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INTERNATIONAL
Panama Papers expose link
between offshore accounts and
hundreds of companies and individuals, including world leaders
More than 11 million documents
leaked from the Panamanian law
firm Mossack Fonseca have shown
links between 140 current and former
world leaders in 50 separate countries, according to the International
Consortium of Investigative Journalists and its media partners.
These leaders include the current
presidents of Argentina and Ukraine,
the king of Saudi Arabia, and close
friends and relatives of Syrian dictator
Bashar al-Assad, former Libyan dictator Moammar Ghadafi, and Russian
president Vladimir Putin.
Over 370 journalists with more than
100 different news outlets searched
through the leak in a yearlong investigation. That investigation began
when a German paper, Sddeutsche
Zeitung, received 2.6 terabytes of
leaked documents and concluded
when the ICIJ released the findings
Sunday.
The firms co-founder, Ramon
Fonseca, confirmed the authenticity
of the documents but added that they
were obtained illegally by hackers,
according to the Associated Press.
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TECH BREAK
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Supreme Court ruling rejects
challenge to one person, one vote
standard
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that the total population recorded by the Census Bureau
should be the population used when
counting people for political purposes, like creating legislative districts.
The challenge to this idea, often
called one person, one vote, came
from Citizens for Fair Representation,
a conservative activist group. According to NPR, the same group was
responsible for successful challenges
to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and
against affirmative action in Texas.
The group argued that some legislative districts are diluted by disenfranchised voters, mainly those people
who are too young or non-citizens. In
theory, this means that voter power is
increased in districts with large numbers of ineligible people and diluted
in districts with small numbers of
ineligible people. With that, the group
claimed that one person, one vote
violated equal protection under the
constitution.
However, the decision, written by
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, found that changing the rules
now would create undue stress on a
system that already works. Moreover,
representatives must represent everyone in a district, not just those people
who can vote in accordance with the
14th Amendment. Because of this,
one person, one vote promotes equitable and effective representation.
LOCAL
Nevada voter registration surges in
month of March
More than 22,000 Nevadans registered to vote last month and roughly
16,000 of them were Democrats, according to new numbers from Nevadas
Secretary of State.
In comparison, just over 4,300 people
registered Republican in the same time
period. Its swelled the Republican
ranks just about 1 percent, according
to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. On the
other side of the aisle, the Democrats
increased their numbers by about 3.4
percent.
In total, Democrats in Nevada now
outnumber Republicans by about
60,000: 501,513 to 441,919.
Jacob Solis can be reached at
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By Marcus Lavergne
Tablets, cell phones, laptops, and other
electronics and handheld devices all seem to
have one thing in common the human species insatiable desire for their backlit screens
and high-quality, built-in cameras. Catching
up on the days news and social media action
has become embedded in our daily routines
from the moment the alarm clock goes off.
According to data collected last October

by the Pew Research Center, 65 percent of
U.S. adults own smartphones, up from just
35 percent in 2011. Tablet use has also experienced explosive growth from just 3 percent
of adults in 2011 to 45 percent in 2015. Within
the smartphone group, two demographics
are nearing saturation points where almost
everyone owns one. More than 80 percent of
adults younger than 50 own the devices, while
nearly all adults 92 percent have at least
a cell phone.
The numbers make sense in a time where
technological advances are continuously
making communication across space and
time more efficient. Although the six degrees
of separation theory has long been popular,
social media studies have shown that the
Instally: an answer to UNR

parking woes in sight?
Marcus Lavergne
The University of Nevada, Renos continuous
growth coupled with ongoing construction and
renovation has had students and faculty in a bind
for some time. The main issues at hand are finding
a parking spot as close as possible to classes, and
avoiding what can quickly become costly citations
at the hands of campus Parking and Transportation Services.
To combat parking woes, administration has
come up with several suggestions to help individuals circumvent the whole situation. Parking
off campus and taking the new PACKTransit
systems, buying a student-only Wolf Pass for the
Sierra Spirit public bus, and going through the
new car-sharing service, Zipcar, are among a few
ways to bypass the parking struggles.
Of course, walking and biking are also solutions,
but thats not always an option, especially when
northern Nevada falls victim to snowy conditions
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number is shrinking. The heavily populated

site Facebook found that the number of degrees was closer to four and steadily dropping
back in 2011.
From a global standpoint, theres no doubt
that the digital connection between humans
is more prevalent than ever before, research
has shown numerous potential problems with
humanitys clingy relationship to technology.
For years, new information and observations have brought attention to the development of eye and ear health issues and sleep
deprivation. One such report, released last
November by Common Sense Media, found
that teens ages 13-to-18 were using up more
than a third of their day online.
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ASUN approves
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Staff Report
or students have long commutes to campus. The

bottom line is this: people have their own vehicles,
and theyre using them to get to classes. So how
does one go about solving the parking problem?
One graduate student in Nevadas MBA program
thinks he has the answer.
Ryan Klekas, a songwriter, husband and father
of four began his graduate career last fall. One day,
he ran into trouble while running late for one of
his entrepreneurial classes. He got a university
parking ticket, and came to a realization sometimes, parking on campus just sucks. Ironically,
the class he was running late for was his mentor
Matt Westfields New Venture Creation, which is
where Klekas began to innovate the way people
park
I had taken one entrepreneurial class in the
semester before in my undergrad, Klekas said. I
just always remember them talking about the best
After a year of focus groups and multiple drafts, the

Associated Students of the University of Nevada senate
approved a new strategic plan for the association during
its meeting on Wednesday. The plan, written by ASUN
President Caden Fabbi, replaces the now-outdated Joint
Vision 2017, much of which has been implemented
already.
Titled No Walls: 2025: A Student Vision for the University of Nevada, the plan is aimed at breaking down
the barriers that Fabbi sees as keeping the university and
the student body from reaching their full potential. More
than that though, Fabbi stressed in the plans conclusion
that future student leaders shouldnt shy away from
roadblocks that may impede implementation of the plan.
To reach this ideal campus with no walls, there may
need to be some fee increases and there may need to be
some changes in the way that we typically think about
our college experience, Fabbi wrote.
Fabbi had been working on the new plan since
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Aside from physical health issues, some

are finding that excessive technology use,
especially among college students, can
simply lead to a disconnect with people
and the outside world. Thats where
organizations like Digital Detox come in.
The group partnered with the Associated
Students of the University of Nevada and
came to the University of Nevada, Reno,
last Wednesday for a shortened, daylong
version of its Camp Grounded event.
Usually, the adult summer camp
is held for four days in the wilderness.
Participants give up all technology, work
jargon and even clocks during their stay.
Students at the university were given the
opportunity to unwind with live music
and activities like knitting, arts and crafts
and typewriting at the UNR Quad.
Jesse Rogala, also known by his camp
name Little Fish, was part of the Camp
Grounded production crew. Although the
camps usually have older attendees, Rogala says college students make for great
participants.
In terms of this generation of college
students, theyve known technology their
entire life, Rogala said. So its a new,
almost foreign concept for them to disconnect for a while.
According to Rogala, the event provided
a unique chance for students to take a
break from being students.
Weve had a lot of students come up
and say theyve been so stressed out from
studying that this is exactly what they
needed, but they didnt know they needed
it, Rogala said. The coolest part, in my
opinion, is that you see people just having
conversations, like people who wouldnt
normally talk to each other just bonding
over a cup of tea.
A number of different students showed
up to camp out inbetween classes and
other responsibilities. For some, like
freshman Madi Keller, it was a pleasant
first-time experience because a lack of
distractions made it easier to connect
with people she didnt know. Keller said
she would like to eventually attend the
actual camp.
[Being out here] is fine, Keller said. I
dont mind it. I didnt think about it once
while I was out here because Im doing
stuff I like to do, and Im talking to people
instead of just talking on the phone.
ASUN President Caden Fabbi also took
time to enjoy a break from the hustle and
bustle of university and student politics
and business to check out the festivities.
For Fabbi, the camp created a good opportunity to break away from the norm.
I think its different, Fabbi said. It
allows for students to use their creativity
and think outside of the box of what they
would normally be doing at an ASUN
event. Just throughout this day, you see
so many different people, who arent
students who go to your big concerts or
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The fourth section focuses

back on students, who, it should
be noted, form the entirety of
the ASUN constituency. Specifically, this section tackles the
future of career opportunities
on campus, student health, and
the relationship between ASUN
and alumni.
The fifth part, titled A Holistic
Learning Experience, provides
an outline for just that. It covers
everything from faculty pay to
teaching styles.
During last weeks meeting
of the ASUN senate, Center for
Student Engagement Director
Sandra Rodriguez noted that the
professional staff within ASUN
has already begun implementing the plan, or at least referring
to the plan when it comes to
looking where ASUN should go.
The senate approved the new
plan unanimously, thus it will
immediately replace Joint Vision 2017.
A full docket marks the 83rd

sessions penultimate meeting
With just two weeks left in the
83rd session of the Associated
Students of the University of Nevada (and only one left as of print
time), the ASUN senate was kept
busy Wednesday by seven different
pieces of legislation that hit the
senate floor.
The first resolution up for debate
would support adding three fulltime positions within the ASUN
Center for Student Engagement,
was approved fairly easily. Discussion of the bill was short and only
Sen. Ashley Loera, College of
Liberal Arts, cast a vote against it.
Up next was a resolution that
would officially approve ASUNs
strategic plan, itself written by
President Caden Fabbi. While
some senators had some clarification questions, the body was
unanimously in favor of the plan
as a whole, and the measure was
approved easily.
Another resolution, this time in
favor of creating priority registration for student veterans, was
also approved with relative ease.
Although some concerns were
brought up over exactly when these
students should be allowed to
register in relation to other priority
students, such as athletes or honor
students, the senate decided that it
wasnt up to ASUN to decide that so
much as the university administration.
The next two bills, however,
ran into some stumbling blocks.
Each of the two bills would make
changes to the language in the
elections section of the Statutes of
the Associated Students, ASUNs
big book of rules and regulations.
Current Elections Chair Dalton
Mack expressed concern to the
Committee on Government Operations that students could theoretically be in the room while votes
for the ASUN general elections are
counted, which could distract the
elections chair and the attorney
general while they counted votes.
These new measures would explicitly bar any student except the
elections chair, attorney general
and anyone else deemed necessary from being in the room. The
majority of the senate, however,
found the move to be largely undemocratic and thought it a barrier
to transparency.
With only two votes in favor, the
measure was roundly rejected.
The next bill, which dealt with the
presence of observers who were
present on behalf of candidates,
was not picked up for discussion
and was, by extension, defeated.
Fabbi and chief of staff Raina
Benford had also asked the senate
for a bill which would put the Chief
of Staff in charge of fundraising for
the John Mackay Endowment, as
the chief of staff has relatively few
official duties written into the SAS.
After some debate over whether
the COS or the deputy COS should
get the job, the senate passed the
bill as is.
Finally, Sen. Michael Upton,
College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources, was
officially censured. Upton had
accrued more than five censure
points by missing meetings and
failing to accurately record office
hours. In a statement on the senate floor, Upton apologized, but
assured that the points were simply
due to forgetfulness.
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The Associated Students of the University of Nevada, Reno, organize a Digital Detox
Camp Grounded event on the Quad on Wednesday, March 30. The daylong camp was
dedicated to giving participants a break from work jargon and technology.
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traditional events, coming together.
According to Fabbi, getting away from
technology for a bit was not only a relief
for students, but a chance to open up
to the surrounding world. For him, the
facilitated human interaction was an
important takeaway from the event.
I think the whole entire theme of
[Wednesday] was lets be human again,
Fabbi said. Lets interact with each other
and get down to what the basic core of our
lives are supposed to be like without the
distractions of technology.
Although the opportunities dont seem
to be presented often after school or work,
studies show that taking a break from tech
isnt only therapeutic. It can have lasting

stress-relieving qualities. A 2011 study
from Kansas State University showed that
even as the usage of communication technology in work-related settings continues
to grow, its important to take a mental
break during non-work hours.
The researchers observed that employees recovered from job demands much
more efficiently after putting down their
devices and resting their brains. In todays
age, students often bear the loads of both
coursework and occupational labor and
for many, social media, texting, phone
calls and Netflix binging take up long portions of downtime. For Rogala, the key to
dealing with it all is balance.
I think its having some time of the day
where you take some time of the day to
switch off, Rogala said. Its mostly about
being conscious about how much you use
your technology and really making space
for yourself to disconnect.
For a generation consistently focused
on self-improvement, and developing
self-awareness digitally detoxing may just
be another important step to leading happier, healthier lives.
Marcus Lavergne can be reached at
mlavergne@sagebrush.unr.edu and on
Twitter @mlavergne21.
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start of his term a year ago. In

the plans cover letter, Fabbi
notes the importance of qualitative data, metrics, interviews
and focus groups, as it all played
a large part in focusing and
developing the plan. For him,
the document will provide a
vision for ASUN officers and the
students they serve.
I think [the plan] allows
[students] to see that ASUN can
have a large and real impact
on the student experience,
Fabbi said. And its not even
just students. This document
is gonna be sent out to every
faculty member on campus;
its gonna be sent out to the
chancellor, the regents, we want
to give it to legislators. We want
everyone possible to read this
document.
The plan is, however, fairly
vague when it comes to recommendations. At the end of every
section, theres a bulleted list of
goals for ASUN. These goals are

worded such that theres no specific action to be taken on any
single item and its for good
reason, according to Fabbi.
Things change over time,
from year to year, Fabbi said.
The way we would go about
accomplishing some of these
goals right now may not be the
way that students might go
about accomplishing them in
2022 or 2023.
Fabbi added that the whole
purpose is to provide a vision
of the future from the clouds,
and that its up to future officers
to figure out specifics.
Even so, the plan is still fairly
comprehensive. At 10,000 words
and 40 pages, the five separate
sections cover everything from
the Campus to the City Initiative to the role of advising to
the relationship between ASUN
and entities like the UNR Cooperative Extension.
The first section, titled A College Town, covers the proposed
Gateway District, the role of
student spectators in university
athletics, the relationship between ASUN and Renos cultural

scene, as well as the expansion
of Learning 365 via the creation
of The Experimental College.
That experimental college
would utilize Learning 365
and the Cooperative Extension
to provide non-credit classes
to students and community
members.
The next section tackles the
nature of the university community, especially as it pertains
to students. Specifically, this
section does much to address
diversity on campus, calling
for a role in the recruitment of
minority students, increased
faculty diversity and more
resources for gender equity, to
name a few.
The third section expands
the meaning of community to
include the Reno community at
large, noting specifically UNRs
role as a land grant institution.
This section includes many of
the general goals already addressed in some form by ASUN,
namely civic engagement.
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Sontag
way to start a business is to look for a

problem.
While sitting in his parking spot
that fateful day, Klekas said he looked
around at all of the houses surrounding the campus or more specifically,
all of the driveways. He said on that
day he wouldve loved to be able to
park in one of those spots, and then
he started questioning why there
wasnt an app for that in todays day
and age.
That was the beginning of his creation. Instally was coming to life. The
app allows people to rent out their
driveways or unused parking space
for money during set periods of time.
The goal is just to make parking
limitless, Klekas said. This at least
gives you options to where if you want
a space and youre running late you
can pre-book it. I just think its really
terrible that you can be handicapped
by parking to the point where it
stresses you out or to the point where
it makes [people] reluctant to even
come and enjoy the university.
Klekas original goal when he
started his MBA was to network and
gain new experiences. He reached
out to multiple people in the area and
ran tests to continuously improve his
product and figure out peoples needs.
I had multiple people pay for it on
numerous occasions, Klekas said.
They had nothing but great things
to say about it, you know, This really
got me out of a bind. This made me
feel way better about getting up in
the morning knowing I already had a
space to go to.
This semester, he learned that there
were several business-minded individuals who believed in Instally too.
The Sontag Entrepreneurship Award
Competition was started by UNRs
College of Business, and first gained
funding in 2011 through a $1 million gift from alumnus Rick Sontag,
who studied physics in the graduate
program then went on to earn a MBA
from Harvard Business School. Sontag
created the Sontag Foundation, which
is dedicated to medical research and
self-help organizations, after his wife
was diagnosed with brain cancer in
1994.
The competition is dedicated to
helping build new businesses in
Nevada, while developing the entrepreneurial capacities of University of
Nevada, Reno students. Last week,
after the 32 original participants
dwindled down to five finalists, Klekas
became the competitions fifth winner
and took home the $50,000 grand
prize.
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Bernie Sanders supporters hold up signs during a Reno campaign rally in front of
the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center on Aug. 18, 2015. Though Sanders lost the
Nevada caucuses by 5 percent, he came away with a 10 percent win after Saturdays county conventions.
Sanders wins big in

county conventions
By Jacob Solis
Ryan Klekas, CEO and founder of Instally, poses for a portrait in West Stadium
Parking Garage on Monday, April 4. Klekas is the most recent winner of the Sontag Entreprenuership Award Compeition, which awards $50,000 to the victorious
business owner.
His mentor and entrepreneur-inresidence, Westfield, says the hard

work starts now for Klekas. Westfield
says that Klekas has locked into an
exchange of value, where hes receiving helpful feedback in exchange
for the work he puts in, and early on
in the process, Westfield and others
in the field saw that Instally could be
something special.
Youve got to team up and youve
got to nurture the ones who have
that glimmer in their eyes, Westfield
said. Its not an academic exercise.
They really have that passion and that
glimmer and theyre super coachable.
Thats one thing, Ryan was incredible.
Westfield says it takes drive to
succeed in a new business venture,
something he believes Klekas has.
According to him, its easy to tell if an
individual has that passion and he
tries to express that to his students.
Klekas now has the resources to
take his business further. Westfields
convinced that with the right team,
the uniqueness of the business and
Klekas work ethic can carry Instally
to suburban college campuses across
the country.
This allows me to take my passion,
coupled with his, and say, Yeah, lets
go do this thing, Westfield said. I
I just think its

really terrible
that you can be
handicapped by
parking.
Ryan Klekas
CEO and Founder of Instally

told him now the real work begins,
now the real sleepless nights begin,
because theres money on the line.
For Klekas, the next level involves
more experimentation and confirmation that Installys on the right route.
With the tools and resources offered
through the College of Business and
with the support of mentors like
Westfield and others in the entrepreneurship program, it might be worth
keeping a close eye on where Instally
is headed in the near and distant
future.
Though former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have narrowly won the
day back in February when Nevada held
its Democratic caucus, Vermont Sen.
Bernie Sanders is certainly not out of the
race when it comes to nabbing a majority
of Nevadas 35 pledged delegates.
Sanders picked up two delegates on
Saturday after his supporters swept
through the conventions in Clark and
Washoe Counties. These results switch
up the delegate balance in the state from
2015 for Clinton to 1817 for Clinton.
However, these numbers might change
even more with the state convention still
left in play, according to veteran Nevada
political reporter Jon Ralston.
The delegate toss-up happened in the
first place because while county-level
delegates are bound to support whichever
candidate won their precinct, there were
a large number of elected delegates that
simply didnt show up.
The Las Vegas Sun noted that while
more than 9,000 county delegates were
elected during the caucus, only 3,800
actually showed up to the various conventions. This is in addition to 900 or so
alternates and 600 unelected alternates.
All these new county delegates will
decide which state delegates will go to
which candidate during the May 15 state
convention. Due to party rules, however,
they are only deciding the fate of 12 of the
35 delegates.
Therefore, even though Sanders lost
Clark County by roughly 10 percent, he
beat Clinton in the county delegate count
by almost 11 percentage points. The
reversal was about the same statewide,
as Sanders took home 55 percent of the
delegates versus Clintons 45 percent. Its a
stark reversal of Clintons 5247 win during the February caucus.
Sanders state director, Joan Kato, was
notably pleased after the announcement,
saying, We pretty much won Nevada,
according to the Sun.

Despite the win, Nevadas eight superdelegates could still swing the state back
toward Clinton, but none of those superdelegates are committed to a vote one
way or the other, and could change their
mind during the Democratic National
Convention itself.
The conventions werent without other
controversies as well. The Clark County
credentials chair, Christine Kramar, was
suspended during the convention after
Clinton staffers raised concerns over her
impartiality.
When Kramar tried to enter the convention, she was officially suspended.
This led to a sit-in by Kramar that almost
ended with a charge of trespassing,
though a deal brokered by state Sen.
Aaron Ford, D-District 11, avoided any
criminal charges.
At the end of the day, the Sanders camp
denied that it had been shown any bias
in its favor, and criticism arose over the
Clinton camps requests, which included
several drastic rule changes according to
a letter they sent to Clark County party
chair Chris Miller on Wednesday.
Kramar called these rule changes an
ultimatum and said that the convention
would need to be delayed to enact them,
but the Clinton campaign has denied this,
saying it always wanted the convention to
continue as scheduled, again according
the Sun.
For her part, Kramar was flustered after
the ordeal.
Im just in shock, Kramar said in an
interview with the Sun. Im trying to
keep it equal and fair. I pissed off an equal
number of Clinton supporters and Sanders supporters.
The state party convention is on May
15, while the national convention is on
July 25.
Jacob Solis can be reached at jsolis@
@TheSagebrush.
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A4
PACK N
THE EVENTS
THINGS TO
WATCH OUT
FOR THIS WEEK
RAELYNN & DUSTIN LYNCH
By Blake Nelson
PAUL KITAGAKI JR.

DATE: Tuesday
TIME: 4 p.m.
LOCATION: Reynolds School
of Journalism, Studio A
INFO: Photographer for
The Sacramento Bee Paul
Kitagaki will be speaking
about his new project that
chronicles the internment
of 200,000 JapaneseAmericans during WWII.
The project titled Gambatte!
Legacy of an Enduring Spirit
uses photographs to tell
the story of the interned
people. This is of interest
to journalism students and
history students alike, as
well as anybody who has
an interest in the issue
of Japanese-American
internment. The speech is
free to any visitor and will
surely be informative.
FOSTER BODY,
SINK, AND AMOEBA
DATE: Tuesday
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
LOCATION: The Holland
Project
INFO: Foster Body is
traversing the salt flats
to play for us Renoites.
Bringing their noisy postpunk sound, the band is sure
to please all concertgoers.
Playing with the band is
Arizona Youngs side project
S I N K, which has a dark
pop sound. And rounding
out the set is Ray Muellers
solo project, Amoeba. Catch
it all for only $5 at your
favorite local art venue.
BRETT VAN
HOESEN, 'FORMS
OF VISUAL LYING'
DATE: Wednesday
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Mathewson-
IGT Knowledge Center,

Wells Fargo Auditorium,
Room 124
INFO: Art history professor
Brett Van Hoesen will speak
on the topic of German
popular press' use of the
photomontage and editing
during the period between
WWI and WWII. The
speech will explore the
idea of changing the truth
through photographs and
how it shaped popular
opinion of the time. With farreaching implications, the
lecture will lead into much of
larger topics of todays photo
editing and things of that
nature. Entrance is free to all
those who are interested in
coming.
BLACK MIDNIGHT
SCREENING
DATE: Sunday
TIME: 4 p.m.
Flickr photo provided by

Disney ABC Television Group
RaeLynn poses on the red
carpet for the Country Music
Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 5,
2014. RaeLynn performed last
weekend on April 4, for the
Associated Students of the
"Country Concert" in the Joe
Crowley Student Union,
Grand Ball Room.
ASUN FINALLY GOES COUNTRY LAST WEEKEND
Blake Nelson can be reached

at tbynum@sagebrush.unr.edu
and on Twitter @b_e_nelson.
By Conner Board
sk any country music fan who

attends the University of Nevada,
Reno, and they will tell you that there
was an intense excitement running
through their veins when they heard
of last weeks concert. The Associated
Students of the University of Nevada
brings talented and well-known
performers for every university show, but country
performers are rarely on that list until last
Thursday. The Country Concert at the Reno
Ballroom featuring Dustin Lynch and RaeLynn
finally gave Nevada students a chance to stomp
their boots and swing dance the night away.
RaeLynn, who found fame on the television series
The Voice in 2012 as a part of Team Blake, opened
up the show to a very excited, plaid-covered crowd.
The audience sang along to her current single For
a Boy. If you saw selfies of students with RaeLynn
floating around social media the following day, it is
because RaeLynn loves to take selfies with fans, and
who is going to complain about that?
Not only did the crowd show love for RaeLynn, but
RaeLynn also shared her love for Reno in multiple
Instagram photos the following day. In one picture
her caption stated Reno, you were so energetic and
magical last night. Thank you for being amazing [insert kissy face emojii]. Yes, RaeLynn is actually that
adorable. Yes, she is really only 21. And yes, I think every college aged female wants to be her no shame.
RaeLynn closed her set with her hit single God

Made Girls as the venue began to fill up with even
more with students ready to see the headliner
Dustin Lynch.
Unlike RaeLynn who loved having pictures on fans
phones,Lynch preferred not to have phones at his
meet-and-greet session. But some gym-goers got a
treat earlier in the day when Lynch decided to do his
workout at our very own Lombardi Fitness Center.
Although most of us werent graced by Lynch getting his grind on, we did get to see him as he took
the stage for about two hours. After opening with his
party startin song To The Sky, he told the crowd that
he instantly felt like a part of the Wolf Pack and gave a
cheers to all the boot-wearers. He had every girl in the
house screaming when he sang Wild in Your Smile
and got even more hollering from the audience when
he played his current single Mind Reader.
Not only does Lynch have a big cowboy hat and
a big ol smile he also has a big voice. He arguably
sounds better live than on his albums, which says a
lot about his high level of talent. Not only did he show
off his vocals he even let some Nevada students
showcase their voices.
The country star pulled two students up onstage to
do karaoke. He had a huge spinning wheel to find out
what genre or artists the students would have to sing.
A variety of songs were performed, including When
The Sun Goes Down by Kenny Chesney, Pour Some
Sugar On Me by Def Leppard and even against Lynchs
wishes Say My Name by Beyonce. One of the two
lucky students landed on Shot with the Band, but
Lynch followed the universitys no alcohol policy and

said he would just take one himself. After someone
yelled frat party from the crowd, Lynch said he
needed somewhere to party later that night, but who
knows where he ended up, because I sadly dont.
Although Lynch shared his love of partying, he also
shared some deeper moments with the crowd. He
shared that his grandparents had been together for
61 years, and after his performance of Cowboys and
Angels he thanked everyone present for changing
his life with the success of that song.
He ended his set by playing Where Its At, and
if you werent paying attention you may have wondered where he was at, as he set sail on a raft across
the crowd. Crowd surfing is pretty cool, but I have
to say, crowd rafting takes the cake. After he arrived
back onstage from his venture atop the hands of fans,
he exited the stage thanking the crowd. But any real
Dustin Lynch fan knows that he had not played one
of his most popular songs, Hell Of A Night.
Through the loud yelling of Encore! chanted, the
crowd heard guitars being grabbed and saw silhouettes on the stage and, well, we got our encore.
Lynch and RaeLynn put on one heck of a show,
leaving us all wanting more (hint, hint, Department
of Programming). But to Nevada ASUN, from all of
us country folk and newly converted country music
fans we thank you.
Conner Board studies journalism. She can be
reached at tbynum@sagebrush.unr.edu or on Twitter
@b_e_nelson.
Art: Permanent or Amendable in the 21st Century?
LOCATION: Nevada
Museum of Art
INFO: This is a little treat
for all you film buffs out
there. Black Midnight is
a short film that combines
playful and creative filming
techniques into an interesting
Western storyline. It was all
filmed in the Lone Pine area
of California in the year 1949.
Directed by famous Western
director Oscar Budd
Boetticher, the film is an
interesting slice of the Golden
Age of filmmaking. Entrance
to the film is $5 for students
and $7 for everyone else.
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Nevada Sagebrush
Dustin Lynch performs
for the students of the
University of Nevada, Reno,
in the Joe Crowley Student
Union, Grand Ballroom on
Saturday, April 4. Dustin
headlined the "Country
Concert."
By Joey Thyne
fter Kanye West released The

Life of Pablo to Tidal on Feb.
13, he took it upon himself to
continue tinkering with the
production before putting it up for sale
and onto other streaming services. The
new versions of the songs have a more
polished sound overall with crisper
drums and vocals, and
a few more interesting compositions.
Although I prefer some
of these to the originals,
it raises the question:
should artists update
their material once
it has already been
released?
Joey
Concerning
the
Thyne
initial release, West
was surely pressured
by an industry that encourages music
to be released as quickly as possible. In
2015 it became clear that quality was to be

sacrificed for quantity, with popular artists
like Young Thug and Future churning out
multiple projects haphazardly.
West is undoubtedly a perfectionist, but
I contest the notion that art is meant to be
perfect. Great art is defined by its flaws.
What if Jimmy Page went back and rerecorded his sloppy guitar playing with a
more pristine sound and a steadier hand?
What if Bob Dylan went back and edited
his caustic vocals to make them easier on
the ears? The fundamental spirit would be
lost entirely.
Personally, my favorite art is not my
favorite because it is technically immaculate. It is my favorite because it is
propelled by an intriguing energy or sentiment. Blemishes make it unique. If an
artist continues to update his or her art it
will eventually become devoid of nuance.
Some may argue that West's alterations
are acceptable because The Life of Pablo
hasnt even been out for two months,
but it is a slippery slope. Nearly three
decades after its premiere, George Lucas

released DVDs of the Star Wars trilogy
with updated special effects. Nowadays
it is almost impossible to find copies that
arent tainted by CGI-added Jabba the Hut
and Hayden Christensen. The original versions are snapshots into an antiquated age
of filmmaking. The intervening effects distort this memory, creating an inconsistent
visual palette by interjecting innovations
that will be out of date in another decade
anyway.
Art is supposed to be a glimpse into
the artists psyche from a specific span of
time, the good and the bad. The updates
by West have been mostly technical, but
the incessant pursuit of this nonexistent
perfect album comes from a place of
emotional instability. Any shortfall the
original album has reveals a vulnerability
in his aspirations. How beneficial is going
back and gleaming over such things?
If West continues to renovate The Life
of Pablo, it will lose the immediate reactivity and intimate devotion he had when
the ideas initially struck him. The album

hinges on the unadulterated point of
view of a black man in 2016 a man who
recently became a husband and father, a
man sauntering toward middle age, a man
smothered by a lethal amount of fame and
excessive wealth, a man coping with the
pressure to stay relevant in rapidly changing times, a man still frustrated by a lack
of inspiration even though he has unlimited resources, and a man still combating
lingering feelings of dissatisfaction even
though he has everything hes ever asked
for.
If nothing else, this situation demonstrates the type of opportunities artists
have in the modern era of instant gratification. But with such high ambition and
such low self-restraint, this may not be
such a good idea for Kanye West. One must
ask: should one man have all that power?
Joey Thyne studies journalism. He can be
reached at tbynum@sagebrush.unr.edu or
on Twitter @b_e_nelson.
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Opinion
A6
STAFF EDITORIAL
Digital
Distraction
Treat yourself to technology-free
moments once in a while
ts Wednesday March 30
and there is something
different about the Quad at
The University of Nevada.
The per usual passerby crowd
whose eyes would typically
be glued to their illuminated
handheld screens seems to be
nowhere to be found. Instead,
students are found barefoot
listening to live music, participating in an array of offered arts and
crafts, writing letters to loved ones,
and actually engaging in conversation with their peers.
A scene that most would concur
is almost unrecognizable these
days, but made possible all thanks
to the ASUN- hosted event Camp
Grounded, an adult summer camp
that encourages those who participate to leave their phones at the door
in exchange for a silly name tag.
Instead of being
so consumed by
technology, students
in attendance of
the event took the
afternoon to enjoy
the warm weather,
the company of those
around them and
most importantly
the Quad served as
a breeding ground
for organic, genuine
experiences.
In January 2014, Pew Research
Center recorded 90 percent of
American adults own a cellphone, 32
percent of American adults own an
e-reader and 42 percent of American
adults own a tablet computer. Later
that October the center released that
64 percent of American adults owned
a smartphone. Additionally, they also
released that more than half of the
population found themselves under
the influence of their electronic
device.
Do you find yourself falling into one
of the statistics above? Well, its ok so
do we. The amount of time we spend
on electronic devices is outrageous
and in turn deters us from things such
as developing genuine relationships
and experiencing life itself. These
days we are all so consumed with our
phones that conversations at dinner
tables dissipate. We lose touch with
what its like to cherish a moment
because we are so obsessed with
capturing the perfect Instagram
picture. We let handheld devices
devour us whole while life carries
around us.
Digital devices arent all bad.
They do some truly remarkable
things. They have gifted us with
a plethora of conveniences
that we take advantage

of in our everyday lives.
Setting alarms, planning
schedules, emailing
at the drop of a pin, all things
digital devices make available at
our fingertips. Digital devices dont
hinder all relationships. They allow
us to communicate and check-in
with the people that mean the most
to us in a convenient fashion at any
time or place.
It is hard to get away from digital
devices given the important role
they play in todays society, but
we simply have to. We need to put
down our digital devices, and let
ourselves experience life in real
time. The inability
to connect to real
people in front of
you can lead to
an uncomfortable
isolation, for not
only yourself but
the people around
you. The constant distraction devices
cause keep us from seeing whats
right in front of us. The more we
submerge ourselves in technology,
while secluding ourselves from
personal experiences the more
desensitized we become.
For the most part everyone leaving
the event seems to be in agreeance
that the event was a breath of fresh
air. Strangers enter a tea yurt setup in
the quad to sit atop Thai inspired pillows, listen to a live acoustic set, sip
fresh brewed herbal teas and engage
in real conversation. Some entered
the tea yurt initially as strangers, but
upon departure, left as newfound
friends. The onset stresses of class
and other outside forces seemed like
a distant worry when entering Camp
Grounded.
There is a very important lesson to
be learned from the Camp Grounded
event. We should all spend a little
more time in the present and a little
less time with our smartphones
glued to our palms. If only for a brief
period of time, the students in the
quad remembered a simpler more
meaningful life can come as easily as
setting aside digital distractions.
In the future, when we look back
we wont remember the times
spent trolling Instagram or
the hours we invested in
sending text messages. We
will remember moments
like those that occurred last
Monday in the quad.
The Nevada Sagebrush editorial
staff can be reached at tbynum@
@TheSagebrush.
The college environment nutures an open mind
oliday breaks in college are

imperative. Upon returning
home to spend time with our
families and friends from
our hometowns we allow ourselves
a necessary break from the stresses
college ensues in our lives. We need
times such as winter
and spring break to
allow us to regain a
grip on reality. Lord
knows that if these
strategic breaks in
the school year didnt
exist, I wouldve
willingly admitted
myself to live out my
Ali
remaining days in a
Schultz
rubber room.
Schultz Happens
If youre anything
like myself you use
breaks to put your feet up on your
parents coffee table, kick-start a brief
committed relationship to one pair of
pajama pants and catch up on all your
favorite shows your mom DVRs for you
while your time away. Breaks are a time

for mental vacations that dont necessarily evoke much intellectual thought.
However, this past spring break was a
little different from others. This spring
break sparked thoughtful reflection.
Obviously, this break, I spent a lot of
time with my parents. And although
our sense of humor mirrors certain
similarities and we never run out of
things to talk about, there is something
missing from conversations with my
parents open-mindedness.
Before this, I never really paid much
mind to the conversations that ensued
within the confines of my four walls.
But for the first time since embarking
on my college journey I realized college
is more than a degree; college is an
opportunity to develop an open mind.
That being said, this can mean having
conversations with those who did not
attend college can sometimes be hard.
Dont get me wrong, both of my
parents are very intelligent people. I
still have to use my fingers to count,
while my dad is very math savvy. My

mom has an undeniable niche for
words, which I like to believe molded
my writing style. However, whenever
hot topics come up around the dinner
table I have begun to see that my
parents just dont share the same
aversion as I do for the lack of acceptive viewpoints.
I never really noticed this particular
way college molds us until my trip,
which got me thinking. I thought
about all the conversations I had in the
J-school about ethics. Then I thought
about the open discussion forum
held in my political science classes
sharing the diverse viewpoints from all
different races, religions and political
affiliations. I began to reflect on all
the diverse people I met in college. I
thought about my dorm friends that
work on crab boats in Alaska during
the summer months, something Id
never experience. I thought about
some of my closest friends fighting
for gender- neutral bathrooms, a
topic I might not have paid much

mind to if I didnt see first hand the
vigorous passion on the subject that
my friends so passionately fought for. I
never wouldve been taught about war
opposition during Vietnam if I never
took my CH 203 class. I would still
most likely have zero knowledge on the
Muslim religion if I didnt step outside
of the confines of my comfort zone and
strike up a heated discussion with a
man who sat next to me in one of my
communication classes.
My point is simple: college is great
for the obvious reasons. More doors of
opportunity rush open and the experience is something to be cherished
forever. But my newfound affinity for
college lies in how it shaped me to be
an open minded person. I am not set
in my ways and have a mindset that
welcomes a safe environment for open
discussion despite possible differences
in culture, beliefs, skin color, political
affiliation, etc.
So although it may be difficult for
conversations with your parents to be

just as open to diversity as the ones
shared within your friend circles, it is
important to appreciate that college
has expanded your mental horizons.
Instead of getting frustrated that your
parents or any close relatives who
are so stuck in their ways regarding
mentality, try to use a more understandable approach. Try to sympathize
and try and open the door to a more
free-ranged conversation.
It is vital to be open-minded in life.
Fortunately for college attendees, we
are presented with new endeavors
every day to keep expanding our
mindset. The second we stop being
accepting of diverse viewpoints and
stop having conversations that are
foreign to our mindset is the second we
actively choose to cease our intellectual growth.
Ali Schultz studies journalism. She can
be reached at Alexandraschultz@unr.
edu and on Twitter @AliSchultzzz.
OPINION | A7
Travel
outside
your
comfort
zone
I signed my contract to receive all my

scholarship money, I was also signing
an employment contract. I had just
been hired by the U.S. Army to serve
eight years in the National Guard after
graduation. This ends with an almost
perfect situation a graduate of
ROTC becomes a second lieutenant
in the Army when they begin their
career. If they join the National Guard
they have one paid drill weekend
a month. The money received by
a second lieutenant is enough to
cover a great variety of bills, be it a
car payment, groceries for the month
or even rent. This type of income,
part-time or not, is a huge asset to a
college graduate.
There are many other reasons why
joining the military is a great decision,
but for a college student the money is
almost too good to pass up.
y feet are on the stiff

and rocky edge, the lush
variety of green rain
forest behind me, still
and inviting fresh water waving at me
below, and a heart thumping rapidly
in my chest. Do it, I command
myself. And I do. A swift breeze
accompanies me
as I feel myself
leap, losing my
breath. A few
seconds of silence
cling to me before
the loud crash of
my body meeting
the water fills the
air the sound of
Jordy
a conquered fear.
Addeo
The chill of the
water engulfs me
as I kick up toward the surface and
breathe the air of a new beginning.
I gasp, rub my eyes and then smile,
the kind that hurts after a minute or
two from viciously stretching from
one side of your face to the other. The
kind of smile that could be nothing
but a reflection of a gleaming soul.
With one jump, I am here the
place where I want to be. But two
months ago, the person treading water in the middle of a rain forest in a
foreign country, jumping effortlessly
from waterfalls, would be nowhere
near here. So how did I get to this
point of complete contentment,
confidence and fear-conquering
ability? I arrived at this moment by
evaluating everything that made me
feel comfortable and safe, and then I
boarded a plane and left it all.
A comfort zone. A word that boxes
us all into this suffocating place that
consists of the faces we recognize,
the streets we dont get lost on, the
language we speak and a familiarity
with all of its contents. Inside this
box, there is no fear of rejection,
confusion or uncomfortable change.
Humans like that; we like to be
surrounded by everything we know.
In contrast, the inside of this box
does not contain new perspectives,
growth or chances to learn. And
humans need that; we need to step
outside of our little spaces to grow
and see everything differently. The
inside walls of a comfort zone wont
change until we decide to paint them
ourselves.
New places are the best way, in my
opinion, to escape this box. In my
personal journey out of my comfort
zone, I have felt so lost, which in turn
has forced me to find myself and just
figure it out. Being lost has led me to
islands, a village of 300 people, rain
forests, volcanoes, deserted beaches,
friends who are family and a life that I
could never get tired of. And in doing
all of this, I have never felt so thrilled
to be alive. In just two months of
running from my comfort zone, lost
has become my favorite place to be.
Challenge yourself. Get out of your
comfort zone and get growing. Inch
by inch or milestone by milestone,
just start somewhere. It is entirely
possible to escape your box. Live in
a crappy basement for a year, pick
up extra shifts and save dat money
because nothing will make you more
rich than traveling and shattering
your own boundaries. And trust me,
when you finally take the leap from a
stiff and rocky edge, the discomfort
that brought you to that moment will
be more than worth it.
Andrew Montes studies mechanical

engineering. He can be reached at alexandraschultz@unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.
Jordy Addeo studies journalism.

She can be reached at alexandraschultz@unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.

On Friday, Apr. 2 Kim Kardashians bestselling book, Selfish sits on top of book shelves in Barnes and Noble. Selfish provides Kims fans with a multitude of selfies.
You can learn from Kim K.
Kim Kardashian
demonstrates talent
has no definition
n case you live under a rock,

Kim Kardashian and her
family have kind of been killing
it recently. Clothing lines, apps,
television shows and emojis Kimojis are several of the ways they
continue to build their empire, yet
people only seem
to attribute their
collective success
to a sex tape Kim
made with an
unmemorable man
over 10 years ago.
Even though this
notion is false on
so many levels, why
Caroline
would it matter if
Ackerman
she became famous
for a sex tape?
Is she supposed to live in shame
because of her sexuality? According
to people who dislike her, yes.

Recently Kim posted a nude
selfie in which black bars covered
just as much as a bikini would
have and received heavy backlash
and slut shaming from celebrities
including Piers Morgan and Chloe
Grace Moretz. Many people shamed
her in the comments by telling her
that a mother should not pose nude.
Her response was traditional Kim:
sassy, well-informed and confident.
This sort of confidence is what makes
Kim Kardashian an inspiration. She
definitely cares about what other
people think, but only if it positively
reinforces the image she has of
herself. Not only is Kim proud of the
way she looks, which is probably not
hard, but she is able to turn that pride
into many successful businesses.
Barbara Walters once called her
talentless in an intense and confrontational interview. This accusation
is one that has been floating around
about the Kardashians for quite some
time. The Kardashian sisters might
not have classic talent (whatever that
means), but their ability to turn their
lifestyles into a multimillion-dollar

business seems pretty talented to me.
She used the famous picture of her
crying to make emojis hate inspires
her! Kim has lived in the public eye
for so long, and she does not shy away
from the limelight, even though it
occasionally ends up with her being
accused of being a fraud.
The Kardashian sisters have also
been accused of using their looks to
get ahead, and honestly, so what?
Who doesnt wish their hot bod could
land them a million bucks, as if it
did work that way? (Note: the world
does not work like this.) Kim and her
sisters are pushing the boundaries of
body positivity and redefining what it
means to be feminine in a patriarchal
society. If Kim poses nude in a selfie
and then posts it to her own social
media using her own device, it should
be celebrated! Everyone has a body,
and everyone has the right to cover it
or flaunt it.
Its hard to determine what makes
the Kardashian/Jenner family so
newsworthy, but it is always making
headlines for one reason or an-
other. For people who are apparently

strongly disliked, the Kardashians
sure have a way of drawing the worlds
attention. Spinning negativity into
positivity is something I someday
hope to be able to do as well as
Kim. She has used negative press
as stepping stones to be where she
is today, and I totally couldve used
that inspiration as an unpopular high
schooler.
Kim never lets people stop her from
getting what she wants. She never lets
people tear her down, and the way
she stands up for herself also makes
strides for womens rights in general.
She has worked hard to get where she
is today, contrary to popular belief.
Maybe the most important lesson Kim
Kardashian can teach us is that we
dont need to have a standard talent to
get to where we want to be; hard work
and a positive self-image can be the
strongest tools of all.
Caroline Ackerman studies journalism. She can be reached at alexandraschultz@unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.
THE ARMY ROTC
Millions of Americans suffer from the big D word
eve all heard that

D-word thrown around
a great deal more than
we would have preferred,
especially after starting college and
entering early adulthood. It has been
said that once you get the D-word
it looms over you for years, trickling
into every decision
you make: Should
I really go to the
movies or should
I just stay home?
Is dinner really
worth the work I
will have to do later
to make up for it?
Now, the big D is
Andrew
obviously debt,
Montes
specifically student
debt. Millions of
Americans suffer from a self-induced
state of student debt brought upon by
attending college, according to CNBC.
Students rack up thousands of dollars
in debt in the hopes that they might
obtain a solid educational founda-
tion, and by extension, a secure job

for their future. The unfortunate truth
is that they still wont be guaranteed
a job once they graduate. There is
only one true way to guarantee ones
employment after graduation, and
that is by joining the military. This
may sound intimidating, I know. I was
intimidated too at first. However, after
learning more about the military, I
found that joining is actually a great
way of staying debt-free. Joining the
military includes many perks such
as scholarships, paid tuition, student
loan forgiveness and, as previously
mentioned, guaranteed employment
upon graduation.
Scholarships seem to be increasingly more difficult to obtain. When I was
applying to college after high school it
felt like I was eligible for a few dollars,
a sum hardly scratching the surface of
my in-state tuition costs. I knew that
the Army could offer students who
are soldiers in the National Guard
a tuition waiver for their university.
After a stressful and money-crunched
freshman year I looked into the

National Guard, but decided it was
not for me. That is when I discovered
the ROTC program at the University
of Nevada. What it offered me seemed
too good to be true: a monthly living
stipend, a $5,000 scholarship every
semester, all my books paid for every
semester AND my tuition waived. I
was ecstatic! Finally, I would not have
to worry about money anymore. I
could actually be free of the D. I had
found my new career.
When a student graduates from
a university they can receive up
to $65,000 in relief, according to
forgetstudentloandebt.com. To put
that in perspective, according to
CNBC, the average student accumulates approximately $29,000 in unpaid
student loans upon graduation. So the
average student would be perfectly
accommodated under this amount of
relievable debt.
A guaranteed job after graduation
is the dream that many struggling
college graduates strive toward. When
The Yes! Always campaign shares their reflection on this past spring break
s a member of Greek
life on the University of Nevada, Renos
campus, it doesnt
come as a shock to people that
Ive indulged in the spring break
phenomena. My freshman and
sophomore year, nothing could
stand in my
way from
journeying
down to Lake
Havasu or
spending
a week on
Mission beach
with my
closest sorority
Maddison
sisters.
Cervantes
For my third
Spring Break
at UNR I made the executive
decision to save my money
and energy for more important
things, like Coachella, and kick
back at home during my week

off. It was peachy. However,
now that I have embraced the
YES! Always consent campaign
into my life and gained a clear
understanding of the topics surrounding sexual assault, I have
begun to see this party-filled
week a bit differently.
The YES! Always spring break
campaign was the teams way
of keeping the spirit of consent
alive when students were letting
loose at the beach. The event
was splendid the team and I
felt accomplished in keeping
the conversation about sexual
assault and consent going with
our trivia questions and raffle
prizes. And of course, the free
burritos from Laughing Planet
didnt hurt.
Our initial reasoning behind
our spring break campaign
was the recognition that the
spring break atmosphere has a

tendency to disregard all serious
matters, and most common
sense. On one level, this sounds
delightfully relaxing. On another,
things can go south very quickly.
The attitude surrounding spring
break is one that often invalidates
any form of sexual harassment
or assault, and this is the attitude
that the team is eager to change.
When we take a small step
back and look at all of the
excitement that alcohol manages
to bring to the table, it can easily
make the most intelligent person
a blazing idiot. The team decided
that it would be beneficial to
remind students of these points
before they took off for the week.
The YES! Always event hosted
a trivia game that carried out
the conversation of consent
with a focus on the spring break
experience. When students
approached the table, they were

offered a chance to enter our
raffle by answering a minimum
of one trivia question. We were
pleasantly surprised by the
amount of correct answers.
We asked students true or
false questions on subjects like
alcohol consumption during the
spring break season, and some
of the guidelines surrounding
consent. With a topic like ours, it
can be easy to stray toward the
wrong answer. For example, we
asked a few students whether or
not consent is necessary before
each sexual encounter if two
people have previously engaged
in sexual activity.
For many, this may seem
silly it would seem that if an
individual agrees once, then
consent would be accounted for
each additional time. The team
and I felt a tinge of success when
we noticed that the majority of

these trickier questions were
answered correctly.
Our trivia accomplishment
tied together the loose ends of
our spring break campaign. This
party-filled season will always be
the time of year to disregard all
responsibilities, but there should
never be a time to disregard our
basic human rights.
It was refreshing to know that
there happens to be a chunk
of UNR students who have
their logic on track when it
comes to sexual assault and the
importance of consent. Seeing
students write on our whiteboard
what consent means to them
and participate in our trivia
gave the me an extra bit of faith
on the topic. Though, I have
also begun to accept that the
phenomena surrounding spring
break will always have a way of
making these sensitive topics

seem temporarily irrelevant, or
even invisible. While this a fairly
depressing thought, it has been
rewarding to participate in an
organization that has provided
me a front-row seat to tackling
these issues.
For this reason, the YES! Always
team has an urgency to continue
the conversation of consent
throughout the remainder of
the semester. Our hope is that
through tabling sessions, promotions and our event to kick off
summer vacation will keep the
importance of YES! Alive on the
UNR campus and in the minds
of students when they take the
party elsewhere.
Maddison Cervantes studies
journalism. She can be reached at
alexandraschultz@unr.edu and
on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
On Deck
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UPCOMING
GAMES
WEEKLY TOP 5
Interviewers
HOWARD STERN
The king of all media,

Howard Stern changed
radio forever with his honest,
unapologetic approach to
voicing his opinions. He argues
with his own cast on air, he
spews insecurities about his
own life and he has no shame
about it. Stern has a simple
interviewing formula. He butters
up the interview subject by
complimenting them on their
career. He then lists all the
people that have wronged
them in their life and coerces
the interviewee into divulging
secrets about their life.
CHARLIE ROSE
JAMES LIPTON
Charlie Rose is an
American treasure. His
signature move is asking people
the most general questions
possible, and somehow eliciting
a thought provoking response.
Rose works on ABC and has
the infamous black backdrop
that adds a dramatic flair to
his confrontational style of
interviewing. Charlie Roses
greatest strength is his curiosity,
and it comes across innocently
in his journalistic style.
Lipton conducts his
interviews on a New
York theater in front of his
class of drama students, and
conducts his interviews as
such. His first question is
always Lets start from the
beginning. Where did you
grow up? Lipton exclusively
interviews actors and has a
knack for getting his interview
subjects to become emotional
about everything from
addiction to family.
LARRY KING
STEPHEN
COLBERT
King has been married

eight times in his life to
seven different women, which
has nothing to do with his
talent as an interviewer but
its interesting. King worked
on CNN for 25 years, hosting
Larry King Live, a show
in which King interviewed
political figures, actors and
other members of the media.
King is very relaxed in his
questioning, and seems to
often go off cue.
Colbert, who is now

on CBS and replaces David
Letterman, hosted The
Colbert Report for nine
years on Comedy Central,
and prior to that worked on
John Stewarts The Daily
Show. On The Colbert
Report, Colbert created a
witty, conservative character
that asked interview subjects
questions from an extreme
perspective. Colbert was
wacky, spontaneous and
always intelligent.
at Texas
State
4 p.m.
4/8
at Texas
State
1 p.m.
4/9
at Texas
State
11 a.m.
4/10

at Fresno
State
6:05 p.m.
4/15
vs. Sacramento
State
6 p.m.
4/12
Nevada
takes
series
Wolf Pack on a roll thanks to a pair of wins
over conference rival San Diego State
Conf.
Overall
Fresno State
9-3
20-8
New Mexico
9-3
19-9
Nevada
6-4
13-12
Air Force
4-4
13-8
UNLV
4-8
10-17
San Jose State
3-8
10-17
San Diego State 2-7
6-19
TALE OF THE TAPE

Nevada
Category
TSU
OFFENSE
.283
Batting avg.
.292
5.2
Runs scored per game 6.32
.385
Slugging percentage
.433
.379
On-base percentage
.369
PITCHING
4.49
Earned run avg.
5.44
.279
Opposing batting avg. .233
9.68
Hits allowed per game 7.68

FIELDING
.977
5.08
Fielding percentage
.975
Runs scored per game 4.03
*All statistics thru games 4/4/16
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

SOFTBALL
The Nevada womens softball
team made its presence felt
this weekend, with Nevada
taking the series 2-1. The Pack
was an unstoppable force in
its first two games against the
Lobos, on April 1 and 2. Megan
Sweet hit a three-run home
run, allowing the Pack to take a
sizable lead. While offense is a
necessity, Bolinger pitched an
almost-flawless game, allowing
just one run in the top of the
seventh. April 2 yielded similar
results, with different players to
give tribute to. Jennifer Purcell
exploded onto the scoreboard,
batting in four runs, two of
which came from her, and the
other two from Jasmine Jenkins.
McKenna Isenberg pitched
a shutout and the Pack took
the game, 4-0. On April 3 the
Lobos gained a moral victory,
defeating the Pack 3-2 in its
series finale.
By Ryan Suppe
Over the weekend, Nevada
(13-12 (6-4 MW)) clinched a series
victory over San Diego State (6-19 (2-7
MW)) with wins in game one and game
two at Peccole Park. After starting the
season with a .313 winning percentage
through 11 games, the Wolf Pack has won
eight of its last nine games including six in
a row.
Nevada, led by freshman Cole Krzmarzick
who was 7-for-12 with three RBIs on the series,
beat San Diego State 6-5 on Friday in extra innings
and 3-2 on Saturday. Game three was tied 6-6 in the
10th inning when it was postponed due to a travel curfew.
The Wolf Pack won Fridays game on a walk-off RBI single
from junior Trenton Brooks in the bottom of the 10th.
Junior Justin Bridgman was 3-for-5 at the plate and was
10-for-10 on putouts at shortstop.
Senior Christian Stolo started on the mound for Nevada.
He allowed three runs on eight hits through 6 1/3 innings.
Nevada led 5-3, and Stolo was in line for the win until the
top of the ninth when the Aztecs rallied for two runs, giving
Stolo the no-decision and sending the game into extra
innings.
Junior Ty Pennington pitched a scoreless 10th inning for
Nevada. Then sophomore Grant Fennell and senior Justin
Hazard were hit by pitches in the bottom half of the inning,
and Brooks drove in Fennell from second with a line-drive
single into center field to win the game.
On Saturday, junior Trevor Charpie pitched a complete
game for Nevada in the 3-2 victory. He allowed two runs
in the second inning and then pitched seven scoreless
innings, giving up just five hits and two walks.
Krzmarzick was 2-for-4 with an RBI. He scored a run
in the bottom of the second to tie the game, then, he
drove in senior Bryce Greagor with a line drive into
left field that would prove to be the winning run.
After the first two games of the series, Krzmarzick
became the Wolf Packs leading hitter with a .408
batting average and 10 RBIs.
Game three was another close one, but this time
it was Nevada who spoiled San Diego States lead late
in the game. The Aztecs scored four runs in the fourth
inning and one run in both the fifth and the eighth.
They led 6-4 heading into the ninth.
Nevada had the bases loaded in the bottom of the
ninth with one out when Jordan Pearce hit a ground
ball that should have been a game-ending double
play, but the throw to first was high. Two base
runners scored on the throwing error, and the game
went to extra innings for the second time in the
series.
For the third time this season Nevada had
a game postponed due to traveling rules. The
Wolf Pack and Aztecs will complete game three
during the two teams next series in San
Diego on April 29.
TRACK AND FIELD

Track and field teams from all
around the country met in Davis,
California, on April 1 and 2 to
take part in the UCLA Carnival.
Nevadas track and field squad
faired much better than others
on April 1, with victories in the
1,500 and 500-meter races.
Redshirt junior Sidney Root got
the ball rolling with her victory
in the 1,500 meter. Sophomore
Mckenna Evans followed Roots
strong performance with one
of her own, clocking a time of
10:52.31 in the 3,000-meter.
Suan would finish the final
400-meter in first place and take
home another victory for the
Wolf Pack on day one. Nevada
reaped the benefits of day two
as well, with Coquis-Lossio
taking first place in the javelin
competition. Next came the
high jump pit where Nevadas
Wadden persevered, reaching
her new personal best of 5 8.75
on her second attempt.
Ryan Suppe can be reached at

jrieger@sagebrush.unr.
edu and on Twitter
@salsuppe.
TENNIS
The Wolf Pack now sits at 8-6
with its most recent victory
over San Diego State in San
Diego. Nevadas doubles pair
comprised of Blaga Delic and
Sheila Morales were victorious,
with a score of 6-3. Adrianna
Gergelyova and Claudia
Herrero took home the doubles
competition for Nevada,
defeating their opponents
6-4. Herrero, Morales and
Gergelyova took the first
three matches of the singles
competition. Nevada would go
on to drop its last three singles
matches.
MW STANDINGS
Standings
at Fresno
State
6:05 p.m.
4/16
Photo courtesy of Andrea Wilkinson/Nevada Athletics
Jordan Pearce (21) swings at a pitch during Nevadas game against San Diego State on Sunday, April 3 at Peccole Park. Nevada won its first
two games against the Aztechs before the third game was postponed due to travel curfew.
Brandon Cruz can be reached at

neil@sagebrush.unr.edu and on
Twitter @SagebrushSports.
WHO IS THE GREATEST STAND-UP COMEDIAN OF ALL TIME?

George Carlin is the undisputed king of stand up
comedy. What made Carlin so brilliant is that some of
his best skits didnt even have jokes in them. The best
bit of his in my opinion is Baseball vs. Football where
he compares and contrasts the two sports. He never
made a joke or had a pun. He would use descriptions
like, Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new
life, and he has a high-pitched voice like a child. Then he
deepens his voice and says, Football begins in the fall, Neil Patrick
when everythings dying. It was the simple things like Healy
those that made Carlin the king.
VS
THE WEEKLY DEBATE
Jack
Rieger
Although hes accused of being vulgar and immature

(which he is), Louie C.K.s comedy is usually really smart
and thought-provoking. His stand-up focuses mostly on
masturbating and awkwardness, but it isnt just shock
humor. Louie is definitely not just a stand-up; he has a TV
show on FX centered around his life as a comedian, and
its unbelievably funny. Louie is famous around comedy
circles for putting out at least a new hour of material
every single year, which is unheard of in comedy.
Boxing
Basketball
SMITH, JACKSON GET SECOND

CHANCE
In the semifinals, the Pack hosted the Vermont

Catamounts out of the America East Conference.
Vermont had a respectable regular season,
finishing 23-14 overall with an 11-5 conference
record, including a 14-point win over NCAA
tournament team Stony Brook. Nevada won this
game handily, 86-72.
Lastly, Nevada faced Morehead State in the best
of three championship series. Morehead State
flaunted a 23-14 record and finished third in the
Ohio Valley Conference. This was Nevadas toughest, most athletic opponent in the tournament,
as the Pack narrowly beat the Eagles by three
points in game three of the series. Nevadas CBI
opponents combined for an 84-55 regular season
record in mid-major conferences.
Senior Zach Smith was the only member

of last years national championship team
that did not earn a regional or national
championship. After losing in the second
round of regionals, Smith was able to qualify
due to a fighter being disqualified because
of an injury. After losing in the first round of
nationals, Smith took the first semester off in
order to move up in weight. Once he moved
up to 156 pounds, Smith qualified for nationals again after finishing third.
Kirk Jackson fell just short of a berth in
regionals last year after a logjam in the
147-pound division forced him and Smith to
have a box-off to determine who would represent Nevada in that weight class. After losing
to Smith, Jackson worked on his footwork and
conditioning, while moving down his weight
class to 139 pounds. Jackson placed in the top
two of his weight division and qualified for
his first appearance in nationals.
YOUTH MOVEMENT
Nevada has two fighters going to nationals
that are underclassmen. Tristan Harriman,
165, turned his up-and-down sophomore
season into a third-place finish in regionals
via TKO against Air Forces Najia Bseiso 51
seconds into the second round. Freshman
Dre Gordon, 175, entered the ring for the first
time in the first round of regionals and won
his first career fight before losing in the second round after the referee stopped the fight.
In what was supposed to be his third career
fight, Gordon earned an at-large bid after his
opponent was disqualified due to injury.
BUILDING THE FUTURE

Of the six fighters going to nationals,
four have remaining eligibility after the
season. Mariano and Jackson graduate,
but Felling and Smith come back for their
senior year, Harriman returns for his
junior year, and Gordon will build on his
postseason experience as a springboard
into his sophomore year. The national
championships will be a stepping stone
for the future, as well as an opportunity to
capture a second straight title.
Neil Patrick Healy can be reache at neil@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter at NP_Healy.
Q&A
JR: UConn womens basketball is going for its

fourth straight National Championship; the team
has won 73 games in a row, and they are the only
dynasty in sports right now. Is their dominance
good for womens college hoops or is it unhealthy?
DK: No, I love it. And I loved when Tiger Woods
was at the top of his game. I wanted him to win
every weekend. I turned on the TV to watch Tiger,
and I couldnt tell you the last time I watched a golf
tournament. Thats the only time Ive ever watched
the PGA. I love watching people that are excellent at
what they do and it doesnt matter what it is; it could
be golf or pingpong or basketball. I love watching
people at the top of their industry.
JR: You doubled Utahs annual funds in five years.
What is it that makes you so good at networking
and convincing people that donating to your
local colleges athletic department is a worthwhile
investment?
DK: Its interesting because a lot of what we do in
fundraising is driven by ticket sales. We raised about
$5 million here and 60 percent of that is driven
by required seat donations in football and mens
basketball. At Utah, my timing was probably pretty
good but we had a lot of success in football. We put
systems in place and put people in place in order to
maximize revenue off of footballs success. We were
selling a lot of tickets in football and it was driving
revenue thanks to the systems we had in place.
A perfect example is here, in 2010, Colin Kaepernicks senior year. Nationally ranked. Beat Boise on
ESPN, then playing in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.
All those things happen and the next season Nevada sold just 200-400 new season tickets after the
greatest year in the history of the program. Thats
because we didnt have the right systems and people
in place. We probably sold over a thousand season
tickets last year and we went 4-8 the year before and
7-6 last year. Thats customer service and supporting our fans and creating a good atmosphere.
JR: Whether or not to pay student athletes is a
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TEAM AND COMMUNITY WANTED

EXTRA GAMES
The strongest case to be made for the CBI championship meaning something is that Nevadas
players and coaches were genuinely excited to
have a chance to play in the tournament. That
seems like a given, but often good teams are offended by not making the NCAA tournament and
feel like a lower-tier tournament is below their
talent level. Not Nevada, who wouldve played in
a street pickup tournament if it meant its season
would continue for another week.
Secondly, attendance at home games for the
CBI tournament was much higher than expected.
Lawlor Events Center had great energy, creating
a genuine home-court advantage thanks to the
surge of fans interested in watching Nevada play
in a postseason tournament. The Bud Light fans
were in full effect, as the CBI is not included in
the season ticket holders bundle. On Friday
night, 9,043 rowdy fans filed into Lawlor and
made a tangible difference in the game. They rose
to their feet at pivotal moments in the game and
fearlessly booed refs and opposing coaches when
necessary. It was clear the community felt
lucky to be able to keep watching its team play
what it felt were meaningful games.
Nathan Brown Silva/Nevada Sagebrush
Cameron Oliver (0) looks to pass the ball at the top of the key while being guarded by Lyonell Gaines (31)
during game two of the CBI championship at Lawlor Events Center on Wednesday, March 30.
CBI and the next year was in the final four. In

2011, Oregon won the CBI and went 24-10 the
following year in a really tough Pac-12 Conference. In 2012, Pittsburgh took home the CBI
trophy and finished 2013 as the 20th-best team
in the country.
Heres the point: if Nevada were a public company, financial experts would be urging investors
to buy. The Wolf Pack went 9-22 last year and fired
its coach. Fast-forward one year and the team

finishes the season 24-14 and has a postseason
championship trophy to flaunt in Legacy Hall for
incoming recruits. This program has been completely revitalized, and the CBI championship is
the icing on the cake.
Jack Rieger can be reached at jrieger@sagebrush.
unr.edu and on Twitter @JackRieger.
CREATING A WINNING CULTURE

If theres one thing weve learned in college
sports, its that culture matters. Nevadas new
winning culture was established long before this
tournament by athletic director Doug Knuth
and coach Eric Musselman, but it was certainly
echoed by winning the CBI.
Theres reason to believe winning the CBI could
foreshadow bigger things. In 2010, VCU won the
tired debate in sports. What is your opinion?

DK: There is a big component of the conversation that unfortunately doesnt come across in the
national media because its not fun to talk about.
Title IX is a federal law that says you have to provide
equal or similar opportunities for males and females. So to say that because mens college football
and basketball drives all the revenue so they should
get paid and no one else deserves it is against the
law. You have to spend the same amount of money
on the womens side. Thats volleyball, womens basketball, softball, soccer and more. The money adds
up quick, and you cant just say were only doing the
revenue sports.
If you told me I had to dig ditches for five hours
a day, then Id say you should probably pay me
because Im not enjoying this, but I got to play the
sport I love and the thing Im really good at. And I
think our athletes feel the same; they feel like they
get a great opportunity and a great education thats
paid for. You graduate in four years debt free; that
will provide opportunities for you for the rest of
your life. You can see where Im going with this. Im
not for paying student athletes.
START PUSHING YOURSELF.

START CHALLENGING YOURSELF.
START BUILDING CONFIDENCE.
START RAISING THE BAR.
START DEVELOPING SKILLS.
START TAKING ON CHALLENGES.
START MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
START EARNING RESPECT.
START STRONG.
JR: Pretend youre the person who evaluates your

performance as the athletic director, whomever
that may be. What grade would you give yourself
through your first 2 1/2 years, and what would be
some of your criticisms?
DK: Wow, thats a good question. I evaluate
myself all the time and its usually not very good.
I wouldnt call myself a perfectionist, but I try my
best at everything I do. Weve had success in some
areas, but there are areas weve missed. When you
look at the sum and try and total it up, probably a
B. Were so far behind our direct competitors that I
feel like were always chasing to catch up. Thats not
necessarily a bad thing because I feel like Ill never
get there. If were number one in the conference in
every sport, I feel like wed still be chasing someone.
Thats being a competitor; I grew up like that. Theres
always someone better, theres always someone
youre chasing.
Jack Rieger can be reached at jrieger@sagebrush.unr.
edu and on Twitter @JackRieger.
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Nevada head coach Eric Musselman hoists

the CBI trophy after Nevada beat Morehead
State in game three of the CBI 85-82 in
overtime. Nevada won its first postseason
tournament in school history.
Photo courtesy of John Byrne/Nevada Athletics
Nevada Athletics Director Doug Knuth (left) poses with

former Nevada running back Don Jackson (right) at
his graduation ceremony. Knuth was hired at the AD in
2013.
QA
WITH
&
CBI champs
How important is this for Nevada basketball?
By Jack Rieger
On Friday, April 1, Nevada basketballs 24-win
season culminated in a College Basketball Invitational championship win over Morehead State
University.
To many people the CBI is an afterthought, but
dont tell that to Nevada. When the final whistle
blew at 8:28 p.m., the Wolf Packs players and
coaches embraced one another and sprinted
to the student section side of the court in pure
elation. Elijah Foster, Cameron Oliver and others
stood on the media table and opened their arms
to the home fans, who had grown to adore their
team with every passing week. First-year coach
Eric Musselman was mobbed by the student section as chants of Muss echoed throughout Lawlor Events Center. The scene was taken directly
from a Hollywood script, as players and coaches
took their turn cutting down the nets. Even if it
was an overlooked postseason tournament, the
Wolf Packs resurgent 2016 season was capped off
with a championship.
But how relevant was winning the CBI cham-
pionship and what does it say about the state of

Nevada basketball? In other words, does winning
the CBI really matter? After all, its just the third
most prestigious postseason tournament after
the NCAA and NIT. To understand whether or not
the CBI bears any significance, lets first look at
the opponents Nevada beat on its way to hoisting
the trophy.
CBI OPPONENTS
In the first round, Nevada hosted Montana out
of the Big Sky Conference. Montana finished the
season with a 21-12 record, including a 14-4 conference record, which was good for second in the
conference. The Wolf Pack won the first-round
game 79-75.
In the second round, Nevada played Eastern
Washington at home, who finished with a 17-15
record and a fifth-place finish in the Big Sky Conference. Eastern Washington was Nevadas weakest opponent of the tournament, and Nevada
won the quarter-final game 85-70.
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DOUG
KNUTH
By Jack Rieger
Editors Note:On Friday, April 1, I sat down with the University of Nevada athletic director Doug Knuth. I asked
him how he convinces talented coaches like Eric Musselman to stay at a smaller school, whether or not the
NCAA should be paying student athletes, the model for
building a dominant athletic program and much more.
The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Jack Rieger: You graduated from the University
of Connecticut with a degree in management and
marketing, which I think is interesting because UConn
is this academically prestigious school tucked away in
the northeast corner of the country, yet they have this
unbelievably successful college basketball program
that pumps out championships every year. Do you
think that model is replicable? Can you translate that
model of an academic-centric school in the middle of
nowhere and make them excel in athletics, or is UConn
the exception to that?
Doug Knuth: No, not at all. Its been done in all parts
of the country. Have you ever been to Iowa City, Iowa?
Thats where the University of Iowa is. Have you ever
been to West Lafayette, Indiana? Thats where Purdue
University is. There are major academic institutions
in these little tiny towns all across the country and
they have big-time athletic programs, so UConn is not
unique. That model is everywhere.
JR: UConns success in college basketball didnt
really start until 1990, but Im not sure what ignited that
success. Probably hiring [Jim] Calhoun. So is that how
you make a program great, you have a great hire? Is that
the model?
DK: Thats exactly right. You hire a great coach.
UConn did it with two great coaches: Geno Auriemma
from the womens side and Jim Calhoun on the mens
side, and they stayed. They built the program and
brought it to a national stage and they stayed. Thats
the model. If you look at what Boise State has done in
football, Boise State has grown out of nothing and a
lot of that is because Chris Petersen stayed. Mark Few
from Gonzaga stayed. Wichita State basketball, their
coaches stayed. So thats the key; you hire a great coach
in any sport and youve got to figure out a way to make
sure that coach sticks around, and if you do, you have a
chance to build something special.
JR: Well, thats got to be the challenge then. How do
you convince really talented, ambitious coaches to stay
at a smaller program like Nevada?
DK: Its interesting because we have the conversation
on the university level too. The [university] president
would tell you he has that same conversation with really talented research people, really talented professors
because they get recruited away too. So we all do the
same thing; we all try to figure out how to keep your
most talented people and keep them happy and keep
them on staff as long as possible.
From a leadership and management perspective, the
key is you have to figure out people and understand
what motivates them and interests them. Is it money
or winning, or is it quality of life? Theres all kinds of
reasons people enjoy their jobs and work where they
do, and thats part of my job is to figure out what makes
people tick and try to make sure Im satisfying them in
areas that are most important to their life.
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Nevada boxing team heads to nationals

By Neil Patrick Healy
In what turned out to be a Cinderella run, the Wolf Pack qualified five
fighters to nationals and walked away
with four individual national champions and the team title. This year,
as the defending national champion,
Nevada boxing will look to claim its
second straight title this weekend in
Seattle, Washington. Here are some
of the key storylines entering the
weekend.
pounds, each won their third straight

regional championship. Mariano won
two at 139 pounds and one at 147
pounds, while Felling won two at 185
pounds and this years at 195. Kirk
Jackson, 139, placed in the top two
and earned a berth at nationals, while
Zach Smith, 156, placed third (the
Western Region gets to qualify a third
fighter in each weight class in 2016).
Tristan Harriman, 165, and Dre Gordon, 175, each earned at-large bids.
SIX BOXERS QUALIFY
FELLINGS CONTINUED
DOMINANCE
Nevada qualified six fighters for nationals during the regionals, including
two regional champions. JJ Mariano,
147 pounds, and Garrett Felling, 195
Felling enters this years nationals on a continued hot streak. Since

joining the boxing team almost three
years ago, he has won three regional
titles, two national championships

and has not lost a single fight in the
college ranks (Felling lost his first
career fight in the second round of the
Olympic Qualifiers last October). Felling goes into nationals looking for his
third straight national championship.
MARIANOS CAREER
COMING TO A CLOSE
Mariano goes into his final trip
to nationals at the tail end of a prolific career. Since joining the program,
Mariano has won three regional titles,
a national championship and is riding
a 14-fight winning streak dating back
to his sophomore season.
See BOXING pageA9
Photo courtesy of Melissa Staunton
Nevada boxer Tristan Harriman (right) takes on West Points Cody Dillard (right) in a
bout at the Eldorado Hotel and Casino on Feb. 5. Harriman earned a berth to nationals after an up-and-down sophomore season.
Housing
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Who
Choose Wisely
A close friend isnt always the best
choice for a roommate, but
getting stuck with some random
stranger can be even worse. Make
sure to weigh all the options, and
then strategically plan who to bunk
with and who to steer clear of.
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HOUSING GUIDE | B3
Be your own roommate

By Nicole Kowalewski
Its Friday night and the week
has finally finished kicking your
ass. You want nothing more than
to go home, rip off your pants
and binge watch the latest season of The Walking Dead. Youve
been home for less than five
minutes when your roommates
barge in and tell you theyre having a party at the house tonight
and its going to be quite the
rager. There goes your evening
drooling over Daryl Dixon.
While I love to party as much
as the next college student, I
equally enjoy a relaxing night
at home not having to interact
with other humans or fear being
judged by the amount of Double
Stuf Oreos I can consume in one
sitting. If youre an extroverted
introvert like myself, or find
yourself in the middle of a similar situation far too often, living
alone could very well be your

antidote.
Now, single living is not for
everyone and thats important
to remember. It involves a good
amount of alone time and is
usually a bit more expensive
than splitting the everyday costs
with a roommate or two. Nonetheless, living by oneself can
easily be that peaceful sanctum
that most college students long
for after putting in 17 hours
between school and work on a
Monday.
The most enjoyable part about
living alone is the freedom to be
your weird, psycho self. No one
is going to care if the same Sam
Hunt song is played on repeat
20 times, if you talk to yourself
when making a grocery list or if
you pick the wedgie thats been
making itself cozy since lunch.
Better yet, no one will even
know.
This ultimate level of privacy
allows one to live the way one
truly wants to. If youre used
to the dish towel being folded
a certain way next to the sink
or the couch pillows being arranged in a particular manner,
theres no one there to mess that
up or say otherwise. Own that
swan-folded towel and dont feel
embarrassed by your impressive
talent.
Single living also eliminates
the need to find a compatible
roommate. Whos more compatible to live with you than you? Im
sure most college students have
realized by now that living with a
best friend isnt always a dream
come true, and random roommates can be a nightmare from
Hell. As miserable as the experience may have been, those first
few roommates ultimately help
a person figure
out their ideal living situation for

the future.
If youre not a fan of pets,
dont get a pet. If youre against
smoking, dont smoke. If you love
polar bears more than people,
decorate the place using a polar
bear theme. Living alone gives
the endless possibility to be as
creative or reserved as one likes.
The biggest misconception
about living alone is being too
alone. Ill be the first to admit,
living by yourself can get lonely
if you dont have the drive to be
social. Law and Order: SVU
marathons and endlessly scrolling through Tumblr can only
satisfy for so long before human
interaction actually sounds more
pleasing. The great part about
having your own place is being
able to choose when to be social.
No more unexpected parties
or strangers waltzing into the
house at 3 in the morning. If you
want to go out, but come back to

a quiet, clean place, that option
is there. If you want to be the
host for the evening and impress
your friends with a store-bought
cheese platter and a cheap
bottle of wine, its at your own
convenience. Theres no more
worrying about who is allowed
over or what your roommates
will think or do in front of them.
Living alone may not be for
everyone, but you cant tell me
that dancing around in your
underwear at 2:30 a.m. listening
to Hello for the 19th time while
cleaning your house for your
Tinder date whos coming over
in 30 minutes doesnt sound
like a good time at least for a
night.
Nicole Kowalewski can be
reached at nkowalewski@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.
Choose wisely
By Terrance Bynum
Going Greek
By Maddison Cervantes
The initial idea of having 38
roommates can be one that
makes the average person flee
with terror, myself included. No
human being should have to
undergo that sort of torment, am
I right?
I am a third-year active
member of the Panhellenic
sorority Delta Delta Delta here
on the University of Nevada,
Renos campus. As I was shuffling
through the spring semester of
2015, my sophomore year, one
of my older sisters threw the idea
out that living in the sorority
house would be good for me. I
knew the gist of what living in
the house entailed, and most
of it had always sounded fairly
beneficial. Though, I was never
even slightly willing to sacrifice
my privacy for those benefits.
It was not until I began to feel
rather distant from the girls in my
sorority, particularly my pledge
class, that my mind started to
drift more and more toward the
live-in advantages. Those who
had or currently were living in
the house often raved about how
much closer it brought you to
the core of the sorority. As these
thoughts carried on, my privacy
seemed less and less valuable.
I eventually decided to turn
in an application and about a
month later, I was shocked to
find out that I would be living in
the house in the fall of 2015. I was
skeptical and nervous, but the
benefits of having a spot in the
house consistently reminded me
that I was enthusiastic as well.
When a member gets appointed one of the 39 spots in
the sorority house, the typical
college lifestyle seems to dissolve
and the term convenience is
reintroduced. At the Tri Delta
sorority house, our full-time chef
graces us with lunch and breakfast Monday through Thursday,

along with Friday brunch.
Though we may be on our own
each weekend, our rent also
provides us with a fully stocked
refrigerator and pantry. Personally, I would say that the only
downside to the houses food
situation is the lack of access to
the kitchen stove I would enjoy
the ability to make a proper
quesadilla now and again.
Once I tell people about our
chef, the part that really gets
them going is when I throw in
what it costs to live in the house.
For $280 a month, the food, the
sun deck, the cable TV and the
nonstop good company are
available to me all year long.
Naturally, this was enough to
make my moving into Tri Delta
the best decision.
I never thought that having
as many roommates as I do
would make my residence in a
sorority house comfortable, but
it truly has. One can never be
lonely, but it is never too difficult
to find a quiet corner when in
need. There is rarely a chance to
become bored, and there always
happens to be someone around
with good advice.
Most all of the sorority and
fraternity houses near campus
are affordable like Tri Delta.
While I do not believe they
are for everyone, I sincerely
recommend trying it out for a
semester.
For those who end up hating it, the best part about
living in a sorority house is
how temporary it can be,
which can also be the worst
part for those like me.
Having roommates has been

one of the best parts about college. Now some would strongly
disagree with that statement,
but if you think about it, its
true. For the most part, roommates see you day in and day
out in a much more personal
setting. Whether it be fighting on the phone with your
parents, almost burning the
house down cooking your first
meal or just living it up, your
roommates are given an unofficial invite into your personal
life, and its up to you to make
that invitation cordial or deny
it altogether.
For instance, be openminded when choosing your
roommate(s). Do not live with
your best friend; just dont do
it. Take my advice on this one,
and youll be dodging a bullet
that has the potential to kill a
beautiful friendship. What you
need is a roommate who can be
a confidant, business partner,
parent, life therapist
and someone who
you can be comfortable with,
but
dont
need to be
up each
o t h e r s
ass 24/7. In short, someone

wholl give a hoot about you
when you need someone.
Theres no real cut-and-dry
anecdote when finding your
ideal roommate. The roommate dynamic of my current
living situation is relaxed. I have
three roommates and we are
all seniors. With that said, we
all have busy schedules, so we
are rarely all home at the same
time besides nights and mornings, which is nice. I love those
guys, but its refreshing to have
peace and quiet every once in a
while. Wanting time to yourself
is more than understandable,
but I do enjoy the social aspect
of having roommates way more
than having time to myself.
To balance out the dynamic
of your household, you have
to take into consideration who
your ideal roommate is and
then go ahead and take that expectation down by five notches.
Its impossible to find the perfect roommate because no one
is perfect, especially in college.
Once you take your
expectations
down
a
notch, its
time
to get to business.
No matter how many roommates you may have, take into
consideration that though it
may be convenient to be the
same major as your roomie, its
not always as beneficial as you
may assume. Its nice to live with
people who arent on the same
academic path as you, solely for
the purpose of being an outside
resource. When you are around
the people in your major on
a daily basis, its sometimes a
privilege to have a roommate
whos not incorporated into
the day-to-day schedule within
your respective college.
Be selective, but dont be too
selective. Its totally up to you
to choose who you live with,
but set realistic standards. As
a college student you know
that we are busy, our schedules
fluctuate, and we like to have a
good time every now and then,
so always keep those variables
in the back of your mind. Hopefully youll find someone who
accommodates your lifestyle
and vice versa.
Terrance Bynum can be
reached at tbynum@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@TerranceJBynum.
Maddison Cervantes can

be reached at mcervantes@
sagebrush.unr.edu and on
Twitter @madcervantes.
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This old house

By Alexa Solis
Many of the homes surrounding the university, especially the
west university neighborhood,
are old. But with relatively affordable rent and being within
walking distance of the university, they make a great option for
college students.
Living in an old home certainly has its advantages. Lets
face it, when its all said and
decorated no one has a cuter
space than you do. Its unique,
adorable, plant-filled glory can

only be matched by the most
artful Pinterest photos. But there
are some things that no one ever
tells you before you move into an
old house. It can be a headache,
but at least its your headache
(for the time being of course). As
long as you know what to look
for, youll be prepared for all
that your cute, old house has to
throw at you.
First and foremost, get used to
being slightly inconvenienced.
Whether its the fact that you
have four oddly placed outlets,
two of which dont accommodate a three-pronged plug, or
your sink just broke for the third
time, there is always something
in an old house. Make sure to
have a good relationship with
your landlord and become

friends with your favorite
maintenance guys because it
will make the whole process that
much smoother.
Also keep in mind that most
old homes were not built with
air conditioning, and many of
them have remained A/C-free.
Best case scenario: youre mildly
uncomfortable. Worst case scenario: you begin to melt like a
human candle and have to wait
for deaths sweet release.
So how do you ensure that you
dont fall prey to global warming and being technologically
deficient, you ask? There are a
few solutions. The first is to get
as many fans as your four outlets
allow, open some windows and
power through the summer.
The second option is to make
peace with the fact that youre

no match for the heat, and visit
your local coffee shop, friends
house or find another way to
escape the fiery prison that your
apartment has become. Last but
not least, if you have an extra
couple hundred dollars burning
a hole in your pocket, a window
air conditioning unit may just be
your saving grace.
Just when you thought
everything was all dandy and
youve got this whole living-onyour-own thing down, you hear
something. A scuttle, a creek,
a moan while the moaning
might just be your roommate,
unexpected sounds can send
you into a tailspin. Is it a mouse
or a ghost? You may never know,
and you sure as hell dont want
to find out. Instead of letting
your fear get out of hand, turn

up your music or TV and pretend
like you never heard a thing. You
and the ghost will be happier
that way.
Most importantly, dont let any
of this scare you. While living
in an old home is riddled with
tiny obstacles, they really arent
that bad. Everything has an easy
solution, and nothing has quite
as much charm and character as
a 100-year-old house.
Alexa Solis can be reached at alexasolis@sagebrush.unr.edu and
on Twitter @thealexasolis.
Tips for commuting

By Daniel Putney
When I moved to Fallon at the end of 2014,
everybody was surprised, and understandably
so. Of course, moving in with my boyfriend into a
mortgage-free house that was given to him by his
grandparents despite the hourlong commute to
Reno is an economically advantageous decision
to make. But considering that I would have to drive
about two hours a day with obligations to be on
campus four to five days a week, how could I possibly do it?
Contrary to popular belief, commuting a substantial distance to and from school is completely
possible. Here are three tips to maximize your commuting experience:
1. DEDICATE AMPLE TIME TO ARRIVE

TO CLASS
If youre like me, you hate mornings I think
most journalists do. However, waking up to arrive
to class with a few seconds to spare is, quite frankly,
stressful. For example, my morning routine takes
an hour, which includes a shower and breakfast.
With my house being approximately 65 minutes
away from campus, I could theoretically leave
about two hours before my first class at 1 p.m. But
considering the perpetually horrendous state of
parking at UNR, I need to allocate extra time to find
a parking space and walk to class. Because of this, I
generally allow 2 hours to get to class, and I find
that this gives me enough time to be punctual and
stress-free. Add a 10- to 15-minute safety net to
your morning routine and youll be golden.
2. CAPITALIZE ON YOUR DRIVING TIME

Driving the same route
every weekday
can be a
dull task, but these two hours a day provide time

to do something fun, such as listening to an audiobook or exploring some new music. As college
students, were obviously busy, so we may not have
time to catch up on our reading or to listen to that
one band a friend recommended. Ive done both of
these things while driving, and Ive found that each
enlivens the experience. For example, I recently
used my commute to listen to The Hunger Games, a
book I had to read for class as well as one that many
of my friends have enjoyed. Listening to this audiobook has led to a series of memorable commutes.
By using your drive to do something enjoyable that
you may not otherwise have time to do, youll not
only appreciate it more, but youll prevent yourself
from becoming sleepy behind the wheel.
3. ENJOY THE SCENERY

Many people complain about the drab Nevada
landscape, and I used to be one of those people.
After many hours spent commuting, however, Ive
grown to love Nevadas rugged beauty. There may
not be lush vegetation or rolling green hills, but
theres something special about this state. Yes, this
does sound cliched, but having something pleasant
to look at on your commute will help make the
drive more worthwhile. I, for one, love spotting
the occasional mustang along I-80 from Fernley
to Reno. I also enjoy the colorful rocks along the
right side of the highway. If Nevadas scenery is
simply too unremarkable for your tastes to find any
redeemable quality in it, I would suggest to at least
pay attention to your surroundings. You may spot
something interesting that makes your commute a
little bit less dull.
Commuting doesnt have to be time wasted. With
the proper mindset and the tips listed above, your
daily drive can offer many possibilities.
Daniel Putney can be reached at
dputney@sagebrush.unr.
edu and on Twitter
@01000100_Putney.
Midtown demand
By Blake Nelson
It seems that in the past five years, coming down off
the recession of 2007, people cant get enough of Renos
burgeoning economic situation. Years of little to no
economic activity in Reno had left the area in a sort of
vacuum it was just waiting for a spike in the market.
Jump to 2012 and the market is beginning to shift
toward favorable conditions once again, and in 2015 the
market is the healthiest it has been since 2007. For Reno
this means tech companies moving in, small businesses
taking root and a thriving culture in the Biggest Little City.
All this culminates into what is today Midtown, a
stretch of land on either side of South Virginia Street.
This is where most of Renos local businesses are taking
root and actually thriving, where plenty of restaurants are
within walking distance of one another, and where chic
boutiques line both sides of the district.
Housing in this area is in more demand than ever.
Apartments are being renovated, real estate is investing
good money into houses and to top it off the City of Reno
is paying extra attention to this small stretch of land, so
that means clean streets.
And that means this is where any young professional,
or soon-to-be young professional like yourself, should
take root as well, right? Well, not really.
The problems with moving into Midtown are varied
and intricate, but ultimately affect everyone in the area
as well as the rest of Reno.
It all starts with demand; people want the houses in the
area and prices go up. Thats fine and all, but what about
people who were living there prior to the current investment? This scenario has played out most infamously
in San Francisco with the introduction of Silicon Valley
thousands of families have been forced out to accommodate the interested new renters.
Beyond this is the simple fact that everything is more
expensive. Seriously, this is from personal experience.
Rent for one bedroom in an apartment that was part of
a duplex was $400, not including utilities and power.
Similar listings appear on Zillow, a realty website,
with single bedrooms reaching nearly $800, and two
bedrooms reaching $1,500.
If you want to live on a budget in college, Midtown
is not the place to do so. Many other parts of Reno
offer similar living situations for much less. Areas
like northwest Reno are a favorite among college
students for ease of access to the University of
Nevada, Reno, and relatively cheap prices.
The attractiveness of the newly built facades on
buildings and the predominantly minority-free
housing in Midtown are not really that attractive
when one considers the implications of it. The
gentrification of Midtown affects many people
who live there and should not be taken lightly. Try
to enjoy other parts of Reno that would not only
be cheaper for you, but would avoid adding to the
growing displacement in Midtown.
Blake Nelson can be reached at tbynum@sagebrush.
unr.edu or on Twitter @b_e_nelson.
B8 | HOUSING GUIDE
How
Keep it clean
Not everyone cares about cleanliness, but
keeping the house presentable should at
least make the top three on the weekend
to-do list. Be courteous by making sure
guests wont choke on cat hair or trip over
dirty laundry upon their arrival.
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Nevada Sagebrush
HOUSING GUIDE | B9
Bathroom
decor
By Marcus Lavergne
There are several rooms in a home or
apartment that can make or break the
aura of comfort it produces. At first, we
might think of the bedroom our own
personal sanctuary. We give it personal
touches to transform plain white walls
into a place of refuge and security.
The living room is also important,
and the wrong couch or carpet could
throw off the harmony of the whole
space. Of course, theres the almighty
kitchen where culinary art might or
might not be happening. At least it
can look like masterpieces are created
there; go for the fancy salt and pepper
shakers, itll only hurt your wallet for a
little while.
Walking down the hall, maybe
therell even be an office space with
an oak bookshelf full of dusty novels.
Thats cool. But wait, what happens
when you finish that Venti coffee that
flew right through you? What about
that extra piece of fried chicken you
just had to gobble up? No place takes
on a more paramount status than the
almighty lavatory. Yes, the bathroom.
The first place we carry our sleepdeprived, uncomely mugs early in the
morning.
The bathroom is a safe house that
hides untold horrors from the rest of
the world. It takes in all of our filth,
while wielding the weapons required
to beautify us (or at the very least make
us presentable to the outside world).
Where would many of us be without the
shower, the toilet, the sink, the mirror
and sometimes the medicine cabinet?
The answer is clear we would still be
under our bedsheets failing to make
any of our dreams come true.
If thats dramatic, then so be it. Am I
giving the bathroom too much credit?

Go one day without stepping foot in
it. The truth is that place holds more
power than any other room in our
homes. A freezing morning shower can
ruin a whole day.
With proper care, a bathroom can
truly be a glorious place. Thats why
I ask you not to choose the clear or
plain shower curtain over the decorative shower cloak of secrecy. A liners
also a cheap yet practical investment
that can protect the patterns, colors
and textures imbued in a fine cloth
showpiece. The cloak doesnt have to
be crazy extravagant, but it can be.
Project your own personality onto
the floors and walls by bringing in rugs,
and color coordinate with towels and
maybe pieces of wall art. When using
bar soap, make sure to use soap dishes
and avoid the ring of scum that all too
often plagues counters and shower
corners. Go for the ornamental soap
dispenser if you feel like it. Do what
you must to make your bathroom more
than just a place for ridding yourself of
dirt and ugly, among other things.
This isnt just a girl or guy thing. Everyone should take pride in the place
where they prepare themselves to take
on the day or night. You dont have to
call it decorating or adorning. I like to
use the word enhancing. Whether
youre a minimalist who enjoys simple
floral patterns or a more eclectic lover
of art deco styles, thats your business
and your right.
Just remember: after handling your
business, a clean bathroom never
hurt anyone.
Small
spaces
By Jordan Russell
Your space, whatever
size, should be a reflection of you: your style,
your lifestyle, what makes
you comfortable and what
your interests are. If you live
in or are considering moving
to a tiny bedroom or studio
apartment, there are a few
somple ways to get the most out of
your small but mighty space.
CLEAR THE CLUTTER

Its cliched, but its true: downsizing
your living space means downsizing
your stuff. Sure, Pinterest is full of
creative storage solutions, but unless
youre prepared to build a platform
bed with hidden drawers or spend a
months rent at IKEA, these ideas wont
actually help you solve your storage
problems. Instead, have fewer things
to store.
Its a given that youll part with some
things when you move. But one sweep
just isnt enough when youre trying
to fit all of your belongings into a tiny
space. To combat the chances of your
small space being perpetually cluttered, its important to purge unnecessary belongings regularly. Take stock of
what you have and ditch anything that
you havent used or that you no longer
love.

ARRANGE AND REARRANGE

AND REARRANGE
Being in a tiny space and downsizing
your possessions doesnt mean youre limited to having a sparse, minimal aesthetic.
Its possible to fit what you need and want
into your space with some creative maneuvering and thoughtful planning.
Furniture arrangement is everything.
The perfect arrangement will be elusive,
but not impossible. With enough time
and brute strength you can find a more
efficient way to house your things without
feeling boxed in.
After youve found

a
furniture arrangement that works,
you can focus on the
extras:
books,
art,
photos and other items
that you want to keep and
display. Its important to
keep things like this because
these are the things that make
your space yours. There is a rather
fine line between cozy and cluttered,
but getting rid of what you dont need and
love means that everything you have left is
what youll want to use and look at every
day.
DONT BE A SLOB
In a small bedroom or studio apartment, mess is inescapable. If you allow
the state of your space to get out of hand,
youll have no choice but to exist in a
mess. Maybe the sound of that doesnt
bother you, but the reality is this: living
in a small space is hard, but living in a
messy small space feels like the walls are
closing in on you.
This is easy to avoid, though. If your
busy school and work schedule is getting
in the way of keeping a tidy and pleasant home, make cleaning part of your
schedule.
Just like you plan out when you have
class, work and assignments, plan out
when to do certain chores. Realistically, small spaces dont take long to fully
clean. Take 10 to 15 minutes to vacuum
every other day and you wont have to
worry about your floors being dirty. Take
five minutes to fix your bed each morning and itll make your whole space feel
more put-together. You dont have to
clean your whole place every day, but
taking small steps on a regular basis will
help ensure that your small space never
descends into a horrifying hellscape of
dirt and decay.
Jordan Russell can be reached at jrussell@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.
Photo provided by Wikimedia.org
Animal cleanliness
By Ali Schultz
Fish and cats and dogs, oh my!
College is without a doubt a transitional
period in our lives. For many it is the first
time we live on our own. Some rent their
first apartments while others rally up
roommates for their first house. And in
this newfound transition the doors open
for college students to adopt pets.
I mean, why wouldnt a college student
want a pet? It might sound cliched, but a
house isnt a home without a pet. A furry
companion is great when away from
home. They provide an uncanny sense
of companionship when you may feel
a little homesick and they greet you
when you get home after a long day
of class.
However, the more of my college friends that
adopt pets,
the less I think they should have them. I

consider myself quite the animal avenger.
I wish I could house all the homeless pets
in the world, so why wouldnt I be happy to
hear of my friends getting pets?
The answer is simple cleanliness.
Out of all my friends that have pets, there
are few that I deem truly responsible pet
owners. Pets are not for show nor entertainment. They arent a piece of furniture
to add to your poorly decorated
college pad. It is absolutely imperative that when having a pet in
college (or having one at all), you
maintain a clean living space. It is
possible, folks. I am a living testament. Otherwise, you must come
to the realization that if you are
not going to live clean with your
animal, youre not ready for one.
Investing the time into an animal is a huge
undertaking.
I
mean,
there are days when I dont feel like I have

enough time to brush my own hair, let alone
assume responsibility for another living
thing. However, I assumed that undertaking the second I adopted my animals.
Domesticated animals, cats especially, are
pretty clean by nature. If you dont have the
time to scoop a litter box or clean up after
your dog when it does its thing outside on
an everyday (or every other day) basis if
needed, then you probably do not have the
time to responsibly care for a pet.
Pets provide us with a special unconditional love. They give us slobbery kisses,
can be dependable cuddle companions
and give us their unwavering attention. Despite all the simple joys pets bring into our
lives, they can destroy our furniture, make
unpredictable accidents on the carpet and
leave unwanted furballs throughout our
home. It sounds like a real pain, but there
is a way to care for pets to keep your house
clean and functioning when having a fourlegged friend as a new roommate.
There are some very crucial things to
remember when bringing a pet into your
college home. For one, if you
have roommates it is crucial
to have an open and honest discussion with them
before bringing a pet into the
home. Nothing is worse than
adopting your new companion only to be let down
by the unwelcoming nature
of your roommates. If your
roommates have a welcoming
attitude towards the new pet, discuss
w i t h
t h e m
maybe
a
potential for help
with the pet. If you have a
dog maybe your roommates can assume
some selfless responsibility in taking the
dog outside to do its business or agreeing
to watch your cats while away on vacation.
This could prevent accidents from happening in the house.
As far as unwanted hair goes, invest
in a value pack of lint rollers. If there is
one thing I know, it is there arent many
things worse than sitting on a couch
engulfed in pet hair when wearing black
pants. A swift lint roll or a vacuuming of
the couches on a regular basis can prevent hair buildup.
As for litter box or backyard pooppatrol, dont let the shit pile up. Yes, pun
absolutely intended. We are all busy, but
we all need study breaks or have a few
seconds in between having our coffee
and getting dressed to maintain these
chores that come along with being a
responsible pet owner.
If you make it a regular habit, these
things will be much more time efficient,
keep your house nice, clean, and smelling fresh, all while upholding simple
duties that keep you on track of being a
responsible pet owner.
Ali Schultz can be reached at alexandraschultz@unr.edu and on Twitter
@AliSchultzzz.
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