop Monday questioned the
effectiveness of barricading the
textbooks, especially during the
upcoming rush at the end of the
semester.
It kinda makes me feel like Im
not capable of doing it myself,
said Joshua Miera, a computer
science major in his junior year.
Its like Im not an adult. I under-
stand why theyre doing it, but it
probably couldve been done a
different way.
Another student, international
business junior Ariel Frey, said the
new policy might make waiting in
line when purchasing and return-
ing books more time-consuming.
Itd take too long, she said
with a laugh. The lines are
already crazy.
But student workers at the shop
see the new policy as helpful in
addition to curbing theft, accord-
ing to Aaron Ochoa, textbook
manager at the shop.
Folks start grabbing books
and think theyre for the current
session, he said. This way were
assuring people arent grabbing
the wrong thing.
Ochoa, who has been at the
shop for ve years, said the return
policy for books is also new this
year.
Before we offered a return
policy of 48 hours, he said. Now,
its during the rst week of school
with no charge. Then the second
week requires a drop course slip.
If you dont have a slip proving
you dropped a course, the book
can still be returned for a reduced
price.
Up to 50 percent of the value,
whether it is new or used, Ochoa
added, stressing that the store
is tax-exempt and therefore is
what he considers a great deal for
students.
Some other changes include
a focus on customer service and
the level of responsibility among
staff members, as well as moving
the computer den to the second
oor with the textbooks.
When asked about his com-
petitors, Textbook Brokers, Dubey
hinted at what he feels is a more
imminent threat to the textbook
industry Amazon, Apple and
other online retail giants.
They provide a service which
is good because theres probably
times where we may not have a
book and they have it, he said.
Competition is what retails all
about. Our biggest competition
is online, so thats where we really
need to focus our attention.
Stephen Ward can be reached at
sward@nevadasagebrush.com.
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The second oor of The Nevada Wolf Shop is roped off Monday, as the new director says the textbook area will
be during low-trafc shopping times throughout the semester.
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campus, despite her high school
being less than a mile away from
it. She hadnt thought about actu-
ally going until she met up with
Deans Future Scholars, a UNR
high school outreach program.
Her parents were excited when
they learned that Ramirez could
go to college if she received
enough scholarships and grants
to pay for it.
I feel like they were upset
just because we talked about
actually going to college, and
then me letting them know I
was pregnant, it was kind of a
downfall, like, Oh, shes not re-
ally going to go, she said.
It all seemed to be melting
away at once. Between the lack
of belief from friends and family,
moving out of her parents house
and the government denying
her FAFSA application, Ramirez
future looked uncertain. Loved
ones and schoolmates told the
pregnant teenager that her life
was ruined.
It only made her want it more.
In the beginning, I was all
about proving people wrong,
Ramirez said.
She took out a $3,000 loan and
got to work. She started school
in the second summer session,
seven months pregnant.
But the campus proved in-
timidating for Ramirez. Coming
from Hug High School, which
had a high concentration of
Latino, African American and
Pacic Islander students, the
university appeared to be a sea
of white faces.
Its kind of a whole different
cultural experience, she said.
Youre assigned
to a whole dif-
ferent group
of people who
youre not used to
being around, so
it makes it intimi-
dating. It really
does. So just that
feeling Im not
good enough.
Then there were
the stares directed
at the young college student and
her pregnant belly. One of the two
classes she took that summer was
a communications course that
required her to speak in front of
the other students.
Tucked away in a small room
in Mack Social Sciences lled
with about 25 students, she
heard the whispers as she went
to the front of the classroom for
her rst speaking assignment.
I knew they were talking
about me, Ramirez said.
She cant remember what she
said. Ramirez shut off her mind
as she spoke in front of the
room, fully conscious of the way
people were looking at her.
Ramirez just kept going. She
endured summer school and
started in the fall with a full load
of courses, knowing her birth
would fall in the middle of her
midterm exams.
But she had help. Ramirez
wasnt the rst student Temple
Sander, a counselor in the TRiO
Scholars program, had seen
struggle with pregnancy. But
shes one of the few who Sander
said made it through so success-
fully. Ramirez is graduating with
about a 3.4 GPA and has applied
for a masters program in the
UNR College of Education.
Ive seen many students over
the years who would have been
derailed by similar circumstances,
but she was able to get through,
Sander said. And not just get
through, but stay on top.
Other students who face simi-
lar circumstances often become
overwhelmed. They need to stay
proactive in letting their profes-
sors know about time theyll
need off on top of juggling
scholarship applications, school
work and possibly a job.
The difference with Ramirez
was that she was so open to ac-
cepting help, Sander said. Once
the baby was born, a relative
watched him while she was at
school. She approached her
professors her rst semester
and let them know she would
need to take time off during
midterms. She spoke with
counselors in the TRiO and
Deans Future Scholars pro-
grams both designed to help
low-income, rst-generation
students about scholarships,
her choice of degree and per-
sonal issues.
Shes just differ-
ent, Sander said. She
shines and shes just
been amazing.
Steve Calhoun, as-
sistant director of the
TRiO Scholars program,
said it was a bit more
than just asking for help,
though. Ramirez has
something special.
In the case of Maribel,
the only thing she really needed
was condence, Calhoun said.
Because shes extremely intel-
ligent and had the motivation to
take it to the next level. She just
needed the condence to know
that she had what she needed.
Today Ramirez son, Brandon
Rodriguz, is 3 years old. Hes shy,
but unafraid to walk around the
UNR campus. He wants to be a
scientist when he grows up, and
hes getting an early start he
likes to draw numbers.
Hes even got a college picked
out. When his mother asks him
where he wants to go, his mouth
turns into a grin and he leans in
to whisper in her ear.
I want to go to UNR, he
said.
Why? she asked him.
Because mommy goes to
UNR.
Ben Miller can be reached at
bmiller@nevadasagebrush.com.
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Maribel Ramirez, a student graduating this semester with a degree in
elementary education, holds her son, Brandon Rodriguez, Sunday in
front of the Joe Crowley Student Union.
Its kind of a whole different
cultural experience. Youre
assigned to a whole different
group of people who youre
not used to being around, so
it makes it intimidating.
Maribel Ramirez
Does ASUN need to
maintain its structure? Are
there unnecessary positions,
or ways the association should
re-allocate or save money by
restructuring?
I believe that structure
is extremely important in
daily operations. It keeps our
association focused on the
appropriate tasks. Within the
structure, we can rely on each
other and use our combined
strengths to make up for
individual weaknesses. I believe
there are unnecessary positions
in ASUN, but they change
from year to year. A position
is only as important as the
actions one takes while in it. As
leaders, we need to make sure
we are accountable and serve
the students to the best of our
ability.
Does ASUN have a problem
engaging its constituents? How
can it engage them further?
As mentioned before, I
believe engaging in students
the most difcult task we have.
ASUN can always improve
its communication with
students. The Freshman Hub
is a great example of how we
plan to engage our students
more thoroughly. It will be a
resource for our students to
learn about what the University
of Nevada, Reno has to offer.
We will continue to gather data
in order to understand how
we can engage students more
effectively.
Huili Weinstock can be reached
at president@asun.unr.edu.
April 20.
The small populations
of these groups make the
festivities especially im-
portant because there are
fewer graduates. Ninety-nine
black students, including
undergraduate and graduate
students, graduated or will
graduate in both the winter
and spring commencements
this school year. In the
Hispanic population, both
semesters yielded 255 gradu-
ates.
The celebrations do more
than just recognize gradu-
ates they also recognize the
sacrices of families.
I knew from a very young
age that I had to go to school,
Perez said at Salsabration.
I knew I had to change the
social and economic condi-
tions of my family and of my
community.
Iris West, the assistant to the
director of the Latino Research
Center, said its important to
recognize the different steps
that cultural groups have to go
through to get to college and
graduate.
This is a tremendously
important day for many of us,
West said. Its very emotional
to see students that have gone
through so much in order to get
to this day and nally say that
they accomplished that and
they made it to graduation.
Sindy Chaves was recog-
nized at both Salsabration
and the Latino Graduation
Ceremony. Chaves, a 33-year-
old doctoral candidate spe-
cializing in cell and molecu-
lar biology, is the first in her
family to receive the highest
degree in academia.
As a self-proclaimed lab
rat, Chaves said she has not
been very active in the Latino
community at the university
and was pleasantly surprised
when she found out about the
cultural celebrations.
I didnt think that Nevada
had something like this,
Chaves said.
Chaves said she and her
family, who attended Salsabra-
tion, were proud of how the
Latino community embraces
its graduates.
Im from Costa Rica, so we
moved to the U.S. because my
mom wanted us to have a bet-
ter life and a better education,
Chaves said. The fact that I
was able to go all the way is
super exciting.
Many of these celebrations
are relatively new to the uni-
versity. The Black Graduates
Celebration is in its third year
and the Lavender Graduation
Celebration, which honors
LGBTIQ and Allied students, is
new this year.
Houston said that while the
commencement on the Quad
has its place, these events give
smaller communities a chance
to do something less generic.
The commencement cere-
mony is beautiful, but it is very
much rooted in European and
Western tradition, Houston
said. Its nice within the stu-
dents communities, with their
clubs and organizations, for
them to be able to celebrate.
The more graduation
parties there are the better,
because the more students
that graduate the better.
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Amanda Mae Endicott,
Shannon Kristina Eng,
Beth Breiland Erickson,
Zavar J. Escobar,
Caitlin Elizabeth Evans,
Nikolett M. Fouassier,
Erin Reve Fox,
Jason Glunt,
Rachel E. Hammack,
Brionna Kaylin Henricks,
Josette Elizabeth Hoga,
Ariana Holland,
Heather L. Hudson,
Amy Ruth Jackson,
Katie N. Jenkins,
Ankita Jigar,
Megan L. Johnson,
Janis L. Laca,
Angela Denise Lambert,
Jee Lee,
Sheryl R Llanes,
Mary Jona D. Maaghop,
Elizabeth Marie Marinello,
Cassandra M. Miller,
Katherine Ann Miller,
Travis Allen Miller,
Catherine Elizabeth Mindeguia,
Jennifer Nadean Music,
Keriann Eleanor Ortiz,
McKenna Lane Peri,
Stephanie Ann Prather,
Ryan Duane Rasmusson,
Tiffany Elizabeth Regalia,
Stacie Richison,
Claudia Roman,
Heather K. Schoeld,
Sienna Juniper Smith-Sager,
Julie Marie Stevens,
Meghan Kathleen Stice,
Stephanie Marie Stinnett,
Kelly Ryan Sullivan,
Konomi Suzuki,
Cameron Swain,
Jenny R. Swanson,
Setare M. Taabodi,
Kelly Lynn Van Elderen,
Jordan J. Wagner,
Brent Eugene Woodley,
Sydnee L. Wyke,
Jeffrey A. Yarr,
Joel Robert Zerr,
Chelsea Rose Zielinski
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK
Beatriz Aguirre,
Cindy Lee Arnold,
Alejandra Ayala,
Brenna Nicole Baker,
Shaelee Michon Berg,
Carol L. Broersma,
Clarice Amber Charlie,
Joshua Joseph Cruz,
Amber Lorraine Davis,
Michele Iris Dichiara,
Marquez D. Eagles,
Sierra R. Finck,
Desiree Foote,
Daysi Gallegos,
Meghan Lee Gerber,
Daniel James Glenn,
Katharine Frances Groesbeck,
Veronica J. Hagen,
Tasha R. Hamilton,
Jessica Hetland,
Daniel Raymond Hight,
Katherine Marie Hoops,
Roxanne M. Iacometti,
Jodi Linn Jones,
Jenny M. Kloepfer,
Cassi Breanna Levesque,
Shawnna M. Martin,
Steven J. Milin,
Erin Kay Moreira,
Andreina Ortiz,
Danielle R. Patrick,
Hilda Perez-Rodriguez,
Amanda Lee Perkins,
Jhoanna G. Presswood,
Nicole Marie Raymond,
Tatiana A. Rippy,
Vanessa Renee Rollinson,
Judi L. Sand,
Gina Ann Soileau,
Nicolette Ivy Stewart,
Denise M. Stout,
Sara K. Thompson,
Jonathan Trujillo,
Denise Marie Tyre,
Brigette M. Villalobos,
Paola Rada Villena,
Rospi Tk Welter,
Lindsay Lee Wilson,
Caren A. Witt,
Tavia Natalie Woodcook,
Charmaine S. Yeates
DONALDW. REYNOLDS SCHOOL OF
JOURNALISM
Alan Stavitsky, Dean
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Withanee J. Andersen,
Zachary McNeil Anderson,
Chelsea Joyce Banks,
Krista Lee Barlow,
Jay J. Brissenden,
Andrew Sheldon Chang,
Andrew G. Church,
Nicholas R. Claus,
Rebecca Erin Cronon,
James M. Dehaven,
Lauren D. Dick,
Nicole R. Dion,
Casey P. Durkin,
Enjolie C. Esteve,
Lauren Ashley Garnkel,
Anthony Michael Grifth,
Gillian Grifth,
Lindsey M. Gross,
Alexa Emily Harmon,
Amy Jessica Harris,
Lauren Alexa Hudman,
Alison Paula Hull,
Gabrielle Marie Irvin,
Alyssa V. Jenkins,
Allen D. Lewis,
Juan V. Lpez,
Neal Thomas Morton,
Lindsay M. Panko, Misha K. Ray,
Nicholas J. Saccomanno,
Michael Saviour Schembri,
Elliott Andrew Shaw,
Devin Sizemore,
Michael Paul Stefansson,
Catherine S. Stokes,
Christina Michelle Swartz, Damian
Ronnie Tromerhauser,
Garrett E. Valenzuela,
Kevin David Vania,
Tara Verderosa,
Travis Sawyer Wallgren,
Austin I.H. Wallis,
Stephen R.M. Ward,
Charles R. Woodman
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
Scott Casper, Dean
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Luis Miguel Acuna,
Meghann Styron Adams,
Michael Joseph Adragna,
Dana Marie Andersen,
Jay Daniel Anderson,
Alexandra I. Andes,
Christa Lauren Andrews,
Yu Arai,
Chendra Hope Arias,
Amanda H. Arizmendi,
Joshua Darrell Avery,
Austin Richard Bachman,
Ashley N. Bailey,
Daniel P. Bailey,
Matthew James Bailey,
Kathryn Grace Baker,
Ryland K. Baker,
Rachel Victoria Ball,
Darren M. Bandy,
April Mei Baneld,
Brittney Adele Barnett,
Daniel Juan Barraza,
Dean A. Bart-Plange,
Joshua Allen Bauer,
Ashley M. Beebe,
David Michael Bell,
Adam Louis Bellwood,
Aaron A. Benedetti,
Joselle G. Benitez,
Lauren E. Bernstein,
Ashley N. Best,
David Dean Blaco,
Kaitlyn Marie Bogucki,
Jessica L. Boles,
Lauren Rochelle Bowers,
Ivory Lashel Bracey,
Alexandra C. Brascia,
Joseph K. Broad,
Katherine H. Broughton,
Stewart Patrick Campbell,
Kaitlin Fengming Cao,
Paola Ivonne Carrillo,
Sean T. Carroll,
Lauren Marie Carter,
Shane Christopher Carter,
Roxanne Casselberry,
Ariel M. Castro,
Victor A. Ceballos,
Timothy Chatwood,
Alina Choate,
Philip George Chrystal,
Andrew G. Church,
Chelsea M. Clarkson,
Dana Cole,
Doyle B. Coltrin,
Hailey Noelle Cook,
Erik W. Cooper,
Diana Michelle Cordeiro,
Caitlin Bridget Crane,
Tayler L. Cummings,
Kellee Curiel,
Aleksander Czyz,
Joseph Lauren Damele,
Robert Lacey Damron,
Emily K. Darcey,
Cheyne E. Davidson,
Christopher R. Day,
Duke Day,
Darryl P. Deraedt,
Shirley Diaz,
Samantha Z. Disalvo,
Anthony Duane Donahue,
Richard Maxwell Dorostkar Thurman,
Jacqueline B. Dow,
Richard, Henry Drake,
Chelsea M. Dressler,
Jered N. Duve,
Kateryna Aleksandrovna Duzhenko,
Ryan Joseph Dwyer,
Joshua Glen Dyer,
Darrin J. Dykes,
Brittney L. Eades,
Courtney Blair Edwards,
Raymond Eliot,
Jennifer Catherine Emkjer,
Jennifer L. Erickson,
Jon Jesper Eriksen,
Samantha K. Evanson,
Heather Lynn Faanes,
Jamie Elizabeth Farley,
Harland C. Feest,
Phoebe A. Finch,
Molly Aldrich Finnegan,
Nicole J. Fletcher,
Michael V. Forney,
Shelby Lynne Franklin,
Kelly R. Frantz,
Kirsha B. Fredrickson,
Melanie Frincke-Craig,
Kristine Anne Gamez,
Andy B. Garate, Carita Garcia,
Lauren Ashley Garnkel,
Natalia N. Garrido,
Stephanie Michelle Garver,
Lauren Louise Geldert,
Jessica L. Goodwin,
Lindsey Linnea Granberg,
Tammy Marie Gregg,
Ashley Michelle Greiman,
Andrew W. Griego,
Derrick Emerson Grime,
Hugo Guillen,
Christine Ann Haberstroh,
Chelsea E.J. Hahn,
Jennifer A. Halen,
Ryan C. Halen, Meaghan A. Hall,
Daniel R. Hanson,
David C. Harrell,
Shelby Michael Harris,
Todd R. Hayes,
Paul D. Herget,
Jasmin Herrera,
Patricia Marie Hill,
Benjamin Guy Hixon,
Victoria A. Hoch,
Taryn Diane Holland,
Emily E. Hoops,
Adam David Hoppe,
Amy Erin Hotaling,
Cheyne Christopher Huizenga,
Leo Chai Hyde,
Gabrielle Marie Irvin,
Schinria Islam,
Madison E. Jackson,
Jami Michelle Jarrell,
Richard Heath Jensen,
Kendra Jenae Jepsen,
Jeannie A. Johns,
Jaclyn Renee Johnson,
Marlon Deshawn Johnson,
Leah Nathallie Jones,
Russell C. Keyes,
Kylene Crystal Kidder,
Kellis Marie King,
Derek Kristoffer Kolstad,
Ari Emma Krause,
Kathleen C. Krilanovich,
Adam J. Kusak,
Brandon T. Kyte,
Blaise LaBranch,
Anakaren Lamas,
Grace Katherine Latour,
Matthew Xavier Law,
Andrew James Lawson,
Landon Lawson,
Anna K. Lecker,
Danyelle Lee,
Nicolas Casper Lee-High,
Joseph Thomas Legocki,
Britaney Leonard,
Sierra L. Lockwood,
David Michael Longo,
Juan V. Lpez,
Ashley M. Lordon,
Corbin Scott Louks,
Katie J. Lubiens,
Yaraseth Lugo-Villalvazo,
Steven Anthony Mahaffey,
Donald Scott Mahoney,
Kendra L. Maine,
Andrea Ellen Maniery,
Patrick Brvatevis Manseld,
Kayla Marie Mariani,
Christina M. Markwell,
Amanda Nicole Martin,
Manuel Abraham Martinez-Avila,
Bonnie Ann Matheson,
Ethan Albert Matthews,
Steven Antone Mattos,
Meredith Jamie McBride,
Richard Jeffrey McCabe,
Ashley Anna McCrea,
Jonathan L. McDowell,
Noah C. McKay,
Allie Nicole McLoughlin,
Justin M. McMahon,
Chelsey McMenemy,
Justin McMenomy,
Nilima Mehta,
Ashley Dianne Merriner,
Stephen Michael Meyers,
Doyle A.Miller,
Abigail R. Milleret,
Jamie Dallas Minor,
Martez A. Mitchell,
Yuya Miyazaki,
All Candidates for
Graduation
Candidates presented by the dean of each school and college
Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, Summa Cum Laude, Distinction and High Distinction
CLASS OF 2012 A6
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Students participate in a graduation ceremony Dec. 5, 2009 in Lawlor
Events Center.
Doctoral degrees
Amanda Dawn Moline,
Cara Y. Montoya,
Megan Ashley More,
Anastasiya S. Morozova,
Natsumi Motegi,
Britton M. Murdock,
Arielle Lila Horwitz Murphy,
Jennifer Leigh Musser,
Andrew Dylan Myers,
Jacob Neely,
Crystal Mehry Nejabat,
Jared Duane Nelson,
Michelle Nguyen,
Jacob B. OFarrell,
Casey L. OLear,
James Christopher OMalley,
Cassie Anne Grace ONeal,
Amy K. OBrien,
Tim OConnor,
Elysia Ashley Oliver,
Brittney Nichole Osborn,
Jeffrey M. Overbo,
Christina L. Owen,
Adonis R. Palustre,
Brian P. Parcon,
Mark Allen Petersen,
Tyler A. Peterson,
Iris R. Petty,
Kathleen M. Phelan,
Madison T. Phelps,
Nathan Piazza,
Shilo M. Piper,
Sarah Christine Powell,
Anne M. Price,
Isaiah Price,
Paige Bree Pulley,
Joy Quanrud Grimsley,
Jonathan Rabe,
Kathryn Rands,
Brin T. Reynolds,
Molly Shannon Rice,
William Arthur Richeson,
Kimberly Alexandra Rios,
Lauren Merrick Ristorcelli,
Ryan Edgar Roberts,
Corrie Teressa Robinson,
Ashley Anne Robison,
Robert Rohm,
Lauren Marie Roovaart,
Denver Rosario,
Andrew Scott Ross,
Jessica I. Ross,
Ashley Denise Royster,
Sheila M. Sadonova,
Leissan R. Sadykova,
Michael Adriann Salonga,
Diana Veronica Scavacini,
Amanda Michelle Schwartz,
Christopher D. Schwartz,
Analee Scott,
John Patrick Scott,
Rendilisa Claire Segal,
Yu Jin Seo,
Mikhail A. Seraco-Agcaoili,
Amy Serna,
Michael E. Seth,
Melissa N. Sharpe,
Travis Alan Sherman,
Johnathan Randall Shields,
Bailey A. Shirley,
Jamie Elizabeth Siedle,
Megan Grace Simak,
Devin Sizemore,
Scarlett Renee Skiles,
Adela C. Smith,
Gloria Mae Sosnowski,
Anthony B. Spinella,
Ian D. Springer,
Allison C. Staneld,
Dominique R. Stedham,
Kimberly Renee Stefonowicz,
Jahlysa Delores Stewart,
Casey Stiteler,
Carolyn Stoddard,
Mika Sugaya,
Kristin A. Swain,
Kevin D. Swanson,
Kelsey L. Sweet,
Miki Takahashi,
Jacqueline M. Talavera,
Azumi Tamaki,
Carla Elise Tavormina,
Tyron J. Teylan,
Joey B. Thomas,
Maggie Mae Thomas,
Steven C. Thomson,
Eric R. Thornley,
Michelle Renee Tiscareno,
Kerstin Olga Trachok,
Derek James Travis,
Megan Trout,
Whitney Michelle Tynes,
Enrique Valdivia,
William John Van Meter,
Lacey D. Verry,
William F. Von Tagen,
Bowman Nicholas Wachob,
Mari Wada,
Alyssa Waday,
Angela Wadsworth,
Katie R. Waechter,
Lynn E. Wagener,
Tawheeda Wahabzada,
Natalie N. Walker,
William Donald Walker,
Austin I.H. Wallis,
Stacey M. Walquist,
Jiawen Wang,
Ye Wang,
Stephen R. M. Ward,
Glynis Honoria Watkins,
Jordan Weaver,
Nicholas Weiland,
Judson Campbell Wesnousky,
Kristina M. Wiggins,
Nicholas William Willette,
Jordan N. Williams,
Seth Barton Williams,
Amanda Elizabeth Willis,
Bryan Patrick Wilsey,
Amanda J. Wilson,
Hannah Alicia Wilson,
Brandon Paul Wimberly,
Paul Winkler,
William Douglas Woehler,
Jarett Allen Wright,
Lauren B. Wright,
Samantha Wright,
Kelsey Wyatt,
Sarah Elizabeth Yacorzynski,
Allison D. Young,
Briana Renee Younkin,
Megan Zander
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
Jose Gabino Acuna Flores,
Thomas M. Adrian,
Briana Giovanna Agnello,
Jarad Paul Aguilar,
Gabriella E. Alvarado,
Lindze Marie Ashworth,
Taylor Jillian Bakios,
Breaana K. Bernhard,
Ashley Rae Berrington,
Janet Kathleen Blanke,
Jillian Bonguit,
Gary Patrick Borst,
Nathan Alexander Bowen,
Jose A. Castaneda,
Kyle Christopher Congdon,
Christina Michelle Connolly,
Mitchell J. Cukrov,
Joseph Lauren Damele,
Andrew Patrick Dunning,
Brittney L. Eades,
Ashlyn N. Eason,
Rebecka Joy Eby,
Sandy A. Flagge-Phillips,
David J. Garcia,
DeAntae D.J. Green,
James Franklin Haberthur,
Chelsea E.J. Hahn,
Robert Waid Harding,
Michelle Katelynn Harwood,
Anna B. Jacobs,
Amanda R. Johnson,
Kelly L. Johnson,
Joshua Adam Kipling,
Michael Lee Klepfer,
Brian Matthew Lacy,
Chelsea Lancaster-Pendegraft,
Lisbette M. Lanuza-Alfaro,
Matthew Xavier Law,
Matthew Morris Le Claire,
Matthew D. Lewis,
Brooke Renee Lombard,
Joseph Lawrence Maier,
Philip Christopher Maier,
Natalie Jo Malekos,
Patrick Jarryl Martin,
Mark Leland Martinmaas,
Amanda Nicole McComb,
Kathrine Patricia McDonald,
Hector Inigo Mendoza,
Javier A. Mercado,
Amanda D. Mitchell,
Meisha L. Moody,
Elizabeth V. Nubel,
Borinque Orellana,
Benjamin Matthew Peterson,
Samantha Jane Rice,
Ryan James Scatchard,
Kristyne Marie Schaaf,
Jessica Denae Shipman,
Andrew P. Shultz,
Kimberly Renee Stefonowicz,
Jessica C. Vogel,
Brooke H. Walshaw,
Beau R. Welsh,
Logan Allen Williamson,
Kirk Newman Witt
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
Amy E. Aramanda,
Kaitlin Elizabeth Bryson,
Kathryn M. Carlson,
Ashlea E. Clark,
Ana K. Leyva,
John F. Von Nolde
BACHELOR OF GENERAL STUDIES
Aubre Anderson,
Samuel Jamal Andrews,
Alexandria M. Arciniega,
Illiwa Colin Baldwin,
Robin L. Bates,
Bryce Philip Woodson Beatie,
Cory C. Bedell,
Ashley A. Beekhof,
Justina Renee Benner,
William Kyle Bertelson,
Rebecca Borgman,
Jason Maxwell Brounstein,
Zac Mark Bruner,
Kristin R. Burtt,
Jeffrey Adam Cercek,
Alexandra M. Clifford,
Jeremy M. Cole,
Cody T. Collins,
Troy D. Cook,
Cassandra Marion Crosby,
Martina Marie Dayton,
David G. Dennis,
Andrew Dominique,
Chesley McKinley Douglas,
James C. Eckvahl,
Katherine R. Ehrlich,
Guy Christopher Eriksen,
Heather Nicole Ernst,
Amelia Lindsay Esqueda,
Megan Renee Esquivel,
Sarah Renee Evans,
Willie Jr. Faataualofa,
Daniel Ryan Feemster,
Rebecca Flanders-Venis,
Ashley Flock,
James Calvin Fosdick,
Raquel Star Friedman,
Michael David Gallett,
Alexander Reed Gardner,
Jesse Lu Ghisletta,
Cinthia L. Gibson,
Lindsay E. Ginter,
Jeff M. Gonzales,
Carissa Elyse Gutierrez,
Julie Ann Gutierrez,
Keenan Elizabeth Haley,
Allen C. Hardison,
Mary Alice Helmreich,
Judith Henderson,
Tiffany Nicole Holan,
Jennifer Marie Jones,
Joyce A. Kling,
Donna J. Knotek,
Diamond L. Lambert,
Ronald K. Laubacher,
Jeff M. Leiber,
Marc William Madouse,
Melissa Cheree Manseld,
Sheri Lee Masini,
Emily Raenell McElroy,
Tiffany Errin McKimmy,
Lacy Mae Menzies,
Katherine Louise Milke,
Brandi J. Mondragon,
Karlishia Morris,
Taryn Lee Newton,
Stefan Charles Oswald,
Elizabeth Owen,
David Bryan Owens,
Elizabeth Dawn Pantner,
Kristina Marie Parker,
Anna M. Payne,
Joan Francis Pelkowski,
Justin Daniel Pescitelli,
Deirdra M. Pettigrue,
Shawn Paul Plunket,
Ashley Marie Potoc,
Colleen E. Quantrell,
Chris John Reynolds,
Charlotte Sandra Roberts,
Tahnee R. Robinson,
James Jacob Schulz,
Rod James Scurry,
Alexi Jaksick Smrt,
Philip Jeffs Snow,
Mitchell Eric Vaughn,
Anthony B. Villalba,
Vivienne Ludmilla Vlaskovits
Anthony Earl Walker,
Rachel N. Weaver,
Michael A. Weber,
Shaz Wiltowsky,
Justin E. Woods,
Garrett Vincent Yrigoyen
BACHELOR OF MUSIC
Zebulon M. Bellon,
Virginia F. Bowman,
Emzy R. Burroughs,
Kaitlin Fengming Cao,
Rachel Longming Cao,
Andrew R. Collins,
Dominique Saint Paul Cowell,
Michael R. Haney, Eric Yu Kao,
Julie Q. Lenz,
Colin McAllister
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Sarah Elizabeth Broussard,
Aubree L. Bussa,
Molly Ann Carling,
Samantha L. Chuang,
Damina L. Deas,
Katrina A. Fogel,
Colette Ann Fonseca,
Ashley F. Hachquet,
Colin N. Kupitz,
Adrienne Catherine Logan,
Megan Martinez,
Paige M. Mclean,
Jennifer Elizabeth Minor,
Rogina A. Mojumder,
Katie Rene Moresi,
Zenetra Noy,
Laraine Grace ODay-Buchanan,
Rebecca Margarita Reyes,
Amanda Ashley Schjelderup,
Christine Marie Schlemmer,
Cameron Stuart Sheridan,
Bennett Alan Shuman,
Megan S. Stricker,
Emily Tahnee Watson,
Andy Wei
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
Jefrey Thompson, Dean
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Matthew Derek Barnes,
Sarah W. Brown,
Minsung Jung,
Jason C. Man, Muir Morrison,
Jessica J. Reynolds,
Tiana Ross
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Maria Ahmad, Shanaz Ahmad,
Evan D. Anderson,
Jacob Paul Anderson,
Rachel Vale Anderson,
Veronica C.F. Arinze,
Shari L. Baughman,
Melanie R. Beck,
Majid Reza Beheshtian,
Kelli M. Belmont,
Nikki Berriman,
Jessica S. Bertrand,
Jordan F. Blocher,
Brad B. Bosse,
Holly Kai Breeden,
Ashely Ruth Burroughs,
Kathleen L. Cadigan,
Kyle R. Carpenter,
Matthew S. Carrea,
Sandeep K. Chahal,
Jorie D. Cheshire,
Thomas D. Crowther,
Luiza Florentina Deftu,
Thomas A. Derby,
Daniel F. Diebel,
Nicholas E. Diebel,
Sarah Elsden,
Timothy Andrew Fodor,
Megan Joanna Foggia,
Michael V. Forney,
Kirsha B. Fredrickson,
William Glenn Garand,
Kelly N. Gibbs,
Charles K. Goldner,
Kevin Goles,
Juan M. Gomez,
Frank J. Greenhalgh,
Dyllen Mitchell Grossman,
Caitlin E. Gunn,
Sarah Jordan Hand,
Kelsey Anne Hansen,
Laurel C. Hardiman,
Amy Jessica Harris,
Katie Nicole Hellwinkel,
Glenn David Helton,
Eduardo Hernandez,
Tatiana Whitney Hofmann,
Danielle Ann Hyne,
Pamela Roundy Jackson,
Sarah A. James,
Amanda May Jones,
Charles C. Karrasch,
Dilpreet Kaur,
Matt Klippenstein,
Colin N. Kupitz,
Christopher G. Kurnik,
James M. Kuzhippala,
Emerald Manuel Ladaga,
Billy T. Largent,
Danyelle Lee,
Jee Lee,
Alexander N. Lerner,
Phillip Keung Liu,
Jessica Grace Lloyd,
Roxolana M. Maged,
Matthew P. Manfra,
Cody Bryan Manguso,
Kevin Marshall,
Steven R. Mathews,
Jenna Lyn Bresciani McGirr,
Eric Robert McClintock,
Nicole Elise Mehrer,
Nilima Mehta,
Alexander Ian Messinger,
Erin Meyer,
Patricia Milham,
Rachel A. Miller,
Rhonda M. Mittenzwei,
Casey Shaw Mock,
Joshua L. Molzan,
Danielle Irene Moos,
Muir Morrison,
William M. Mountjoy,
Christina E. New,
Molly K. Ogren,
Megan Otrub,
Michael V. Padua,
Grifn D. Park,
Beau Parker,
Gaurang Sureshbhai Patel,
Alexandra R. Pearce,
Emil E. Petkov,
Michael Frank Pieniazek,
Austin Nicholas Powning,
Sarah Elizabeth Pratt,
Vanessa Marie Puentes,
Bryan E. Rae,
Gregory Russell Saiyo,
Christopher D. Schwartz,
Maryanne N. Seneviratne,
Jennifer Christine Shannon,
Troy C. Shields,
John N. Silvaroli,
Ian R. Sims,
Ashley L. Slusher,
Sarah Dee Stanko,
Eleanor J. Su,
David J. Taliaferro,
Samantha Mae Taylor,
Tyler M. Thompson,
Robert D. Tidwell,
Jennifer N. Todd,
Kathryn Ann Ortiz Tomelden,
Theresa Lynn Trice,
Derek Andrew Tritchler,
Spencer Kilman Van Dyck,
Jose A. Velazquez,
Matthew S. Wallace,
Katherine G. Weller,
Babe C. Westlake,
Danika Williams,
Jordan N. Williams,
Annette N. Woodard,
Oscar Daniel Zambrano Ramirez,
Palkin Zed,
Alexander William Zorn
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY
Benjamin A.Guberman,
Jovanny J. Jayme,
Caleb Kondor,
Janell K. Mahoney,
Alexandra R. Pearce,
Brianna C. Ruch,
David Carmillo Sabistina,
Aaron J. Teator
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
Landon Crawford Barlow,
Russell James Carr,
Shelby McManus,
Erica C. Romero,
Christopher Wayne Wear
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GEOLOGY
Craig Desbrow,
Jared Michael McCleskey,
Andrew Tucker
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
GEOPHYSICS
Alison M. Dorsey,
Brady A. Flinchum,
Justine M. Overacker,
William H. Savran
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MINING
ENGINEERING
Christopher Scott Faiman,
Alexander Joseph Kamikawa,
Jarrett E. Kemmerly,
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Marsha Read, Dean
Lekh Adhikari,
Jennifer L. Alt,
Amol A. Ambardekar,
Elleanor Rio Andaya,
Tristan J Ashcroft,
Bhupal Bhetwal,
Jennifer A.C. Bonow,
Angela Broadus,
Trevor J. Burris-Mog,
Sindy J. Chaves,
Hilda Lyssette Chavez,
Lee May Chhen,
Crystal Colombini,
Jeffrey N. Crawford,
Tunde Csepelyi,
Natalia A. Cui-Callahan,
Clinton J. Davis,
Cynthia L. Dohl,
Erick Dubuque,
Jacque Ewing-Taylor,
James A. Fitzsimmons,
Lois E. Furno,
Madhu Gyawali,
Douglas E. Haugen
Jeong Chul Heo,
Md M. Hossain,
Mark A. Hubbard,
Melissa A. Huelsman,
Jarod M. Hutson,
Susan Lynn Kehoe,
Vickie J. Kimbrough Walls,
Peter A. Kopp,
Lauren Renee Lacombe,
Chris Ray McBride,
Shahnewaz Mohammad,
William Donny Newsome,
Susie P. Nugent,
Narendra K. Pal,
Aimee L. Papola,
Ellen K. Payne,
Janet Lynn Pulleyn,
Sarita Rajewale,
Kimberly Regan Schoenfeldt,
Dana Mast Ryan,
Vijay Singh,
Regina Smith,
Darcie Dawnelle Smith,
Guizhi Song,
Eric Stottlemyer,
Daniel M. Sturmer,
Chong Tang, Biochemistry,
Joshua Varischetti,
Darl A. Venner-Kiernan,
Jennifer Ward-De Joseph,
Dana A. Weiser,
Stephanie A. Woolf,
Teresa A. Wriston,
Zimbabwe, Qiuxia Wu,
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Thomas Schwenk, Dean
Ashley Bechtol,
Karishma Bhardwaj,
Andrew B. Bridgforth,
Charles Marcel Calvo II,
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WORDS WITH FRIENDS
M
y eyes shoot open as my roommate
turns on the television. As I lay in my
bed awaiting the obnoxious noise,
I wonder to myself what show my
roommate will choose this time. Considering
his strange obsession with childrens cartoons,
it will probably be something
intended for someone ages 0-5.
My question is quickly answered
as the theme song for Phineas
and Ferb starts blasting thus
destroying all hope of getting
anymore sleep for the day.
Much to my chagrin, I roll
out of bed and head for the
showers. Oh wait, thats right.
I live in a dorm so I have to
put on my clothes and shower
shoes, grab my shower kit and
towel, walk to the bathroom, choose my porta-
potty-style shower stall, take off all my clothes
again and nally get around to showering.
When Im eventually ready to head for class, I
suddenly remember that I left my backpack in
my friends dorm room. I run to his door only to
be met by a sock hanging from the doorknob.
Who gets pooty-tang at nine in the morning?
I think to myself. My next thought is, Why the
hell did I just call it pooty-tang?
Without my backpack, I run to class and
choose a seat at the back of the lecture hall.
I cant help but think that a morning like this
would only happen to somebody in his or
her freshman year of college. While living in
the dorms during my freshmen year, I had to
experience my roommates annoying habits,
drunk girls crying unnecessarily loud at 3 a.m.
and awkward talks about sex, yet I cant help but
shake the feeling that I could not be happier.
Freshmen year of college is an adjustment
unlike any other one might experience in their
life. Whether the adjustment be from living
in your private room at home to living with a
person who enjoys his cartoons too loud or from
attending your high school classes ready to learn
to attending your college classes still drunk, the
adjustment period is never an easy one. Like
every other college freshman, I stumbled quite
a bit along the way. There were moments when
I was lonely, stressed out and felt like college
was the wrong decision for me, but from every
negative experience, I have grown immensely.
Every misstep only reafrmed where the path is.
When looking back on my freshmen year, I
may remember those annoying mornings, but I
will always remember them fondly. Each annoy-
ing, little thing helps dene what my experience
has been. Some of the best advice I could give to
an incoming freshman would be to appreciate
every aspect of freshman year. Embrace all the
awkward conversations about sex and appreci-
ate every annoying habit by your roommate
because when the year ends, those will be the
everyday things that dened your freshmen life.
You will miss the smokers bench outside of Nye
Hall and the seless resident assistant that has
worked the whole year to make you happy.
Every little thing about your freshmen year is
part of the experience. I cherish every memory I
have made this year and Im elated to continue
my education at the University of Nevada. So
in these last few days of your freshman year,
appreciate every little thing that made your
freshmen year spectacular. Dont take advantage
of anything because in a few days your room-
mate wont be there to wake you up with his
cartoons. Hug every person in your hall and
thank your RA. Good luck with your futures and
have a great summer everyone.
Daniel Coffey studies international affairs. He can
be reached at opinion@nevadasagebrush.com.
S
pring commencement is 11
days away.
Eleven sunsets separate you,
graduate-to-be, from the real
world.
But before your time as a student is
done, will you be walking?
Weve noticed a growing trend of
students not wanting to walk across
the stage to receive their pseudo-
diploma. Their reasons vary, from
simply not wanting the recognition
to believing a five-second walk across
a stage isnt enough of a congratula-
tions for their years of hard work
to not wanting to be at the long
ceremony.
But these attitudes need to change.
We understand it may not feel
worth it to get dressed up and walk
up incredibly early on a weekend,
but the importance of graduation
ceremonies is often undervalued
because of shortsightedness.
The ceremony on the Quad, which
thousands of people will attend, is
the punctuation to the end of one
of the largest chapters of your life.
Youve put in the diligent work to get
to this point and deserve the public
recognition. Its time to be a little
selfish and accept the fact that you
have earned every bit of acknowledg-
ment you receive.
And if youre not into the selfish
approach, realize that these end-of-
the year ceremonies are as much for
your family and friends as they are for
you. It gives the people who love you
a public avenue to commend your
accomplishments and embarrass you
by screaming uncontrollably as you
receive your seconds worth of fame.
If not for you, walk to give those who
love you a chance to show you their
love.
But more than anything, realize
you are never going to have this
opportunity again. You will only have
the chance to walk across the stage as
a graduate or post-graduate student
once in your lifetime. Dont let it slip
by.
Walking across the stage to a round
of cheers and applause is a part of the
college experience. Its the icing on
the cake.
Whether you think the ceremony
is cheesy is irrelevant. Its a shared
experience. The same can be said
about when you light the candles
at freshmen orientation. If you
thought it brought you closer to your
fellow freshie denizens, the point
was served. If you thought it was a
ridiculous waste of time and made
fun of it in your dorm room for hours
with strangers, the point was served.
In the end, dabbling in the seem-
ingly out-of-date pageantry gives you
a collective memory to share with
your friends, family and loved ones
who were there for you throughout
your college experience. Just go with
it.
So even if you have to drag your
overly intoxicated self out of bed
and all of your pictures from the
ceremony make you look as if you
havent slept in 72 hours (weve all
seen pictures like this), do it. You
deserve it. Congrats, grad.
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Best to deal with awkward
sexual moments early on
W
e spent dinner shyly avoiding each
others eyes and looking for oppor-
tunities to casually brush up against
the other just for that physical
contact. Afterwards, we strolled alongside the
glistening waters of the Truckee River, with a little
help of liquid courage we were
wild and freeit was romance in
Reno at its nest.
Back at his place, he assailed
me with fervent kisses leading
me from the dining room to the
bedroom, eventually pinning me
on his bedhis unmade bed,
but I tried not to linger on that
thought.
I could feel the warmth
between his legs emanating
through our clothes, his bony
hips hard-pressed against my soft thighs. Our
movements were rough and clumsy, desperately
trying to claw off the clothes on each others
backs. He unbuttoned my pants with success
and with my help of sucking it in, unzipped it.
Taking it off, however, was no easy feat. I took on
the task and made a mental note of the general
location of where each article of clothing was
thrown.
Therein lies my rst and most frequent problem.
The thought of where my clothes were haunted
me as we resumed business. I could hear my
clothes begging to be neatly foldedbegging me
for just an ounce of attention. It was excruciating,
but bearable. I had more important matters to
attend to, like making the beast with two backs
Wait. I justsorryI have to text my sister real
quick.
Awkward spilled from my mouth and ooded
the room in a giant wave. In my head, it seemed
appropriate in exchange for the pristine beauty of
folded clothes in a crisp square.
I wouldnt call it OCD. I just like to have my things
organized in a (very) particular way, otherwise I
cant focus on anything else.
Perhaps clothes are a big challenge in general.
While swapping spit or during foreplay, I never
know when its right to take em off. Its never like
the movies where it happens in one uid motion.
There needs to be a designated time for taking
clothes off, and then meeting on the bed when
done. It would relieve so much stress.
But no, thats never what happens. What really
happens is my shirt is too complicated to take off
so he moves on, leaving me with the exasperating
task of taking it off against all the rocking. What
happens is my skintight jeans that only I know how
to maneuver out of kills the mood come sexy time.
Its the hard-knock life for me.
Take, for example, the unmade bed. Trying to
balance on frumpy pillows and lumpy blankets
in odd places is tough, especially when trying to
elevate your head for a better view or your hips for
more of a stretch.
It doesnt drive me insane, but I make the bed
immediately after sex. He stopped calling it sweet
when I kept making it before and after sex.
If you are particular about your clothes, like me,
I found the solution is to x it sooner rather than
later. Then you just have to wait for when its okay
to come out with all your other quirks and let your
partner know what you like.
Except for talking. Thats never OK. Not because
Im uncomfortable with it, but because Im hard of
hearing.
Tired of always asking What? and knowing
from experience, I tried mumbling something
under my breath in reply to what I found out later
was him asking me to say his name. I was hoping
hed just accept it and stop talking. He stopped all
right.
Wait, what did you say?
Well, shit. I dont understand how saying a name
is sexy anyway. Mine is denitely not one of those
names to shout.
Sure, some prefer to laugh off the mishaps, and
please do if thats what works. But my nervous
laughter perpetuates the awkward. I prefer not
acknowledging mishaps at all. There was once a
perfect moment when I sneezed mid-action. A
momentary pause, and the activity continued.
Although I cant offer solid counsel that every-
thing will be ne, I can offer my advice: Dont stress
yourself out even more with nals coming up.
Avoid sex altogether until schools over. But I guess
practice makes perfect.
Oanh Luc studies psychology, English and French.
She can be reached at oluc@nevadasagebrush.com.
Anthony Mendoza
Epic fail.... Waste of money.
Decent idea that was poorly
planned, overpaid, medio-
crely scheduled and poorly
advertised. The ads made by
inkblot were good but the
execution was horrendous.
Chris Duggan
good event but advertised
poorly
Mitch Bottoset
Hate to say it but I have a
feeling this will fail pretty
hard...
Eric Thornley
Just Flipside continuing their
strong tradition, and we all
know what that is.
SEXUAL ETIQUETTE
Oanh
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T
hroughout my ve years on the Sagebrush staff, Ive opened
up to you guys about all aspects of my life. My sex life, speech
impediment, insecurities Ive held nothing back.
But Ive been talking long enough.
The reason Ive loved the countless hours Ive dedicated to the
Sagebrush is because I realized the amazing opportunity I had to
impact peoples lives through writing.
So instead of making my nal column a recap
of my experiences, Ive purposefully left the rest of
my allotted writing space blank for you. If youre
an aspiring writer, use the space to outline an idea
for a blog you want to write. If youre studying for a
nal, rip the space out and use it as a ash card.
Use the space. Because all we need is a shot.
Good luck in your endeavors and God bless.
Juan Lpez va a graduarse con grados en period-
ismo y espaol. Puedes mandar tu correo a jlopez@
nevadasagebrush,com.
Juan
Lpez
Breaking up and moving on
T
he rst time I expe-
rienced a breakup, I
remember packing
the remnants of my
nine-month relationship into
one neat and compact box.
Although the
experience
should have
been short
and sweet
with a few
photographs,
stuffed teddy
bears and
a heart-
shaped
bracelet
stowed, I
had decided
to wallow in my misery as most
disgruntled teenagers do.
Although the box physically
wasnt lled with much, taping
it shut and shoving it under
my bed created the illusion
of a new beginning. That I
could decide what I wanted to
move forward with, and that
everything else could be left
in the proverbial dust of the
underside of my bed.
But while the process had
freed my somber 13-year-old
soul, there is far more to be said
about boxing up your life after
college, especially when youre
not ready to go.
Every trinket, every piece, has
an ulterior meaning. I probably
should throw away the old wine
bottles I collect neatly along my
kitchen counter. But I know I
could never toss away the wine
night memories with my friends,
in which I associate them.
I could throw away handfuls
of my abysmal attempts at art
projects, or a handful of quills
from my aging and dusty collec-
tion. But my mind struggles to
throw away the memory of my
rst art class, or meek attempts
to write diary entries in clean
calligraphy.
I havent begun the actual
physical labor of packing, yet.
But the signicance of it has
weighed on my mind for months
now my limited downtime
hours often focusing on both
the physical and emotional
things that Ill nally need to
leave behind. And while I had
originally considered packing
to be a strictly laborious task, I
know now why its taken me so
long to make many decisions.
Perhaps I have a romantic look
at the world, and I too strongly
associate temporary physical
trinkets with my more ephemeral
memories. Or perhaps Im just
one box away from being on an
episode of Hoarders.
But I tend to lean more toward
the former.
Thirteen years ago, I packed a
box of memories I didnt think I
ever wanted to see again. After
a few months, I tossed it away,
without one nal glance. While
it is not a time I ever wish to
revisit, most of that period now
remains only a fuzzy and distant
memory. Without a single
tangible souvenir, it lives in
the same space as many of my
distant and ctional dreams a
place I hope my college years
will never occupy.
As I leaf through old emails
and letters, dig through friendly
gifts and stacks of concert
tickets, I am left with the same
decision. But the details are not
that simple. College is a time
Im not ready to, nor do I want
to forget. I know that I cant take
everything, and that I am now
starting anew. What should I
pack?
What do I want to remember?
Tara Verderosa wants to say
aloha to all of you. Hard. Aloha
hard. She can be reached at tver-
derosa@nevadasagebrush.com.
Tara
Verderosa
OPPORTUNITY
GOODBYE, RENO
Make the most of chances life offers you
D
o you remember that Asher Roth song,
I Love College? That came out during
my freshmen year at the University of
Nevada, Reno. I remember cruising
around with my friend and her then-roommate in
her black Volkswagen Beetle, singing along to it on
our way to all the happening
college parties wed been invited
to by the cool, new friends wed
made after high school.
She doesnt have that car
anymore, or that roommate.
We dont speak to those friends
anymore, and I cant listen to
I Love College without being
hit by a wave of nostalgia
and a little bit of heartbreak.
It reminds me of how much
I really did love college and
reinforces to me that this
carefree, experimental phase of
my life is ending.
However, there is one line in the song that I feel
really summarizes the attitude I have toward my
years at UNR. It is, I cant tell you what I learned
from school, / But I could tell you a story or two.
Ive already forgotten all the formulas I memo-
rized to pass Math 120, and I will with any luck
never diagram a sentence again. But more
importantly than anything that I studied in any
classes are the stories Ive accumulated from
the greater experience.
Here is one such story:
The rst article I wrote for The Nevada Sage-
brush was a 1,000-word behemoth of a concert
review. I was then given my rst Sagebrush
assignment I was sent to interview Hot Lixx
Hulahan, the 2008 World Air Guitar Champion.
I was subsequently hired as the Assistant Arts
& Entertainment Editor and have remained
an editor of the section for the past four years,
which is quite a feat. Believe me.
The job has brought me to places I never
expected Id go: From aboard the tour buses of
some of my favorite bands to backstage at the
Knitting Factory, where I shot the breeze with
an unmasked Oderus Urungus, lead vocalist of
heavy metal group GWAR. I became acquainted
with a wide variety of members of the local
arts community, from elected ofcials to local
bands and student artists. I even had the
opportunity to shoot video, take pictures and
act as creative director for a couple of photo
shoots.
And thats just Arts & Entertainment. My
work at the Sagebrush even inspired me to
branch out into other areas of journalism. I wrote a
number of opinion columns on political topics as I
began to explore feminism and other social issues.
And I went to CrossFit in order to write my rst
(and last) story for the Sports section.
I guess what Im saying is Its had its ups and
downs. I have learned and done so much in these
last four years, and I am better for it. Totally.
The rst draft of this farewell column was more
sentimental, but I have resolved to neither dwell
on the past nor worry about the future. Im trying
not to bum myself out.
Im not really a fan of goodbyes. I prefer to sneak
away under the cover of darkness to never be
heard from again. But college graduation seems to
emphasize some sort of ritualistic goodbye-saying,
so, whatever.
Its really been one hell of a memorable experi-
ence. There is nothing quite like the satisfaction of
knowing that you stuck it through to the end even
though you desperately wanted to give up. Well,
here we nally are at the end.
So long.
Casey OLear will never stop rocking. Nor will she exit
her balloon. If you dont understand, you obviously
dont listen to Wolf Pack Radio. She can be reached at
colear@nevadasagebrush.com.
Casey
OLear
TOMORROW
Saying goodbye to Arts
and Entertainment
Jay Balagna/Nevada Sagebrush
Stephen Ward, Casey OLear, Juan Lpez, Garrett Valenzuela and Tara Verderosa pose like they normally do together by
a brick wall on campus. Stay classy, readers.
A
bout two weeks ago, I did something I
havent done in a long time went to
a concert in San Francisco. As usual, I
drove back to Reno on the same night.
As I rode the bends and turns of the three-
hour drive, I remembered how often I used to
make the trip in years past. A
few times during my sopho-
more year to see punk bands
that have since disbanded,
fleeting vacations with friends
who have moved away. There
was a deceitful familiarity
with the road, as if the times
were one and the same.
When asked what college
meant to me this week, this
moment immediately came
to mind. The people in my life
have come and gone, yet the
experience is one collective
idea.
Its strange that I think of a recent trip to another
state when I reect on my time at the university.
Arent I supposed to remember nights at the Wal,
frisbee games at the Quad or something else from
Hollywood? Unfortunately, my interpretation
wouldnt make a very good column.
I suppose the reason I stayed in college is a more
interesting story, and would be the most helpful
message with which I can leave readers. After all,
Ive taught you how to achieve YouTube fame,
detect coffee through hipster population and work
out the lazy way. One more tip couldnt hurt.
You see, three years ago I was on the verge of
dropping out. Nothing inspired me and I consid-
ered schoolwork tedious. I wanted to tour the world
in a band, playing my guitar in basements where
people were walking on other peoples heads.
That was before I met David Morrow, my
professor in an introductory journalism class.
Although nothing can describe him better than
meeting him, its safe to say his personality always
lled the room.
We started out butting heads. Whenever I wasnt
paying attention, he would walk over to where I
was sitting and ask me a question at point-blank.
Because I didnt want to be there, I answered in a
mutter.
Project to the balcony, he would say, cutting
me off.
After a while, I grew interested in the eld. I
read the assigned material and actually did the
homework.
One time he asked what I wanted to do with
my life. I had no answer. While I said something
casual to fend off the question, he interrupted me
again.
It would be a horrible injustice if you werent a
journalist, Mr. Ward, he said.
Ever since then, Ive been obsessed with
journalism and have done everything I can to
get better at it. It was with this condence that
I applied to internships, interviewed people in
power and wrote stories that impacted several
members of the community.
Morrow died in February 2010 just months
after the class was over. He didnt get to see
my progress. Again, the people in my life have
changed.
But the term college describes the experience,
unique in each way its unpacked, yet absolute in
its implication: I completed an obstacle before
me, even though it seemed impossible.
So my advice for you is this: Surround yourself
with people who inspire you. Cherish those
people, because theyll inevitably leave. Love
whatever you do and pour your life into it.
Oh, and project to the balcony.
Stephen Ward always wears really nice shoes and
his hair is immaculate. We just want you all to
know that. He can be reached at sward@neva-
dasagebrush.com.
Stephen
Ward
Reecting on choice
to stay in college
A STORY OR TWO
A new job and a life lesson
A
change in perspec-
tive changes
everything. I didnt
consider myself a
photographer (and I still dont)
when I took my position as
photo editor.
I wanted so
badly to be
a part of this
newspaper
that I would
take any job
that came
my way.
How hard
could it be?
Within
three
weeks
of being on the frontlines of
production my entire outlook
on life had changed. I was
no longer looking months or
years into the future debating
my occupation the days of a
consistent schedule were long
gone.
Truth be told, I needed that
change in perspective. My
impulsivity made me accept
a job I was under-qualified
for, and I opened the door to
opportunities that would not
be possible otherwise.
A local photographer and
former professor told me that
everyone is going to be shoot-
ing the action, but you have to
be different. Turn around. Go
up in the bleachers. Dont be
afraid to experiment. About
nine months later, his advice
led me to the best picture I
have ever taken.
On the day of head baseball
coach Gary Powers 900th
win of his career, a slew of
photographers and videogra-
phers showed up in the ninth
inning in preparation for the
ceremony that was to follow.
While shooting from a secret
location (known only to those
who already know where it is)
I watched several experienced
photographers line up outside
the gate entrance to the turf.
I couldnt help but feel out
of the loop, almost as if they
knew something I didnt. I
decided to risk not following
them and stayed on the
opposite side of the field,
and as the game ended two
players hauling a Gatorade
cooler toward a blinded coach
Powers ceased my ability to
think.
Instinctively, I clamped my
finger on the shutter and held
until I could finally catch my
breath. Upon reviewing the
small screen on my camera
I came dangerously close to
shedding a tear. My emotions
ran high in part because the
picture was one of my best,
(and one nobody else had)
but more so because my risky
decision proved beneficial
for the first time in my short
photography career.
It was worth the risk as
was taking this job and it is
much more clear to me now
that without taking a chance
youll never reap any of the
benefits. I spent the majority
of my years in college afraid
of failure, which kept me from
attempting new things and
learning from my peers and
fellow journalists.
Those days are gone. Now,
I wont ever shut up and
journalism is still where I want
to be. A lot of people seem
skeptical about this profes-
sion, but I couldnt be more
optimistic.
Garrett Valenzuela cannot be
reached because he will be
leaving. Forever. Hell be busy
writing the peoples newspaper.
Send all fan mail to gvalenzu-
ela@nevadasagebrush.com.
Garrett
Valenzuela
THE PEOPLES COLUMN
Sagebrush farewell: Goodbyes from the ve graduating staff members
Sports
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TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012
A11
MALLARY DARBY
Garrett Valenzuela /Nevada Sagebrush
Senior Nevada pitcher Mallary Darby ranks third in nearly every Wolf
Pack softball career pitching category.
Darby sees
rise and fall
By Chris Boline
Dominating, successful,
exciting: These are the words
attributed to the legendary
Fab Five. No, not the Fab
Five of University of Michigan
mens basketball lore, the Fab
Five of Spanish Springs High
School Softball, circa 2008. A
team on which Mallary Darby,
the teams most explosive
player, played the role of Chris
Webber. Winning back-to-back
state titles (at Spanish Springs)
would make some athletes
complacent. But not Darby her
passion for the game has only
grown stronger since joining
the Wolf Pack in 2009.
Darby, now an outgoing
senior on the Nevada softball
team, is the emotional leader of
a squad that is looking to make
some noise in the upcoming
Western Athletic Conference
Tournament. And after putting
together a masterful four-year
career that has shown her the
highest of the highs and the
lowest of the lows for Nevada,
shes ready to cap her tenure
with a bang. While the team is
seeing a fair amount of success
this season, for Darby, the last
four years have been nothing
short of a roller coaster ride of
emotion since the end of her
spectacular prep career.
THE PRODIGY
As a freshman in the spring of
2009, Darby was thrust into the
starting lineup and the prover-
bial re on a Wolf Pack squad
that eventually qualied for the
NCAA tournament. Freshmen
are typically more intimidated
by their older competition and
tend to make more mental
errors because of this, but not
Darby. She found a place on the
team even before she came to
the university.
I knew some of the girls
before I came here, she said.
I played with them in the
traveling leagues that went to
places like Stockton (Calif.),
so I didnt have too rough of a
transition coming in. Girls like
Britton (Murdock) and Brit-
tany (Puzey) were some of the
players I had played against,
even though they were older.
So I did not have too difficult
of a time fitting in, even on a
team with a lot of different
personalities.
See DARBY Page A14
Tourney next for
softball squad
By Eric Uribe
It was a weekend full of rsts
and lasts for the Nevada softball
team.
It was the last time the teams
seniors Mallary Darby, Alex
Arciniega and Kortnee Wiley
sported white and blue for
the Wolf Pack at Hixson Park.
The trios farewell didnt go as
planned as Nevada was swept
by a Western Athletic Confer-
ence foe for the rst time all
season.
Nevada was run-ruled in ve
innings by Brigham Young Uni-
versity twice (8-0 and 10-0) and
fell 7-4 in the series nal game
to give the 2012 regular season
an anti-climatic ending. While
the nish wasnt the exclama-
tion point the Wolf Pack was
looking for, the team still locked
up the fth seed in the WAC
Tournament, nishing the year
21-34 (9-12 WAC).
As far as us as competitors,
I think its one of those situa-
tions where it hit the hornets
nest a little bit, fourth-year
head coach Matt Meuchel said.
Hopefully it got us a little mo-
tivation not that we needed
any headed into the WAC Tour-
nament but kind of take that
in, put it in our back pocket and
see if we can get out there and
stick it to a couple of people.
Outside the diamond, the
jersey numbers 2, 17 and
5 were marked with white
chalk honoring the graduating
seniors. Moreover, banners of
each of the three players hung
near right eld.
Its tough to see that group
go, Meuchel said. Theyre
great kids, theyre great stu-
dents, they came and worked
their butts off every day, thats
all you could ask for from that
group.
At the end of Saturdays games,
the program gave the trio one
nal send-off. The squad lined
up in two rows and connected
their bats in the air as each senior
See SOFTBALL Page A14
Third-place Pack nears end of season
Staff Report
The Nevada baseball team had
the weekend off from Western
Athletic Conference play, but
its weekend was no walk in the
park.
Nevada (26-21, 7-5 WAC)
dropped two of three games
against Seattle, by scores of 2-1
and 4-1, before coming from
behind in a 8-5 victory Sunday
to avoid being swept.
Things went astray from the
get-go, as Fridays road game
was postponed due to rain. The
events set the stage for a double-
header Saturday.
In game No. 1, the Wolf Pack
lost in heartbreaking fashion,
2-1 in 10 innings. First baseman
Brett Jones got Nevada on the
board with a solo home run in
second inning before the Red-
hawks notched up the score in
the fth.
The game remained dead-
locked until the 10th, when Se-
attle hit a two-out bases loaded
RBI single to crush Nevadas
hopes.
Sophomore Braden Shipley
continued his string of strong
pitching outings, tossing seven
innings of seven-hit ball in the
no-decision.
Nevadas woes continued in
the nightcap. Junior Tom Jame-
son was charged with the 4-1
loss, giving up two earned runs
and being touched up for seven
hits.
Barring an RBI single from
second baseman Joe Kohan,
W
hen I was a sophomore in
2008, I remember being at
Wolf Pack Park waiting to do
pre-practice interviews with
some Nevada football players.
As the players slowly made their way onto
the eld from the locker
room, I waited anxiously
for former wide receiver
Marko Mitchell to come
out so I could speak with
him for a story I was
working on.
While I waited, I
observed some of the
other reporters (print and
broadcast) rubbing elbows
and casually talking. I
didnt speak with anyone. I
didnt know any of them and being the young
student reporter from the school newspaper
didnt immediately get me their respect.
For full disclosure, there are few rules
among reporters when interviewing players
before practice. The rst reporter to ask his
questions will get his answered.
So Mitchell nally walked on the eld
and I was the rst reporter in his face but
I froze. I tried getting my question out
but was interrupted before I could by a
broadcast reporter. After being jumped in
front of for the question-answer session,
the barrage of questions came from other
reporters and I never got a word in before
Mitchell had to start practice.
I felt terrible. Embarrassed. Angry.
Worthless.
But it helped me grow.
That moment pissed me off so much
that I realized that if I were going to get
any respect among journalists and sports
coaches twice or three times my age, I
needed to bust my ass for it.
And I did. And it made me realize that
during my ve years as a sports reporter, I
was never given any kind of special treat-
ment or leeway simply because I was the
young student reporter who may or may
not have known what he was doing.
I faced reprimands from administrators
in the Nevada athletics department
whenever I broke rules. I was belittled
by former mens basketball head coach
Mark Fox when I asked him a question
he thought was stupid. I was yelled at by
Juan
Lpez
Reporter role made me a man
By Eric Uribe
All of 54 days separate Nevadas storied history in the Western Athletic
Conference from its bright future in the Mountain West Conference.
For the past 12 years playing in the WAC, the Wolf Pack has dazzled
fans with championship performances, intense rivalries, Cinderella
runs in the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament, nail-biting victories
and everything in between.
But closure mounts on Nevadas most recent era with each tick of the
clock. On the ipside, excitement builds as the Wolf Pack prepares to
usher in a new era of thrills and frills.
With Nevadas Judgment Day approaching on July 1, what does Ne-
vada leave behind? What shadows will the Wolf Pack cast in the future?
GROWTH SPURT
In Nevadas history, the Wolf Pack has been a part of six conferences.
Before stepping foot into the WAC back in 2000, Nevada was a mainstay in
the Big West Conference since 1992. Eventually, Nevada began to outgrow
the Big West, which had limited television visibility.
Then-athletics director and current football coach Chris Ault decided to
take Nevada in a different direction. Ault engineered the move to the bigger,
more-exposed WAC, opening new opportunities for the Wolf Pack.
It provided us an opportunity for television exposure and an oppor-
tunity to play in (football) postseason play, Nevada Athletics Director
Cary Groth said.
The Wolf Pack hasnt looked back since, playing 77 games across all sports
on national TV, with seven of them
being football bowl games.
See MAN UP Page A14
See BASEBALL Page A14
See MWC Page A14
After dropping the rst two
games of its three-game series
vs. Seattle, the Nevada base-
ball team won the nal game.
Nevada (7-5 WAC) plays
SJSU this weekend.
THE SHORT OF IT
It was a really
tough adjust-
ment for me at
times. I was so
accustomed to
winning...(so)
when we started
losing on a con-
sistent basis, it
started to wear
me and every-
one else down
mentally.
senior pitcher
Mallary Darby
END
OF AN
ERA
Nevada set to jump to MWC after historic run in WAC
Nevadas 34-31 OT victory over Boise State
Nuff said.
Upset over Gonzaga
Making its rst appearance in the NCAA Tournament
in 19 years, the 2004 mens basketball squad stunned
second-seeded Gonzaga to advance to the Sweet 16.
Nevada claims Commissioners Cup in 2006-07
The WAC awards its Commissioners Cup to the
school that performs the best in each of the confer-
ences 19 mens and womens championships, based
on how each team nishes in the league standings.
2011 Kraft Hunger Bowl win
Nevada football capped an amazing 2010 season
by edging Boston College 20-13 in the bowl game.
The win was the exclamation point for the fteenth-
ranked Wolf Pack, who nished the season 13-1.
Softball advances to NCAA Regionals
Spearheaded by a No. 20 ranking, Nevada reached a
NCAA Regional title game appearances in 2008. The
Wolf Pack nished the milestone season at 44-18.
TOP FIVE MOMENTS FOR WOLF PACK IN WAC
1
3
4
2
5
File photos /Nevada Sagebrush
CAYLIN CAMPBELL
SOFTBALL
The sophomore ended the
season on a slump, hitting
0-7 and leaving seven
runners on base in a three-
game sweep at the hands
of BYU. Campbell batted
in the two-hole most of the
year, but has been moved to
the bottom of the lineup in
recent weeks.
WIN STREAK
From Nov. 26 to Feb. 4, the
Nevada mens basketball team
orchestrated a winning streak for
the ages. The squads 16-game
winning streak tied a school record for most
consecutive victories in program history. The
stretch helped the Wolf Pack secure the West-
ern Athletic Conference regular season title,
making the mens basketball team the lone
WAC champion this year.
THE RISE OF FAJARDO
In the post-Colin Kaepernick era,
no question was more prevalent
than who would replace the Ne-
vada great as signal caller. Fresh-
man Cody Fajardo answered that question dur-
ing the season. The Brea, Calif. native replaced
senior Tyler Lantrip as the starter early in the
season and accumulated 2,401 yards in the air
and on the ground en route to being named the
WAC freshman of the year.
VEGAS HEARTBREAKER
In spite of a 16-game winning
streak and the viral Pack City
video, the Nevada mens bas-
ketball squad had one thing in
mind all season long: NCAA Tournament.
Entering the WAC Tournament as the over-
whelming top-seeded favorite, the Wolf Pack
squandered that opportunity in a 78-73 upset
against Louisiana Tech in the seminals.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
2011-2012 wasnt the most suc-
cessful year for Nevada athletics,
unless your name was Josue
Gaytan and Andrew Morales.
The two sophomore boxers reached the pin-
nacle of their sports, winning the National Col-
legiate Boxing Association championships.
GLOOMY FUTURE
One thing is for certain: The Wolf
Pack will play in the Mountain
West Conference in 2012-2013.
After that, nothing is certain.
Rumors about possible mergers with the Confer-
ence USA have dominated headlines all year long.
W
ith nals fast ap-
proaching, this last
weekend was going
to be the time where
I was going to turn off SportsCen-
ter, log out of ESPN and hit the
books. All of that
went unsuccess-
fully as I found
myself thinking
of this last year
of Nevada sports
and the joys it
brought. I also
found myself
thinking about
next year and
what lies ahead
for the Wolf Pack. I
narrowed it down
to ve things:
1. THE MOVE TO THE MOUN-
TAIN WEST CONFERENCE
This was the last year Nevada
played in the slowly dying Western
Athletic Conference. This upcom-
ing year we will be playing some
new teams and some old ones, but
look for the Wolf Pack to compete
in all sports.
2. BRANDON WIMBERLYS
COMEBACK
If the move to the MWC didnt
have school-wide ramications,
this would be at the top of my list.
Brandon Wimberley missed all of
last season after getting shot in
the stomach outside the Freight
House District; everyone assumed
he would never play football again.
Wimberly refused to bow down and
has shown in spring training that
he is just as good as he used to be.
Wimberlys comeback comes at the
perfect time because of the lack of
depth at the wide receiver position.
3. CODY FAJARDOS SECOND
YEAR AS STARTING QUAR-
TERBACK
The Colin Kaepernick legacy
has long passed. Now it is time to
welcome in a new era of Nevada
football: The Cody Fajardo dynasty.
Fajardo had an excellent year last
year, becoming the starter by the
fth game and winning the WAC
Freshman of the Year award. He
had some concerns with injuries,
but has bulked up in the offseason
which should help next year. After
a strong season under his belt
and seeing him play at the spring
game, Fajardo could be the next
quarterback to lead Nevada to a
conference championship.
4. THE 2012 MENS BASKET-
BALL SEASON
Last season, the mens basketball
team showed everyone it can play.
After beating conference heavy-
weights Utah State and New Mexico
State twice, and becoming the
WAC regular-season champions,
the team is heading into a better,
stronger basketball conference
with momentum behind them.
The MWC had four teams go to the
NCAA tournament including rival
University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
After only losing two starters, the
basketball team has both youth
and experience to make a run
for second-straight postseason
appearance.
5. BASEBALL/SOFTBALL
The Mountain West is a strong
conference, but its weakest link
would have to be baseball and
softball. This season Nevada
baseball has a legitimate shot at
winning the WAC, with strong
pitching and hitting along with a
good combination of youth and
experience. Next year the baseball
team will lose some key players but
the same fundamentals will still
be there. That combined with a
conference that lacks a powerhouse
baseball team and Nevada could be
the frontrunner to win the confer-
ence tournament. The same could
be said for the softball team who is
losing some key players, but have
some momentum and good players
heading into a conference that
doesnt have a strong team.
Art Miner can be reached at sports@
nevadasagebrush.com.
Inside Scoop
KEVIN LUCAS
MENS GOLF
Senior Kevin Lucas capped
his collegiate career with
a 10th place nish at the
WAC Championships.
Lucas nished the 54-hole
match with a score of 222,
10 shots off the leader. His
efforts were enough to be
named one of ve players
on the All-WAC rst team.
Lucas led Nevada to a
sixth place nish at the
tournament.
BASEBALL
vs. UC Davis 2 p.m. today
vs. San Jose State 6 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m.
Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday
THE SKINNY: After a weekend
break from WAC play, Nevada
stands in a second place tie in
the standings, just one game
behind the leaders, Hawaii.
Next up for the Wolf Pack is the
WACs worst offense in San
Jose State, who have scored a
conference-low 183 runs. Not
good news for the Spartans
who have to face arguably the
top two pitchers in the WAC
Tom Jameson and Braden
Shipley. The pair is ranked No.
1 and 2, respectively, in the
conference leaderboards with
earned run averages of 1.90
and 2.21, respectively.
SOFTBALL
vs. San Jose State 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday
THE SKINNY: The Spartans
and Wolf Pack kick off the
WAC Tournament, seeded
fourth and fth respectively.
Nevada was outscored 21-3
by San Jose State in the
regular season series, losing
two of three games. Nevadas
bats will need to come
alive against ace Amanda
Pridmore, who carries the
third best ERA in the WAC
(1.94) into the contest.
Perennial powerhouse Hawaii
awaits the winner of the two.
WOMENS TRACK
at WAC Outdoor Championships all
day Wednesday through Saturday
THE SKINNY: The Wolf Pack
isnt lacking any momentum
heading into the WAC
Championships. Mariah
Gramolini was named WAC
Womens Track Player of the
Week, winning the 800-meter
a week ago. Gramolini and the
rest of the team is peaking at
the right time.
WEEKLY TOP 5...
Top-5 things to look
forward to for Pack in 2012
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With the 2011-2012 sports year winding down, we
glance back at the events that dened Wolf Pack
athletics this year.
Art
Miner
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Nevada receiver Brandon Wimberly is on track to lace up his cleats for the Wolf Pack football team in the fall. Wimberly
missed the 2011 season after being shot in the stomach and being told he would never play football again.
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Sophomore Nevada boxer Josue Gaytan won
a national championship in the 185-pound
weight class in the National Collegiate Boxing
Championships earlier this spring.
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SOFTBALL
HAWAII ENTERS TOURNEY
AS NO. 1 SEED
The Rainbow Wahine
dominated Utah State to clinch
the regular-season Western
Athletic Conference title. Hawaii
used wins of 9-2, 18-0 and 10-3 to
end the season with a bang. No
team scored more runs than the
Rainbow Wahine did in game No.
2 (18) all season. Hawaii carries a
seven-game winning streak into
the WAC Tournament.
The double-elimination
bracket for the prestigious WAC
championship is set. No. 4 seed
San Jose State will take on the
fth-seeded Nevada. At No. 3
Fresno State will battle No. 6
Louisiana Tech. Hawaii and the
second-seeded BYU will have
rst-round byes. Noticeably
absent from the tournament
is defending champions New
Mexico State, who are also
hosting the championships. For
the rst time in WAC history, the
hosting team will be absent from
the WAC Tournament.
BASEBALL
WARRIORS STAY ATOP
CONFERENCE STANDINGS
The top two teams atop the WAC
standings Hawaii and New
Mexico State met last weekend
in a pivotal three-game series in
Hawaii for sole possession of rst
place. In the end, the Rainbow
Warriors swept the Aggies to take
full control of the WAC. Hawaii
is 8-4 and a game ahead of New
Mexico State who are on a six-
game losing skid.
The Bows outscored the
counterparts 20-4 in the series.
Fourteen of the 20 runs came
in game twos shellacking of the
Aggies. Coupled with two costly
errors from New Mexico State,
Hawaii poured on nine hits off
seven pitchers to hand the Aggies
an embarrassing 14-2 mercy rule
loss. The nal game was a 180-
turn with the Bows, using four
different pitchers to shutout New
Mexico State 1-0.
MENS GOLF
SPARTANS TAKE HOME
WAC CHAMPIONSHIP
San Jose State edged New
Mexico State by six strokes to
capture its rst-ever WAC title at
the Club Glove WAC Mens Golf
Championship at Rio Secco Golf
Club in Henderson. The Spartans
carded a score of 876 throughout
three rounds to notch the victory.
Senior Jay Myers fueled the
Spartans, winning the individual
title after a birdie on the rst
hole of sudden death against
New Mexico States Justin Shin.
Myers shot ve-under for a total
score of 211 and was named the
WACs Player of the Year to end
his collegiate career.
Rounding out the standings
was Fresno State at third (886),
Idaho in fourth (892), Louisiana
Tech at fth (902), Nevada in sixth
(909), Hawaii at seventh (911)
and Utah State at the bottom
with 919. In addition, the all-WAC
teams were announced. Both
Myers and Shin were rst team
selections. Nevadas Kevin Lucas,
Idahos Jarred Bossio and T.J. Kua
of Hawaii were also chosen to the
all-WAC rst teams.
MENS BASKETBALL
CZYZS DUNK VS. PACIFIC
SELECTED AS NCAA DUNK
OF THE YEAR
Nevada senior forward Olek
Czyz dunk from the Pacic game
has been selected as the NCAA
Dunk of the Year in the third
annual NCAA Dunk of the Year.
BRIEFS
A look back at six Nevada sports teams run through the Western Athletic Conference
We went back through the record books and
aggregated statistics for six select Wolf Pack
sports (football, soccer, womens basketball, mens
basketball, softball and baseball) starting from
when the University of Nevada, Reno joined the
Western Athletic Conference in 2000 up until now.
The sports were chosen in a systematic way so as
to represent one men and one womens sport from
each season (fall, winter and spring).
We looked at four categories: win percentage, the
number of WAC regular-season titles the team won,
the number of athletes named as an All-American
and the number of articles the Sagebrush wrote
on that particular sport during that time period
(2000-12).
Exact details for all of the gures contained within
the graph are listed in the boxes below.
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M. Basketball 65.2% 6 540 1
W. Basketball 43.3% 0 254 1
Soccer 31.3% 2 180 0
Baseball 53% 0 288 2
Softball 48.9% 3 160 1
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the Wolf Packs offense was
nowhere to be found.
On Sunday, trailing 4-3 after
three frames and facing a sweep,
the Wolf Packs bats came alive,
scoring ve unanswered runs to
take the game.
Nevadas win was fueled by
a monster performance from
catcher Calos Escobar Jr. who
went 3-for-5 and scored three
runs. Freshmen Kewby Meyer
and Jay Anderson tacked on
three-hit performances of their
own.
Senior Jayson McClaren was
credited for his rst win of the
season, pitching two and two-
third scoreless innings of relief.
Starting left-hander Tyler
Wells was chased off of the
mound in the third inning after
surrendering two earned runs
off three hits.
Currently sitting in third
place in the conference, Nevada
will next host San Jose State for
a three-game series at Peccole
Park this weekend.
The sports staff can be reached
at sports@nevadasagebrush.com.
football head coach Chris Ault
at a post-game press confer-
ence when I wore a red polo
shirt to a football game.
No one gave a damn that I
was a 19-year-old kid trying to
nd my place.
And I loved it.
Ive grown to have an
incredible amount of respect
and admiration for the athletics
department for showing
everyone this tough love and
not making exceptions.
But it wasnt all bad.
Watching Ault kick players
off the football team for rule
violations showed me that
he made no exceptions for
anyone, whether he was a
walk-on or the best player on
the team. Everyone was held
to the same standard and he
wouldnt allow someone to be
a bad apple. Playing Division
I football is a privilege and he
made sure people didnt take
that for granted. Ive learned
so much just from witnessing
that and have applied that
no-nonsense attitude to my
own life.
Talking to baseball coach
Gary Powers and hearing
him talk about his players
like theyre his children since
he cant have any of his own
makes me happy to see those
types of relationships existing
within our school.
But what Ill remember most
from the athletics department
is their vested interest in all
young people to succeed. I
have great relationships with
people such as Chad Hartley
(associate athletics director for
media services), Keith Hackett
(senior associate athletics di-
rector) and Rory Hickok (senior
associate athletics director)
who regularly check in on me
to ask what my post-college
plans are and how life is going
in general. Their generosity and
genuine care is a true example
of the great people within the
department.
While reading a story printed
in the Reno Gazette-Journal
about former Nevada line-
backer Brandon M. Marshall, I
saw that he said, I grew up in
Vegas, but I became a man in
Reno.
I feel exactly the same way.
And the no-exceptions
treatment I received from the
athletics department during
my ve years at the univer-
sity played a large part in my
development.
Thank you for helping raise
this 18-year-old purposeless
rst-generation Mexican
student into a 22-year-old
goal-oriented man.
Juan Lpez can be reached at
jlopez@nevadasagebrush.com.
Because of this steady founda-
tion, Darby did well and rewrote
many records for a Nevada
pitcher in her rst season. She
went 12-8 with a 3.11 earned-run
average on the season, which
also included a no-hitter over
Boise State.
Mallary had an incredible
rst season, head coach Matt
Meuchel said. Statistically, it
was the best freshman season a
pitcher here had ever achieved.
The team was phenomenal that
year, too. We spent part of the
year in the top 25 and eventu-
ally made it to the NCAA tourna-
ment.
The success was short-lived,
as many of the players on a
veteran-heavy squad graduated
and Mallary face something she
had almost never experienced
before: despair.
DOWNWARD SPIRAL
Darbys sophomore season
was not as successful for her
the team as. Her statistics
regressed as she finished with
a 10-10 record and a 4.53 ERA,
but what suffered the most was
her teams win total. The Wolf
Pack finished with a record of
17-28, down from the 40 wins of
the previous year.
Her junior year was even more
difficult as the team struggled
to a 13-34 record and Darby
took the brunt of many of the
losses by going 12-26 with a
5.30 ERA. Although she did lead
the team in both wins and ERA,
Darby, being so accustomed to
winning and a naturally com-
petitive person, found it to be a
difficult time.
It was a really tough adjust-
ment for me at times, Darby
recalled about the two low sea-
sons. I was so accustomed to
winning from high school and
my freshman year, that when we
started losing on a consistent
basis, it started to wear me and
everyone else down mentally.
Her father, Don, also noticed
a change in her usually relaxed
attitude.
Mallary is a really genuine
girl, Don Darby said. She re-
ally cares about other people.
So when she sees everyone
around her struggling, its hard
for her to be pleased with that
kind of situation.
RESURGENCE
But the tough days seem to be
in the rearview mirror.
The Wolf Pack has rebounded
this year with a record of 21-34
and are locked into the No. 5
seed in the upcoming WAC Tour-
nament the rst time in three
years Nevada has qualied for
the tourney. And Darby has led
the way. She has once again done
much of the heavy lifting for the
pitching staff, by throwing more
innings than any other pitcher
and leading the team with 10
wins. While the team is not quite
as dominant as the squads of
the past, it has shown some of
the same tendencies that made
them winners.
My freshman-year team was
more laid-back than the one now
but on the eld they were very
aggressive, verbal and loud, she
said. Both of the teams (fresh-
man and senior year) are very
spunky. I think this team has a
lot of ght though, I mean to
come back from a harsh year it
shows how weve grown mentally
tougher.
Darbys resilience has been
rewarded this season by being
announced as the recipient of the
prestigious Ruth Russell Award
for being the best University
of Nevada, Reno female senior
student-athlete. The award is
annually given out every year to
players nominated by their head
coaches in their nal year of
eligibility and in good academic
standing.
Mallary has achieved so many
great things in the classroom, on
the diamond, and in the com-
munity during her career at the
University of Nevada, and it is
nice to see her honored for that
commitment, Meuchel said
in a press release regarding the
award.
Indeed, Darbys passion has
taken some hits throughout the
years but she still plays for the
love of the game and lends the
younger players on the team
some of her knowledge.
I try to teach (the younger
players on the team) that even
though we will work hard every
day, it is about playing together as
a unit that will ultimately deter-
mine how far we can go, Darby
said. But keeping that love for
the game is the most critical part
to becoming a complete player.
Chris Boline can be reached at
sports@nevadasagebrush.com.
walked under the tunnel of
aluminum with their family
and loved ones. Meuchel and
assistant head coach Andy
Dominique waited at the end of
the tunnel with owers for each
senior.
Seeing all their faces I love
them so much it was sad. But
I love them and Ill never forget
the memories I made here with
them, Arciniega said.
On the heels of receiving
the coveted Ruth I. Russell
Award, given to the University
of Nevadas top female senior
student-athlete, last Tuesday,
Darby started twice this past
weekend. In the opener, the
Cougars chased the senior off
the mound after two frames.
Darby was charged with four
runs off ve hits in the 8-0
shutout.
The Wolf Packs bats didnt
fare much better, plating just
one hit centerelder Sara
Parsons WAC-leading 18th
double of season in the loss.
Darby returned to the circle in
the nal game of the series. The
right-hander went the distance,
and was touched up for 15 hits
and seven runs.
Nevadas offense was spark-
ing but came up short. The
Wolf Pack laced 14 hits, but
missed opportunity after
opportunity to take the lead,
stranding 13 runners on base.
Nevadas shortcomings were
exemplied in the nal inning
when second baseman Caylin
Campbell grounded out to
second base with the bases
juiced to end the rally.
We made some adjustments
at the plate and found some
ways to put some hitters on in
the third game, but just didnt
have enough to keep them
down in some spots, Meuchel
said.
With the pair of losses, Darby
closes out the season 10-16 with
a 3.83 ERA. Darby nishes her
career ranked third in Nevadas
history book in nearly every
pitching category.
Its a little bit scary, Darby
said. Ive been playing here my
whole life, so its something Im
going to really miss. Its weird
knowing I probably wont ever
play in Reno again.
It was a lot of fun. It was the
best four years of my life. Win or
lose, I wouldnt take anything
back.
Darby believes the Wolf Pack
will have no problem putting
this setback behind and focus
on Nevadas upcoming rst
round opponent, fourth-seeded
San Jose State.
Its not like we havent been
here before and we know what
were capable of doing. Were
not going to let this stop our
momentum, she said.
The Wolf Pack dropped two
of three to the Spartans the
last time the teams met a little
more than one month ago.
Meuchel is confident Nevada
can change its fortunes this
time around.
We feel we match up well
with all the ball clubs in the
WAC, its just about coming out
and making sure were playing
our best ball comes this week-
end, he said.
Nevada and San Jose State
square off Wednesday at 3 p.m.
to kick off the WAC Tournament
in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Eric Uribe can be reached at
euribe@nevadasagebrush.com.
Just as the WAC helped Nevada,
the Wolf Pack helped the WAC.
For us to go to as many bowl
games as we have, to represent not
only the University of Nevada, but the Western Athletic Conference,
in that many bowl games and to well represent the league with qual-
ity student-athletes and playing quality games, thats pretty good,
Groth said.
Nevada Senior Associate Athletic Director Keith Hackett echoed
that belief.
Because of Nevadas success, we gave the Western Athletic Con-
ference a very, very visible platform on the national level, Hackett
said.
LUCKY NUMBER 21
Bronze plaques, gold-plated trophies and historic relics rest on
display behind squeaky-clean glass at Legacy Hall at the University
of Nevada, Reno. The glass reects the sheer number of monumental
moments, trail-blazing athletes, division crowns and NCAA awards
the Wolf Pack has encompassed through its rich 116-year sporting
history.
Between the shadows of the white walls, lie exhibits for most of
Nevadas 16 sports programs featuring team images and cham-
pionships.
Decorating the ceiling above the plethora of accomplishments,
in bold silver letters reads, this tribute embraces only those teams,
athletes, and nationally recognized individuals that are distin-
guished as champions.
In many ways, the glittering trophy room shines so brightly due to
the Wolf Packs past 12 years playing in the WAC. Twenty-one ways
to be exact 17 regular season WAC championships and four ad-
ditional WAC Tournament titles. Mens basketball has provided the
most glitz, hanging eight regular-season and tournament champi-
onship banners. All in all, only half of Nevadas 16 programs leave
the conference with a title.
Youd denitely have to call that 12-year run a successful run,
said Reno Gazette-Journal sports reporter Dan Hinxman, whos cov-
ered the Wolf Pack since 1986. A lot of schools in the WAC Idaho,
New Mexico State, San Jose State would love to switch places with
Nevada.
However, titles are only half the story. Nevadas given the Wolf
Pack faithful equally memorable moments. Once again, mens
hoops provided a chunk of the reworks. None more pulse-beating
than the squads Sweet 16 run in the Big Dance back in 2004, which
included a stunning upset of second-seeded Gonzaga. The mens
basketball team tacked on three more NCAA Tournament berths
behind future National Basketball Association hoopsters like Nick
Fazekas, Kirk Snyder, JaVale McGee and Ramon Sessions, to name
a few.
Then there was Nevada football, which piled on seven consecu-
tive (and counting) bowl game appearances. Four of the seven ap-
pearances came under signal caller Colin Kaepernick. The eld
general threw for a gaudy 10,098 yards and rushed for 4,009 more
yards, staking his claim to be considered Nevadas greatest and most
cherished athlete.
Kaepernick set numbers that had never been seen before at any
school, Hinxman said.
As legendary as the aforementioned moments were, none were
bigger than the events that transpired on Nov. 26, 2011.
LASTING IMPRESSION
Frigid temperatures. Capacity crowd. National TV audience. Deaf-
ening crowd. Blue Friday. No. 19 vs. No 4. Stunning upset. Biggest win
in Nevada history.
The Wolf Packs epic 34-31 overtime triumph of Boise State was
not only the dening moment of Nevadas WAC tenure, but in school
history.
Ask any Nevada fan about their favorite Wolf Pack moment in its
WAC tenure and youll get the same answer.
Do you even have to ask? Beating Boise in OT, Jovanny Jayme said
in response to a Facebook post from The Nevada Sagebrushs page.
Whether it was Kyle Brotzman missing two gimme kicks under 30
yards only for 5-foot-6 freshman kicker Anthony Martinez to hit the
game-winning eld goal in overtime.
Whether it was snapping a 10-year losing skid and foiling the Bron-
cos Bowl Championship Series hopes.
Whether it was the sea of blue and white that stormed the eld after
the win, uniting the city of Reno.
Point is, Nevadas thriller over Boise State had all the elements for an
instant classic game. From the bad blood plotline to a dramatic nish
to the underdogs nally getting the monkey off of its back; Nevada vs.
Boise Nov. 26 encounter was nothing short of historic.
Its one of those moments every Wolf Pack fan will ask, Where were
you when Nevada beat Boise?
Without a shadow of a doubt, Blue Friday will stand the test of
time and forever have a place in any Wolf Pack fans heart, but what
memories does the future hold?
GLOOMY FUTURE
This move to the MWC is probably the most signicant event
thats happened in the history of Nevada athletics, Hackett said.
When Nevada pledged to jump ship to the MWC in August 2010,
the move was supposed to be a big step forward. Twenty-one
months later, the realignment looks more like a step sideways.
In the aftermath of Nevadas decision, powerhouse schools the
Wolf Pack was supposed to face Boise State, Texas Christian
University and San Diego State have agreed to bolt the confer-
ence.
Furthermore, current WAC counterparts San Jose State and Utah
State announced theyre leaving to the MWC in 2013 last Friday.
Five of the 10 teams playing on the gridiron in the MWC during
2013 are currently in the WAC.
The combination of our institutions from the WAC and the
combination of the schools that remain as part of the original
Mountain West Conference, I think we are going to have a very,
very strong 10-team league, Hackett said. I think were going to
put ourselves in the position to be a force to be reckoned with.
Groth rejects the idea that the conference is becoming a carbon
copy of the WAC.
Theres a lot of people that think this is just a new WAC, but re-
ally, it is and it isnt, she said. Theres new programs, theres more
depth in this league, competitively, so its good for us.
Meanwhile, Conference USA, which has long been rumored to
be merging with the MWC, added ve schools to its soon-to-be 13-
team conference last Friday too. The agreement possibly nixes the
rumored super conference with the MWC, but the merger remains
a possibility.
Its anyones guess whats in store for Nevada past the 2012-2013
season. Despite the uncertainty, Groth has no regrets.
We love the leadership and direction the Mountain West is
heading, Groth said. Its a historic step for our program.
At the end of the day, a driving force behind the move is the dol-
lar. Nevada stands to gain approximately an extra $2 million, from
TV revenue and decreased travel costs, Groth said.
Hackett also said the increased visibility in the Intermountain
West, coupled with higher attendance among MWC schools will
cause an upswing in sales for Nevada.
Its going to be easy for our fans to travel, its going to be easy
for their fans to travel here. I think were going to see an uptake in
attendance, he said.
Come July 1, Legacy Hall will serve two purposes for the Wolf
Pack depending on how you spin it: No. 1.) A ghostly reminder of
what is expected from Nevada in the MWC. Or No. 2.) A trip down
memory lane of countless moments the Wolf Pack crafted in the
WAC.
Eric Uribe can be reached at euribe@nevadasagebrush.com.
Darby
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File photo /Nevada Sagebrush
Senior pitcher Mallary Darby started her career with Nevada when the
team was nationally ranked.
MWC
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This move to the (Mountain West
Conference) is probably the most
signicant event thats happened in
the history of Nevada athletics.
Nevada Senior Associate Athletics
Director Keith Hackett
Man up
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File photo /Nevada Sagebrush
Columnist Juan Lpez will always remember former Nevada mens basketball head coach Mark Fox, left, for his
ery attitude and demeanor with reporters.
Softball
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Baseball
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Nevada will play San Jose
State on Wednesday in the
rst round of the Western
Athletic Conference Softball
Tournament. The Wolf Pack
owns the No. 4 seed.
TOURNEY TIME
By Kyle Wise
It feels like a lifetime ago
when moviegoers around the
globe rst became aware of
The Avengers. It was probably
one of the coolest Easter eggs
in the history of cinema: Tony
Stark had just come back to his
apartment to nd someone
waiting for him. That someone
turned out to be Col. Nick Fury,
director of SHIELD, and he had
come to talk about the Avenger
Initiative.
All that came after the credits
of the rst Iron Man lm. It
has been four years since we
saw that scene. Four years
of more characters being
introduced (Hulk, Thor, Captain
America), of the seams of the
Marvel Universe slowly being
sewn together. So the question
is this: After ve lms worth of
buildup, is The Avengers by
far one of most ambitious lm
projects of our time, as well
as the rst-ever live-action
superhero team-up movie
worth your time and money?
The answer is a resounding
and triumphant Yes.
Writer-director Joss Whedon
must be something of a miracle
worker, because to all intents
and purposes The Avengers
is designed to fail. There are
four major characters (Cap,
Iron Man, Thor and Hulk) and
two lesser ones (SHIELD agents
Black Widow and Hawkeye)
jockeying for screen time. There
is a larger-than-life villain who
happens to be a god, along with
many secondary characters,
many explosions and all the
geek references to the larger
universe that Marvel stuffs into
its movies. On paper, this movie
is simply too big to work.
Yet work it does. Despite being
nearly two and a half hours
long, The Avengers somehow
manages to avoid overstufng
itself. Whedon wisely took his
time making this movie; it never
feels rushed, the transitions
are surprisingly smooth and
there is never any danger of the
audience succumbing to action
scene fatigue.
The lm wastes no time
getting its plot in motion. Thors
treacherous brother Loki (Tom
Hiddleston, War Horse) has
come to Earth, and he is bring-
ing an extremely nasty army
of extraterrestrials with him.
Faced with this overwhelming
threat, Col. Fury (Samuel L.
Jackson, Captain America:
The First Avenger) begins to
assemble the Avengers: the
super soldier Captain America
(Chris Evans, Scott Pilgrim vs.
the World), genius inventor
Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.,
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of
Shadows), the thunder god
Thor (Chris Hemsworth, The
Cabin in the Woods), scientist
Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo,
The Kids Are Alright), the
super spy Black Widow (Scarlett
Johansson, We Bought a Zoo)
and the assassin Hawkeye
(Jeremy Renner, Mission:
Impossible-Ghost Protocol).
The Avengers is also an
extremely funny movie. The
sharp-as-a-whip dialogue
Whedon perfected on Buffy the
Vampire Slayer and Firey is
the true star of this lm.
There is no shortage of action
in The Avengers, and it offers
up one crowd-pleasing moment
after another. But perhaps the
greatest accomplishment of
The Avengers is that it nds
something for all its characters to
do. Be it cracking jokes or ghting
aliens (and sometimes even
their allies too), every hero gets a
moment to shine, and each one is
worth committing to memory.
The Avengers has success-
fully kicked off the summer
blockbuster season of 2012, and
lets just say that The Amazing
Spider-Man and The Dark
Knight Rises have their work cut
out for them. Offering up equal
amounts of action, humor and
pathos, The Avengers is pure
fun, which is the highest compli-
ment I can give any movie.
Kyle Wise can be reached at arts-
entertainment@nevadasage-
brush.com.
TheMixer
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Hello Cupcake!
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Available On: iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad with iOS 4.3 or later
Ready to spend your summer vacation honing your baking skills and learning to make
elaborately decorated, Cake Boss-worthy cupcakes to share at all your summer
barbecues? The Hello Cupcakes! app will be sure to help you achieve this goal with its
stop-motion animation, how-to videos, step-by-step instructions, including voice-overs
that will teach you how to decorate the most adorable of cupcakes.
PLANET OF THE APPS
By Casey OLear
In the past several years,
Marilyn Manson has certainly
ceased to be at the forefront of
pop culture discussions and
political controversy, but the
band has never stopped produc-
ing quality music. Last week, the
group released its eighth studio
album, Born Villain, embarking
on a whole new era.
As is customary, the band has
undergone a number of changes
since its last album, 2009s
The High End of Low. Most
signicantly, the band left label
Interscope Records to release
Born Villain through Cooking
Vinyl Records and Mansons
own label, Hell, etc.
Additionally, the personnel has
shifted a bit. Longtime bassist
Twiggy Ramirez has relinquished
his position to newcomer Fred
Sablan to take over as lead gui-
tarist. Following the departure
of drummer Ginger Fish, Chris
Vrenna played percussion (as
well as keyboards, synthesizers,
programming and production)
on Born Villain.
The album turns out to be a
pretty nice mixture of familiar
styles and experimentation.
The best song on Born Vil-
lain by far is Pistol Whipped.
The track is a combination of
sexy vocal styling, simple guitars
(played by Manson himself ) and
a hard-rocking chorus backed
with a strong beat.
Another standout track
is The Gardener, which is
reminiscent of the glam-rock
style of Mansons 1998 album,
Mechanical Animals, but is
slightly more experimental.
It starts strong with Manson
hauntingly whispering, Im
not man enough to be human,
but Im trying to t in, and
Im learning to fake it before
launching into a rather poetic
spoken-word segment on the
topic of meeting your signi-
cant others friends (It tells you
too much / or not enough /
or worse / exactly the wrong
thing). The music and chorus
mesh well with the spoken
segments to make the song one
of Born Villains best.
Other tracks worth noting
include Slo-Mo-Tion, Born
Villain, No Reection
and Breaking the Same Old
Ground. Slo-Mo-Tion
contains some of the albums
best lyrics, with cutting lines
such as Dont we wish / that
we could feel something /
more than hate / and morbid
panic? and I hate you all, /
but somehow / you nd me /
incredibly charming.
Unfortunately, the remainder
of the album is less memorable.
Tracks such as Lay Down Your
Goddamn Arms, Children
of Cain and Murderers are
Getting Prettier Every Day sort
of blur together into one big
amalgamation of heavy guitar
riffs and aggressive vocals.
The album concludes in a
most excellent fashion with its
bonus track a cover of Carly
Simons Youre So Vain featur-
ing Johnny Depp on guitar. In
the past, Manson has had great
success with creative covers of
unexpected songs from the
Eurythmics Sweet Dreams to
Screamin Jay Hawkins I Put a
Spell on You and Youre So
Vain ts in well with the others.
Now, The High End of
Low is not an album that
comes to mind when anyone
thinks of Marilyn Manson,
but it is actually one of the
bands all-time best records.
It features masterfully crafted
slow, emotional songs, as well
as intense, hard-rocking tracks.
Although it is thoroughly
underappreciated, The High
End of Low is a difcult album
to follow up as it marked a real
true to form for the band after
the disappointing 2007 release,
Eat Me, Drink Me.
Born Villain is better than
I expected, but not as good as
I hoped. It is not as good as
The High End of Low, but it is
better than Eat Me, Drink Me
(thankfully). Of course, Manson
will never be able to release
Antichrist Superstar again,
but the group is clearly still
capable of producing excellent
music, and there is plenty of
that on Born Villain.
Casey OLear can be reached at
colear@nevadasagebrush.com.

MARILYN MANSON
BORN VILLAIN
Release Date:
May 1
Genre:
Alternative metal, glam rock
Grade:
B+
ALBUM REVIEW
Manson album a mix of familiar, avant-garde
Courtesy of Cooking Vinyl and Hell, etc. Records
Notorious shock-rock group Marilyn Manson recently released its eighth full-length studio album, Born Villain. The album is a follow up to 2009s The
High End of Low and has been compared to previous Manson albums, Mechanical Animals and Antichrist Superstar in sound.
FILM REVIEW
Avengers blockbuster makes anticipation worthwhile
THE AVENGERS
Release Date: May 4
Director: Joss Whedon
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo
Genre: Action/adventure, Superhero
Rating: PG-13 for intense sci-fi action/violence
Grade: A
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Summer promises to deliver blockbuster hits
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Christian Bale returns to the big screen to portray comic book hero Batman for the nal time in The Dark Knight Rises, which will hit theaters in mid-July.
This summer appears to be a promising one for the lm industry, with blockbusters projected to
abound. These large-scale, high-action lms have all been highly anticipated for many months and
will nally hit theaters once prime movie-going season ofcially begins. We will see the action-
adventure adaptation of a board game, a sequel to the 2008 smash hit The Dark Knight and a re-
imagining of one of the best-known American presidents in history. Enjoy your summer, and enjoy
these movies:
NATHAN CONOVER | ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT@NEVADASAGEBRUSH.COM
Battleship
Although the special effects and cinematography
here look to be top-notch, the acting looks
questionable (Rihanna? Really?). However, over-
the-top effects consistently rake in big bucks, so
Battleship should sell a lot of tickets. It appears
to be an alien vs. man feature, a water-bound
Independence Day with a hint of Transformers.
It gures to score well with the crowd who is
thirsty for big explosions and lots of action.
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
This lm endeavors to put a comedic spin on
a rather gloomy subject the destruction of
mankind. As an asteroid nears Earth, a man,
accompanied by his quirky neighbor, decides to try
to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Steve
Carell has really hit his stride in recent years with
movies like Get Smart and Crazy, Stupid Love,
and I anticipate more of the same from him in this
lm. Keira Knightley (Never Let Me Go) is
also an interesting addition, since many of us have
become accustomed to her playing serious roles.
This movie probably wont collect nearly as much
money as the other four movies on this list, but
Carells recent success could bring in otherwise
uninterested customers.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
The concept of this lm is so peculiar, it just might
work. The title says it all Abraham Lincoln was
a president by day, vampire hunter by night. To
be completely blunt, this movie will be terrible or
awesome. The few trailers Ive seen for this have
made it look visually stunning, but it is one thing to
make a good preview, and something entirely more
difcult to make a good lm.
Prometheus
The previews are vague as to the details of this lms
premise, but it seems to be a sort of prequel to Ridley
Scotts Alien series. A team of explorers arrives
on a strange planet in search of clues to the origin of
mankind, only to encounter a horrifying battle for
their own lives. Scott has assembled a strong cast for
the lm, including the likes of Noomi Rapace (The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Michael Fassbender
(Shame), Charlize Theron (Young Adult),
Idris Elba (Thor) and Guy Pearce (The Kings
Speech).
The Dark Knight Rises
Christopher Nolans nal installment to the Batman
trilogy is far and away the most anticipated lm
this summer. There is much speculation as to what
will happen to Batman, but no one can know for
sure, which only adds to the excitement. Will new
villain Bane (Tom Hardy, Inception) break
Batmans back as he does in the comics (rendering
him a paraplegic), or will Nolan have him killed
off altogether? What will be the role of anti-hero
Catwoman (Anne Hathaway, The Devil Wears
Prada)? Legions of fans will be clamoring to
know.
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