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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 VOLUME CXV NUMBER 5SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO SINCE 1893

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DREAD THE CHILL

Enjoy the great outdoors before

time runs out with these tips.

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FASHION

Seiko Kamikariya discusses the

differences in American and

Japanese fashion. Page A7

MISSOURI POUNDS PACK

Nevadas 69-17 loss at Missouri

gives the Wolf Pack many things

to work on this bye week b efore

taking on the Rebels. Page B1

INDEX

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WEEKLY UPDATE..............................................................A3CLASSIFIEDS ...............................................................................A5PERSPECTIVES ........................................................................A6ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT ...........................A12

SPORTS .....................................................................................................B1INSIDE SCOOP .........................................................................B2

By Jay Balagna

The University of Nevada, Renoranked in the top-50 graduateschools in the country for threeseparate programs. The under-graduate school remains in thethird tier nationally, according toU.S. News and World Reports re-

cent releases of the 2009 editionsof Americas Best Colleges andAmericas Best Grad Schools.

The civil and environmentalengineering, geological sciencesand speech pathology and audiol-ogy graduate programs all earnedtop-50 rankings. This is the firsttime the speech pathology and

audiology program has beenranked, whereas both of the otherprograms were ranked last year.

Despite the strong rankings ofUNRs graduate programs, theundergraduate school failed tobreak into the top 100. The under-graduate rankings are aimed toimpress high school juniors and

seniors who havent made their

decisions on where to continuetheir education.

UNR recently increased studentrecruitment, especially for studentsof high academic caliber sincethe university recently earnedNational Merit status for recruiting17 National Merit Scholars.

I think earning National Meritstatus will affect our recruitmentmore than the rankings, RichardWood, admissions and student

orientation coordinator, said.

But the rankings are still animportant tool for students fromother states or students who havenever been to Reno, Wood said.

Students, especially studentswho have never been here, use itas a tool to understand our uni-versity, UNR President MiltonGlick said.

The rankings are organizedinto groups called tiers, said BobMorse from U.S. News and World

Report. The top-two tiers consist

of the top-50 schools in eachcategory and these 50 schoolsreceive numbered rankings. Theremainder of the more than 1,400schools ranked by U.S. News aredivided into the third and fourthtiers, but are not numbered be-yond that.

The rankings are devised byassigning each school scores

Growing at home

Tips on going organicSEE PAGE A3

Learn more about UNRssustainable initiatives

SEE PAGE A2

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Mattie Melrose, the founder of the EnAcT student club and farm, said she hopes that their three-fourths of an acre farm will one day produceenough food to provide for the entire campus. The farm is part of a national movement towards local food production and sale.

By Jeff Mosier

The Department of Residen-tial Life, Housing and FoodServices is taking steps toreduce waste and help theenvironment.

Initiatives include reducing

the number of paper bags usedin the D-C-Store, recyclingmaterials like cardboard, glass,plastic and aluminum, turningdiscarded items into compostsoil and buying food from localsuppliers to decrease shippingdistances.

Russell Meyer, associatedirector of housing operationsand dining services, said thedepartment wants to be aheadof the curve with its environ-mentally-conscious agendaand will continue to improve inthat area.

Were trying todevelop a moresustainable foodprogram on

campus, Meyersaid. We need toshow that weredoing what we can.

The D-C-Store now charges10 cents for each dispos-able paper bag used to holdgroceries. Instead of paying,the department encouragesstudents to bring a reusablebag to carry the groceries.All resid ence hall stude ntswere given a reusabl e bagwhen they moved in for thatpurpose. The department andthe Thomas Hammer CoffeeCompany, which also suppliesthe D-C-Store with coffee,provided the bags.

Barbara Hanke, residentdining director, estimated thisnew policy could save about15,000 paper bags each year.

Considering the effectsharvesting trees for paper canhave on forests and the green-house gases released whenmanufacturing paper, the newpolicy can make a difference inthe environment.

Katura Tullar, an 18-year-oldcivil engineering major, said shedoes not mind the new policy.

Its not a bad idea because itmakes people reuse things be-cause theyll just throw (paper

bags) away in the end, Tullarsaid.

The department also sellsused fryer shortening fromFrench fries, chicken fingersand other fried foods to alocal company that producesbiofuel from the shortening,

rather than letting it go towaste.This fall, the Downunder

Caf will begin compostingits pre-consumer waste,including unusable productslike wilted lettuce or potatoskins, into an organic mixtureused to fertilize soil. Meyersaid ResLife officials hopeto compost post-consumerwaste, such as left- over food ,as well.

Meyer said ResLife is tryingto use more local products toreduce costs and support thelocal community. Examplesinclude purchasing potatoesfrom Winnemucca farms, milkand yogurt from Model Dairyin Reno, meats from local sup-pliers like Wolf Pack Meats and

salad from Nevada Naturals,LLC.

Nevada Naturals, LLC is ahydroponic producer of lettuceand other vegetables locatednear the campus on ValleyRoad. The salad they supply theDownunder Caf is a signaturemix called Wolf Pack Blend.Meyer said the new salad blendhas more nutrients than astandard iceberg lettuce saladand contains a specific kind oflettuce named Nevada.

Tullar said she likes the newsalad and has been eatinghealthy salads like this all herlife.

My mom always made me eatthis, Tullar said. Its more greenand it has more nutrition.

Nick Evans, a sophomorelandscape design major, said hetried the new Wolf Pack Blend.

It tastes fine to me, Evanssaid. I dont really notice a dif-ference.

By getting more foods fromlocal businesses, the depart-ment minimizes the amountof miles the food travels,which create s a freshe rproduct and a reduction inits carbon footprint, Meyersaid.

Jeff Mosier can be reached at [email protected].

By Emerson Marcus

Nevada seniors have had it easy.Since coming to school in 2005, they have seen three straight wins

against the Wolf Packs intrastate rival, the University of Nevada, LasVegas.

Nevada students cant get too spoiled, though, because before theWolf Packs three-game winning streak Nevada had a four-game los-ing run. The Wolf Pack had a five-game winning streak before that,presenting a trend of consecutive wins in the rivalry.

We bring up whats at stake, Nevada coach Chris Ault said of hispreparation for the rivalry game. Im big on talking about history andthese players need to know about that.

Ault also said he prepares for the Rebels game a little differently thanother teams.

It really is the start of a brand new season, he said.The rivalry, back-and-forth as it has been, consistently presents

close games. Four of the last eight have been within eight points. Lastyears battle at Mackay Stadium came down to a last minute touch-down pass from Nevada quarterback Nick Graziano.

This year, Nevada will go into the UNLV game from back-to-backlosses against Big 12 teams while UNLV is coming off one of its bestwins in years, beating No. 15 Arizona State Saturday.

Were not too worried about the winning streak, Nevada quarter-back Colin Kaepernick said. We just get out there and win the game.

Emerson Marcus can be reached at [email protected]

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By Jessica Fryman

Several university studentsendured weeks of Renos sum-mer heat, protected underwide-brimm ed straw hatsand sunscreen. The group,members of the EnvironmentalAction Team (EnAcT), addedmanure and tilled soil as thewind caked them in dust.With bli stered hands, they d ugthrough the rocky terrain ofwhat used to be a rodeo park-ing lot to make a farm on Valley

Road and Ninth Street.Chase Kaiser, a 20-year-old

secondary education major,said he and other club memberspulled out rocks from at leasttwo feet deep in the ground.

I dont think there was any-one who didnt get blisters, hesaid. I did a lot of grunt work. Itwas pretty tough.

Using pick axes and shovels,the group dug trenches to maketheir 12 planting beds.

EnAcT members and othervolunteers installed the irriga-

tion system. Because they donthave a large enough system forthe cover crop area, they manu-ally move the sprinkler hoses towater plants.

Their efforts are part of anational movement in creatinglocal food production and sale,said Mattie Melrose, farm man-ager and EnAcT president.

The EnAcT Student Farmworkers said they hope theirfarm can someday supply food

E-mail [email protected] tovolunteer at the EnAcT Stu-dent Farm.

GET INVOLVED

Three grad programs ranked in top 50

See RANKINGSPage A4

See FARMPage A4

The D-C-Store distributes reusablebags, cafeteria buys local food products

See A4 for an update of Las Vegas travelprices for the UNLV football game.


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By Tara Verderosa

Although entering collegewith 29 credits seems like a largeaccomplishment, it takes thebackseat to Kathleen Phelansmany other achievements overthe past few years.

Phelan is one of 15,000 college

students across the nation, andone in 17 at UNR to receive theNational Merit Scholar award,establishing UNR as a NationalMerit University.

When it came to school I al-ways did my work, the 18-yearold psychology and philosophydouble major, Phelan, said.

Having National Meritstatus potentially attractshigh-achieving students toUNR, Honors Program directorTamara Valentine, said.

The National Merit Scholar-ship program is a three-tierprocess that high schooljunio rs around the countr yhave been competing in sinceit began in 1955. The first rungof the competition was to

place in a specific percentile,based on the school year, of

the Preiminary ScholasticAptitud e Test.

Students are notified thefollowing September of theirsenior year if they have becomea semi-finalist and then applyto continue on in the competi-tion.

All applicants submit their

high school transcripts as wellas an endorsement letter fromtheir principal and other ex-amples of achievement. In Feb-ruary, finalists are notified andreceive their title as NationalMerit Scholars.

We at UNR invite NationalMerit Scholars to our univer-sity with a $15,000 per yearscholarship, automatic admit-tance into the Honors programand a room in Argenta Hallwith other Merit Scholar andHonors program students,Valentine said.

We are now recognized asa National Merit University,Valentine said. In order to at-tain that status, we had to have12 national merits over three

years. We reached it in twoyears. We are the only school

in the state that has achievedit. (the University of Nevada,Las Vegas) does not have meritstatus.

Phelan was born in Australiaand moved to Texas when shewas eight years old. At age 13 shemoved to Las Vegas, where she at-tended Green Valley High School.

In addition to the debateteam, she also was the captain

of the varsity quiz team and amember of the International

Baccalaureate (IB) program.Althou gh s he said she didnt

study often, she said her extra-curricular activities sharpenedher knowledge to become aNational Merit Scholar.

I think its huge, going to col-lege would have been really diffi-cult for me with so little financialaid out there, Phelan said with asubtle Australian accent.

The university is also be-ginning to gain high status.

It attracts scholars who knowthe education is good. We arealso gaining status within thecommunity which will helpstudents with a career lateron, Phelan said.

With h er sch olarship, Phelanplans to attend law schoolwhere she can prepare to be alaw professor in Australia.

Tara Verderosa can be reached [email protected].

By Jessica Estepa andJessica Fryman

Sarah Palin, called the hockeymom with attitude, spoke of herpolitical experience and break-ing the political glass ceiling to acrowd of more than 5,000 peopleat the Pony Express Pavilion inCarson City Saturday afternoon.

Im looking at a whole lot ofother hockey moms for McCain,Palin, 44, said when she arrived.Were going to Washington andwere going to shake things up.

The Republican vice presi-dential hopeful touched on her

plans for oil drilling in the Unit-ed States. She said she wants tofind ways for Americans to getaway from foreign supplierswho do not have Americasinterest at heart.

We need American energy re-sources and ingenuity, Palin said.

Her comments on the issuedrew chanting from the crowd:Drill, baby, drill!

Luke Feiler, a 19-year-old Uni-versity of Nevada, Reno student,said he supports her plan. Heliked the emotion she evokedfrom the crowd, he said.

Palin, whose political experi-ence has been questionedby pundits and politicians,defended her work as Alaskasgovernor. She detailed the statesbudget surplus, vetoing billsthat would increase spendingand taxes and the major ethicsreform she endorsed.

Her stance on taxes, whichincluded minimizing taxes onpersonal property, also riled her

supporters as they waved theirMcCain/Palin signs and cheered.

In her first appearance in Ne-vada on the Republican ticket,several prominent NevadaRepublicans commended Mc-Cains choice.

Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev.,grinned as he spoke to themasses.

Ill tell you why were here

today i ts because Sarah Palinis one of us, Heller said. Doyou know what I call a motherwho can run a state? MadamVice President.

Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki calledNevada McCain-Palin country.

Palin has great substance andaccomplishment, he said. TheObama-Biden ticket, theyre bigon talk. The McCain-Palin ticket,theyre big on results.

Among the thousands that at-tended the speech were dozensof college students who wantedto see the candidate in action.

I think shes electrifiying and

I wanted to see the most famousperson in America right now inperson, Feiler said.

His brother, Matthew Feiler,said he liked Palins stance onlessening government in day-to-day life.

She kept it light hearted andhumorous, the 21-year-oldprimary education major said.

But another group stood

outside protesting the event,including Richard Buma, an18-year-old Western NevadaCollege student. Buma held hisObama sign high.

Buma said he heard part ofPalins speech and called it total

crap.Theyre telling lies, said the

political science and internationalaffairs major. Theyre just usingwords to capture people basedon emotions. Its important forpeople to know the facts.

Jessica Estepa and Jessica Fry-man can be reached at [email protected].

Palin makes first Nevada speech


Gov. Sarah Palin visits Carson City Saturday afternoon, marking her first solo campaign stop as Republican vice presidential candidate.

To hear Republican vicepresidential hopeful SarahPalins speech or to see morepictures from the event, visit

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By Jennie Lindquist

The University of Nevada,Reno recently renewed its mem-bership with the Association forthe Advancement of Sustain-ability in Higher Education.

AASHE is an internationalprogram aimed at the promo-tion of sustainability on collegecampuses. Since UNR joined in2006, AASHE has been providingresearch for campus sustain-ability, or conserving naturalresources, and environmentalorganizations such as the Acad-emy for the Environment andthe Environmental Action Team(EnAcT).

AASHE gives our campus all

different sources for researchand linking up with other in-stitutions to see what they aredoing, said Amber Gallop, anadministrative assistant at theAcademy for the Environment,said. I think this shows we arereally committed.

The program offers environ-mental and sustainability groupson campus access to workshops,conferences and a resourceprogram that will help them im-prove student life on campus.

Our role is to empower uni-versities to attain their sustain-ability goals, AASHE associatedirector Julian Dautremont-Smith said.

Gallop went on to say that stu-

dents would not affect studentsuntil the plans made with the helpof the AASHE are implemented.

However, students arentlimited to just the effects ofAASHE at UNR. AASHE givesstudents of member schools,verified through their schoole-mail addresses access toWeb pages providi ng stu-dents with information onsustainability-based graduateprograms as well as places tohelp students initiate sustain-ability programs.

Students have a big role to playin supporting AASHE on cam-puses, Dautremont-Smith said.

The AASHE annual member-ship fee for UNR is $1,500. The

Academy for the Environmentpaid the fee this year, said JohnSagebiel, environmental affairsmanger at UNR.

My job is to support whatstudents want to happen, saidJen Huntleysmith, associatedirector for academics and out-reach for the Academy for theEnvironment. I let the studentstake the lead.

For more information aboutthe Academy for the Environ-ment, sustainability programsor AASHE, contact the Acad-emy for the Environment at775-784-8682.

Jennie Lindquist can be reachedat [email protected].

Sustainable association supports clubs

Student brings UNRNational Merit status

FACES OF NEVADA


Kathleen Phelan is one of 17 National Merit Scholars at the University of Nevada, Reno. Phelan and theother students helped the university achieve National Merit status, which helps recruitment numbers.The psychology and philosophy double major said she hopes to become a law professor.

By Casey Durkin

With the smell of freshlycut grass and brewed coffee,people sprinted past the start-ing line of the seventh annualBlow the Whistle on AsthmaWalk Sunday morning.

About 500 volunteers,parents and children went toDamonte Ranch High School

to run in support of findinga cure for asthma, a diseasethat many people suffer fromincluding some of the partici-pants.

According to the AmericanLung Association 192,155Nevadans suffer from the life-long disease.

Eighty-percent of themoney raised at the event willgo to the local chapter of theAmerican Lung Association.The rest of the money will goto the national fund.

Mayor Bob Cashell, who at-tended the event, suffers fromthis disease too.

Asthmas areal problem

out here andespecially withthe sagebrush,Cashell said. Itsgreat people turnout to support theprogram becausethere is a cure.Since moving here,I found that thereare better thingsand I live my life alot bet ter.

The American Lung Asso-ciation sponsors the event inhopes to prevent and cure thedisease.

Members from Beta AlphaPsi also helped out alongsideorganizers.

Ryan Otte, president of BetaAlpha Psi, who has asthma,supported the event and repre-sented his fraternity by handingout water and timing the runs.

We have worked with thelung association for a whilenow so we are just continuingthat and having our memberscome out and help out thecommunity as much as wecan, Otte said.

Casey Durkin can be reached [email protected].

Studentshelp atAsthma

walk

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Beta Alpha Psivolunteers for

American LungAssociation event


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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 www.nevadasagebrush.com A3Weekly UpdateSEPTEMBER 8

A university employeereported being struck bya car as she attempted tocross at Ninth and Cen-ter streets. The employeewas treated for minorinjuries and released.

SEPTEMBER 7

A university studentreported that his vehiclehad been broken intoand property stolenfrom inside while parkedbehind Peccole Park.

A university studentreported a fire in hisvehicle while parkedat the Sigma Nu houseon Ralston Street. The

Reno Fire Departmentwill investigate thecause of the blaze.

A grossly intoxicatedmale was taken intocivil protective custodyat North Virginia andFifteenth streets.

A university student wascited for minor in pos-session/consumptionof alcohol in the quad.

An intoxicatedstudent was cited forMIPC in Nye Hall.

A grossly intoxicatedmale was taken into civilprotective custody at

Tenth and Angel streets.

Two intoxicated studentswere cited for MIPCin Canada Hall.

POLICE BLOTTER NEWS BRIEFS

THE GUIDE

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAYWEEKEND

Partly cloudy,S-SW wind

5-10mph

High cloudsand windy,S-SW wind5-10 mph

High clouds,slight chance of a

shower, breezy

Clearing andlighterwinds

WEATHER FORECAST

Morning campustemperature:

Afternoon campustemperature:

Forecast confidencelevel*:

64 59 56 57

85 81 78 79

Lows: 42-46

Highs: 81-85

*Forecast confidence is based on the ensemble forecast model solution spread: Green is high confidence and red is low confidence in a good f orecast verification.

Forecast prepared by

the Reno-Lake Tahoestudent chapter of the

American Meteorological

Society. For more

information visit their

website at http: //www.

ametsoc.org/chapters/

renotahoe/

Warm andbreezy,

10% chance ofevening showers

The price of an organic diet

PHOTOS BY SCOTT BARNETT /NEVADA SAGEBRUSH

Tayler Wooten, a Whole Foods Market employee, stocks organic cherry tomatoes. Whole Foods Market, located on 6139 S.Virginia St., is one of several local grocery stores that specializes in organically-grown foods.

Experts say eating organic fruits and vegetables is theeasiest way to start an organic diet.

With all the hype about organic food, its hard to know whats true

and whats not. Organic produce is grown without chemicals, fertilizers,

pesticides or herbicides. For meat, livestock must eat organically-grown

feed and be without growth hormones. Some say this diet is healthier, while

others say that cant yet be proven.

For students with small amounts of time and even smaller amounts of

money, going organic can be tough. It can be done with a little know-how of

what food to buy and where to shop.

What do the l abels mean?100 percent: Must be made entirely of organically-produced ingredients.Organic: Must be made with at least 95 percent organically-producedingredients; cant contain sulfites, or chemicals containing sulfur.Made with organic ingredients: Must be made with at least 70 per-cent organic ingredients; cant contain sulfites.Product contains some organic ingredients: May contain any amountless than 70 percent of organic ingredients.

Average prices from Trader Joes, Whole Foods and Save MartGala Apples Organic: $1.49 per pound, Conventional: $1.35 perpoundRusset Potatoes Organic: 79 cents per pound, Conventional: 59cents per poundMilk Organic: $6 per gallon, Conventional: $2.95 per gallonGround French Roast Coffee Organic: $6.99 per pound, Conven-tional: $5.99 per pound

How to find cheap organic foodThere are a few ways that students can get most of the benefits of or-

ganic food without spending too much money. The best way is to switch to organic produce, said Jolyn Wirshing, a dieticianat the University of Nevada, Reno.

Most of the chemicals in our diets come from four main fruits and vegetables: strawberries, spinach, potatoes and apples,Wirshing said.

Wirshing also suggested students shop at farmers markets and several stores to find the cheapest prices.

BenefitsThe number one reason people start eating organic is to decrease the amount of chemicals in their food, Wirshing said.While initial studies showed that small amounts of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers used in growing most produce is safe,

recent findings show much higher concentrations of these chemicals in the American diet than originally thought, Wirshing said.The best way to reduce these chemicals is to replace fresh fruits and vegetables with organically grown ones.Eating more fruits and vegetables are more important to most people than eating organic food, Wirshing said.

DrawbacksPeople can expect to pay an average of 50 to 100 percent more for organic produce, according to Consumer Reports.As far as the drawbacks to going organic, I would say the biggest one is price, Wirshing said. Organic produce is just

more expensive.These higher costs are often attributed to the fact that growing food organically poses challenges not encountered by con-

ventional farmers.Youre managing an entire system to prevent outbreaks, but without some of the tools conventional farmers have, said

Steve Marty, an agriculturist for the Nevada Department of Agriculture. Its definitely a difficult thing to do.Another drawback is the issue of lower product yields per acre due to the difficulties of organic farming.That argument has been put forward, but recent studies have shown it to be increasingly less true, said Catherine

Greene, an agricultural economist for the United States Department of Agriculture.Multiple universities around the country are conducting studies that look at various organic farms and compare them withconventional farms growing the same crops in similar areas. The studies have found that product yields per acre are similarin both farming types, Greene said.

Jay Balagna, [email protected]

UNR CAMPUS WEEKLY WEATHER DISCUSSION: This week we will be impacted by several cut-off lows, the first

coming in Tuesday night and the next on Thursday night. The lows will bring in some gusty winds, high clouds and

some showers. Forecast confidence is low due to the uncertainty of the st rength and timing of the two systems.

Budget cut discussionset for students

A town hall meeting will be held con-cerning potential budget cuts from 6 to8 p.m. Tuesday in the Great Room of theJoe Crowley Student Union.

The potential budget cuts are esti-mated to be as large as 14 percent ofthe universitys budget. Student bodypresident Eli Reilly will update studentson the status of the budget cuts and leaddiscussion about possible solutions.

Help STAND againstinternational genocide

The University of Nevada, Renoschapter of STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition will host a Spa-ghetti STAND from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Friday in Hilliard Plaza. The event

costs $3 for students and $4 for generaladmission with proceeds going to theGenocide Intervention Network.

We definitely want people to showup and get informed about whats hap-pening in Darfur, Carolina Chacon,STAND spokesperson, said.

The Genocide Intervention Network,the organization benefiting from theevent, supports victims and tries toend genocide and near-genocidalevents around the globe.

For more information, contact Cha-con at 702-810-7155.

Alphie competes incollege mascot contest

The University of Nevada, Renosmascot, Alphie, is competing in theCapital One Write-In Voting Contest.The contest is for college mascots thatwere not selected for the competitionto be on the 2008 Capital One All-American Mascot Team.

Students can vote for Alphie at www.capitalonebowl.com.

Voters must then click Vote andvote in the six match-ups in thecompetition for the 2008 team. Aftervoting in these match-ups, voters willautomatically be redirected to the vot-ing for the write-in contest.

The winner of the write-in contestwill earn $1000 for their mascotprogram and a chance at making thecompetition for the 2009 All-AmericanMascot Team. The contest runs throughDec. 15.

For more information, contact MarkUbando at 775-544-1095.

Grad school fair toprovide information

The Career Development Depart-ment will host the 10th annual Profes-sional and Graduate School Fair from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday in the JoeCrowley Student Union Ballroom.

More than 65 professional and gradu-ate schools will have booths set up atthe event, providing information onthe programs their schools offer. Guid-ance on steps students must take to beadmitted and how younger studentscan prepare will also be available.

Graduating seniors as well asyounger students who are thinkingabout a post-baccalaureate degree areencouraged to attend.

For more information, contact Patri-cia Wilson at 775-784-4678.

Constitutional debateset to spark ideasThe University of Nevada, Renos

chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, a national,nonpartisan Political Science HonorSociety, will host a student paneldiscussing constitutional change.The event will take place from 11:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in theJoe Crowley Student Union Theater.

A pre-chosen panel will run thediscussion with moderators allowingattendees to submit questions andcomments throughout the event.

We will be discussing current issuesin the news, including student speechrights, second amendment rights,reproductive rights and bioethicalissues, Chris Simon, a political sci-ence professor helping to organize theevent, said.

For more information on the event,contact Katy Schleef at 775-784-4710.

Sagebrush nominatedfor Pacemaker award

The Nevada Sagebrush has beennominated for the Pacemaker, a tophonor in college journalism, by theAssociated Collegiate Press. The Sage-brush is in the Four-year Non-dailyNewspaper division.

Other newspapers nominated in thecategory include The Orion at CaliforniaState University, Chico; The GW Hatchetat George Washington University; andThe Ithacan at Ithaca College.

To be nominated, the Sagebrushsent in editions of its paper from the2007-08 school year. Awards will beanounced at the ACP Conference inKansas City, Mo. next month. The

Sagebrushs Web site is also nominatedfor an online Pacemaker.

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By Devin Sizemore

Civil war, 90 days of walking,friends and family dying andtrying to survive in America areall things that lost boy DanielAyuen has faced in his life. Totell his story and prevent hispeople from experiencing thesame challenges that he didAyuen speaks about donatingmoney to Sudan and waking upto the reality of civil war.

All the time, I just hope thatGod helps to pass me throughthese difficult times, Ayuensaid.

The University of Nevada,Reno and the Northern NevadaInternational Center put onA Night of Sudan at the JoeCrowley Student Union Sept.10. About 150 people attendedthe event, which was the firstof the Associated Studentsof the University of NevadasNevada Speaker Series. Theevent also included a travelingexhibit, a documentary and aquestion-and-answer sessionwith Ayuen.

I think by learning a very per-sonal story students will be able

to gain a better understandingof civil war, said Carina Black,executive director of NorthernNevada International Center.

Showing up at 6 p.m., at-tendees made their way tothe back of the ballroom andviewed the Smithsonian travel-ing exhibit, Sudan: the Landand the People. The exhibitsphotos, all by Michael Freeman,portrayed life in Africa, showingcotton farming, schooling andthe barren land.

Viewers took their seats andwatched the documentary

Lost Boys of Sudan around 7p.m. The documentary followsa group of lost boys from theirhomes in Africa to life in Amer-ica and shows the strugglesthey had to go through in get-ting jobs, going to school andgetting drivers licenses.

It was a very sad story, saidSarah Bonney, an internationalaffairs major. We take so many

things for granted, especiallyour families.

The documentary showshow the lost boys worked tosend money back home or getan education that could beused to benefit their people,but often struggled in payingtheir bills.

I thought [the lost boys]might get more help, saidSierra Kelly, TMCC anthropol-ogy major. They came overand were just sort of droppedoff.

Ayuen has an associates

degree in economics and saysthat this degree is importantbecause economics is the back-bone of all growth. He said hehopes to use his knowledge tohelp get his country essentialsof life, such as, schooling, newbuildings and a higher standardof living.

If I benefit, my people willbenefit too, Ayuen said.

After the documentary, stu-dents were able to ask Ayuenquestions about his experi-ences. Ayuen stressed theimportance of donating moneyto the Lost Boys Foundation,which can be accessed atlostboys.com. The lost boyswill take the money from thefoundation and use it in fund-ing the building of schools andfor other essential needs inSudan, Ayuen said.

Devin Sizemore can be reachedat [email protected].

DANIEL CLARK /N EVADA SAGEBRUSH

Daniel Ayuen, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan who was presentwhen the civil war broke out, speaks during an event in the JoeCrowley Student Union Wednesday night.

FarmCONTINUED FROM PAGE A1

for the University of Nevada,Reno in order to improve theenvironment and food qualityof the entire campus. More than120 universities have similarfarms on campus, according to

the Community Foods SecurityCoalition.Local Harvest, a company that

compiles a national database offood markets, is finding moreand more local food vendorsevery year. In 2000, the companyrecorded 428 Community Sup-ported Agriculture groups thatsell food locally. Last week, thecompany had tabs on 2,144 CSAs.

Erin Barnett, director of LocalHarvest, said the numbers arepartly due to having more timeto find the groups. There are alsomore organizations nationwide,she said.

I think people are develop-

ing more of a taste and anawareness around local food,Barnett said. Peoples minds getengaged when they hear abouthow buying local supports thelocal economy, but then I thinkpeople change their behaviorbecause the food is fresher andtastes better.

Growing food locally reducesfossil fuels used to transport

food across the country. By culti-vating the land, the soil nutrientsimprove rather than deteriorate,preserving Nevadas agriculturearea, Melrose said.

THE STUDENT FARMCompleting their mission is an

ongoing process for EnAcT, requir-ing hard work, time and money.

The students had a lot stackedagainst them, said Leslie Allen,farm advisor and commercialhorticulture program coordi-nator for UNRs CooperativeExtension. Its been really laborintensive.

Melrose and a few other stu-dents formed EnAcT in January.In May, club members secureda two-year access on three-fourths of an acre of land, whichis overseen by the Nevada Agri-culture Experiment Station. Thecooperative extensions mastergardners program gave the clubaccess to greenhouse space andother resources, like seeds, to

help get the farm started. TheAcademy for the Environmentdonated about $3,500 to theproject.

Because the farmland hadalready been promised to rodeo-goers for Junes Reno rodeoparking lot, students couldntcultivate the area or build plant-ing beds until July, losing two

months of the growing season.The land, which hadnt beencultivated in five years, was fullof large rocks and gravel.

Now that produce, includingtomatoes, corn, beets, radishesand more, have started to grow,EnAcT keeps busy harvestingand fending off rabbits, insectsand deer.

Some days, the group harvests30 to 40 squash, which growamong prickly leaves.

The first thing I do whenI get home is wash my handsand it just stings, said Melrose,22-year-old political science andenvironmental studies major.

Once after planting 70 zinnias,the group found a trampled bedwith one flower remaining thenext day. After talking to otherfarming groups, EnAcT con-cluded a deer caused the mess.

The group placed a cover, helddown by rocks they dug out ofthe ground, to keep rabbits fromnibbling on leaves.

Aside from general farmingprocedures and maintenance,EnAcT uses organic methods,like planting cover crops for

sustainable farming and usingbeneficial insects instead of pes-ticides. However, it takes years tohave all the steps to be certifiedby the Nevada Organic Council,Melrose said.

She said time is also a factorin supplying food to the entirecampus, estimating that it couldtake at least five years. Melrosesaid the group hopes to startgradually, for example, provid-ing fruit to the Downunder Cafas their products are available.

I hope that (were) able to seea higher quality of food availableon campus, she said.

THE PUSH BEHIND THENATIONAL TREND

Quality is a major proponent

in the growing trend of local foodsources across the nation.You know where the food

comes from, so if you are con-cerned about food safety its ashorter route back to the source,Barnett from Local Harvestsaid. There is a big differencebetween strawberries you buylocally in season and those thatare shipped in from somewhereelse. There is no comparison.One tastes like a real strawberryand the other tastes like it triedto be a strawberry but was on atruck for two weeks.

The taste difference is relativeto the distance the food has to

travel, said Pauline Hamilton, afounding member of the GreatBasin Basket, a Reno group thatpromotes local production.

As soon as you cut your fruit,it starts to die, Hamilton said.The more time goes by, the lessvitality it has. When we go to thesupermarket, we eat stuff thatis not alive. Its been dead forawhile.

Aside from taste, local food mar-kets support the local economy,Hamilton and Barnett said.

Money spent at farmers mar-kets and other community foodvendors goes back to farmersand is circulated back into thelocal economy when farmersspend their money at the localseed shop and other neighbor-hood stores.

Prices for local food marketsvary greatly, so its hard to com-pare products with supermarketcosts, Barnett said.

Aside from the benefits, somecould argue against purchasingfood from community vendorsbecause produce is only avail-able on a seasonal basis.

It sort of limits some of yourchoices, she said. In my mind,thats fine. Im not entitled tohave every single type of pro-

duce every week of the year tohave happy living.Despite the difficult produc-

tion tasks, local food marketsare proving to benefit both com-munities and the environment,according to Hamilton.

At UNR, Melrose said she wantsto be part of that movement.

Food is frequently producedfar away from Reno, she said.We thought it would be re-ally great if we raised awarenessabout local food. I hope this be-comes a constant on campus.

Jessica Fryman can be reached [email protected].

RankingsCONTINUED FROM PAGE A1in seven categories, with eachcategory counting for a per-centage of the schools totalscore.

These categories are peerassessment, worth 25 percentof the overall score; studentselectivity, worth 15 percent;faculty resources, worth 20percent; graduation and re-tention rate, worth 20 percent;financial resources, worth 10percent; and alumni giving,worth 5 perce nt.

This ranking system is highlycontroversial, according toGlick.

Unfortunately, one of themajor categories is peer as-

sessment which amounts toreputation, Glick said. You

have university presidentsand provosts from around the

country who may have neverbeen to your school judgingit only on how well its knownand what they may have heard.Having said that, do they havesome legi timacy? Yes.

There are alternatives thatattempt to offer the sametypes of information as theU.S. News and World Reviewrankings, but do not assign aspecific ranking to schools.One of these systems is theVoluntee r System of Account -ability, Wood said.

Glick said the universityshould always be looking toimprove itself and the rank-ings are a way improvement ismeasured.

Improvement is a slow

process, described by Glickas possibly taking up to a

decade.One important step to rais-

ing UNR in the rankings is toimprove both student reten-tion and graduation rates,both areas that the universityis already working towards,said Jane Tors, the ExecutiveDirector of Public Relationsfor the university.

Glick said UNR should al-ways s trive to be bette r.

We can and should improvethese criteria, not because ofU.S. News, but because its theright thing to do, Glick said.The driving force is becauseits the right thing to do forthe students of the state, butwhen we do these things , therankings will go up.

Jay Balagna can be reached at

[email protected].

A few local food sourcesGreat Basin CommunityFood Co-op, 271 Wonder St.,775-324-6133Reno Farmers Market, vari-ous locations, 775-746-5024Hometown FarmersMarket, Victorian Square in

Sparks, 775-353-2291Park Lane Indoor Farm-ers Market, 310 E. Park Lane,775-351-2551

TRY IT OUT

PHOTOS BY SCOTT BARNETT /NEVADA SAGEBRUSH

EnAcT club members Mattie Melrose, Chase Kaiser and Delia Martinez maintain the student-run farm. The group instal led the irr igation system,built plant beds and continuously harvests the produce.

Flipside bus15 tickets left.Applications for the bus tripare available at the AssociatedStudents of the University ofNevada front desk on the thirdfloor of the Joe Crowley StudentUnion. The $75 price includesthe bus fare, a ticket to the game,a T-shirt and a hotel room.

Flights$134 for a Southwest Airlinesround-trip ticket.

$240 for a United Airlinesround-trip ticket.$350 for an American Air-lines round-trip ticket.

Hotels$79 for a room in AmericasBest Value Inn-Lakemead, 4.5miles from Sam Boyd Stadiumand 12.2 miles from McCarranInternational Airport.$75 for a room in the Haw-thorne Inn & Suites Las Vegas/Henderson, 5.5 miles from the

stadium and 14 miles from theairport.$76 for a room in the Sahara,10.8 miles from the stadiumand 10.2 miles from the airport.$82 for a room in the CircusCircus, 11.5 miles from the sta-dium and 9.4 miles from theairport.$79 for a room in the GreenValley Courtyard by Marriott,4.6 miles from the stadium and6.3 miles from the airport.

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EDITORIAL CARTOON

When thou messeth with giants...

Sustainability efforts deserve applause

STAFF EDITORIALI GOING GREEN

Red-headedstep-libraryGetchell fed up

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What do you want to do outside before it gets too cold?

CAMPUSCHAT

FITNESS GURU

Freshmen 15 strikes allunprepared class standings

www.nevadasagebrush.comA6 SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

College has juststarted, and youvefinally begun the nextexciting phase of your

life. With roughly 12 hours ofclass time a week for a full-course load, this leaves a lot oftime outside of class that needsto be managed. Studying willcertainly take up a good part ofthe day, as will that job you justpicked got. Also, with the col-lege social scene buzzing, youll

definitely

want to go tosome partiesand footballgames.

But withthis new scenecomes newstresses andone of the firstsacrifices astudent tendsto makeunder these

circumstances is their focus ontheir physical fitness. As a result,many students, whether theyare freshman or not, experiencea dreaded weight gain, oftenreferred to as the Freshman 15,due to their inactivity and declinein the quality of their diet.

It is extremely easy to lose

focus on our fitness witheverything else going on.

And when we realize that weneed to do something to getback in shape, it is easy to feeloverwhelmed. Here are a fewquick tips to help you avoidthe Freshman 15, or lose i t ifyouve already put it on:

First of all, replace refinedsugars with natural sugars.Refined sugars are actuallynot as sweet as natural sugars.This means it takes morerefined sugars to satisfy a sweettooth. With a gram of refined

or natural sugar yielding fourcalories, going with naturalsugars will help you decreaseyour intake of empty calories.

So go with a piece of fruitinstead of that candy bar. Notonly does that piece of fruit haveless calories, but it also has agood supply of dietary fiber thatwill better satisfy your hunger.

Next, you should eat at leastfive times a day. With most of ourbusy schedules, this might seemto be one of the most intimidatingtips to follow. However, its not asdifficult as it seems. Most teach-ers are OK with students eatingin class, so keep a healthy snackwith you at all times. Try bringinga bag of fruit and vegetables ormaybe some mixed nuts.

If we go more than a few hours

during the day without eating,our body goes into what we refer

to as starvation mode. Your bodystarts preparing to go awhilewithout food, and will then holdon to as many calories as it caninstead of burning them. Byeating small, frequent meals,your body will continually burncalories, which will in turn helpyou keep weight off, or even lose afew pounds.

Lastly, try to stay active. Afterhigh school, its easy to get out ofthe habit of staying active sincemost of us arent playing sports

competitively in college. However,it is imperative that we exercise.Exercise will not only help uskeep the weight off, but it will alsoreduce the stress of college life.

There are plenty of optionsavailable to stay fit. A year-longpass to Lombardi breaks downto less than $15 a month. Thereare plenty of great optionsaround the community as well.

We all are busy, but I am thor-oughly convinced that fitnessis a driving force to success. Ifyou make time for your fitness, Iguarantee that you will see otheraspects of your life blossom as aresult. So get out and get fit.

Rost Olsen is an ACE CertifiedPersonal Trainer. He is a colum-nist for The Nevada Sagebrush.

He can be reached at [email protected]

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oor Getchell Library.Once the premiere spot to see and be seen on

campus, now sadly she sits empty, desertedalone.

Once the late night, study-session-packed library wherethat cute classmate was always within eye shot, her lightsare now off and the buzz of chatting is long gone.

Once the best spot to get some sun out on the steps(weather permitting), her front stairs are now main-stream thoroughfares for students making their way tonone other than the ominous and slightly pretentious-sounding Knowledge Center.

So whats a passed-over library to do to compete withrobots retrieving books and a fancy schmancy @Onecomputer lab?

Makeover. If its worked for JoanRivers so many times, I think Getchellcould endure just one quick face-lift.

And I have a few suggestions tobring that old girl Getch feeling likeshe did in her heyday, 1960s self.

For starters, we need some type ofbefore/after/during class stereotypicalburger joint, a la Saved by the BellsThe Max. I think during these timesof political misunderstandings andcultural divides, we could use thecomforting guidance from a burgershop owner/therapist who has nothing

better to do than to cure all ails with fries and a shake.Somewhere downstairs where all the decrepit books

were filed away, we should start growing our ownorganic food. Organic, its so hot right now.

Of course, no post-library makeover would becomplete without an American Gladiator arena. I wouldpay good money to see President Glick and Joe Crowleybattle obstacles to the top of that Nerf-like mountain.

For the romantically challenged, which is 99.9 per-cent of the student population here at the University ofNevada, Reno, myself included, fear not, a speed datingcenter will answer all dating woes because lets face it,checking each other out was the predominant form ofstudying going on in that library anyway.

And voila! I introduce you to the new-and-improvedGetchell, making a remarkable comeback without thenasty criminal and drug record that Robert Downey, Jr.has to deal with now.

After feeling rather proud of myself and exchanging a fewhigh fives with Getch, thats when someone told me that$16 million still needs to be cut from the school budget.

My jaw dropped. Getchell sighed, accepting her fateto remain an empty has-been building.

What about all the good times weve had, UNR?Getchell asked.

But good times dont stand a chance in the face ofbudget cuts that have threatened the likes of the march-ing band, the removal of entire major programs and theimplementation of charging for tutoring services.

But hey, at least we got two new buildings out of itand we can still pay for another schools band to beflown in to play at our football games, right?

I mean, at the very least, perhaps those Davidson kidshave soon-to-be Picasso and Renoir pre-school siblingsthat are exceptionally talented and gifted in the ways offinger painting. I bet they would be interested in opening aschool at Getchell.

Until then, Getch, I suppose thats just how thebanana peels . Its not you. Its us.

Krystal Bick is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush.She can be reached at [email protected].

The culture shift towardsustainability earneda few more victoriesat the University of

Nevada, Reno this year.There is Residential Life,

Housing and Food Servicesnudge for students to tote awaytheir Downunder Caf pur-chases in reusable nylon bags.ResLife even provided them.

If students would rather usethe paper bags, they face asmall charge. Not enough towarrant any blasphemies butenough to guide the studentsin the right direction.

Really, the only shaming

involved in this change is thatmore places, larger places,havent adopted similar policies.

There is some debate asto whether recycling is reallybetter for the environmentas compared to just trashingthings. But ResLifes shiftcircumvents that because thereis no need to produce, trash orrecycle items that arent used.

Meanwhile, a group ofstudents started a local farmthat is organic in all but name.They mostly grow carrots,beets, lettuce, tomatoes, corn,radishes and squash rightnow but hope to eventually

produce enough to feed theentire the university.

It is still a fledgling effort butan admirable one. Their farm,which runs on donations rightnow, doesnt use pesticides andconsumes less gasoline in get-ting the food on our plates. Ithighlights some of the benefitsof locally grown food and thestudents deserve applausefor their efforts in starting themovement at UNR.

Locally grown food, whilecutting down on gasoline con-sumption, is fresher because ittravels less. Buying locally grownfood also puts your money

back into the local economy.Then there are the benefits tothe land itself the plants helpkeep nutrients in the soil andreplenishes lost nutrients.

But these initiatives, whileworthy of applause, do notsignal a totally sustainableculture at UNR. They merelyshow the shift is happening.

Students who dont wantto use paper bags shouldextend that refusal to thingslike Styrofoam containers andcups. Businesses can helpin this push. Kva Juice, forexample, gives a discount ifstudents use their reusable

plastic cups.For energy, the group

Students and Educators for En-vironmental Development andSustainability has long beenpushing for UNR to put solarpanels up around campus.

One of the groups currentprojects is getting these panelsinstalled on top of the JoeCrowley Student Union.

All of these proposalsand policies are steps in theright direction for UNR andthe environment. It wouldbe a shame for any of theseinitiatives to lose steam due tolack of support.

I plan on goingto Lake Tahoeand maybe geta tan while itsnice and sunnyoutside.

Julia Brooker17, businessmanagement

I love walkingaround down-town at night,and when it getscold, it sucks.

Randy Pares19, biochemistry

I would like togo float downthe TruckeeRiver. I haventdone it before.

Fregenet Mesfin19, biology

Rock climb-ing!

Travis Brewer18, politicalscience

KrystalBick

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NOTES

LETTERS

TO THEEDITORSTORY: ASUN

VIOLATES MEETING

LAW

On Sept. 9, 1:45 p.m., Den-nis Myers, news editor atthe Reno News and Reviewwrote:Editor, Sagebrush:Its good to know that evenfledgling politicians have aninstinct for the common ex-cuses used in getting aroundthe Nevada open meetinglaw. For as long as I canremember, adult politicianshave been claiming thattheres a difference betweenmeetings at which votesand taken and those whereno votes are taken. Now Isee (ASUN violates meet-ing law, Sagebrush, Sept.9) that student governmentSpeaker Priscilla Acosta ischaracterized as saying sheknew she didnt post theagenda in enough locations,but held the meeting anywaybecause the senate was notconsidering any legislation.The open meeting law ap-plies with equal force to allmeetings, whether action

is planned or not. Indeed,sometimes the meetingswhere there is only discus-sion are the most importantbecause thats where agoverning bodys consensusis often formed and publiccomment can be essential tothat process.If there was a pressing mat-ter or an issue we had to voteon, I would have cancelledthe meeting, Ms. Acostasaid, according to the Brushaccount. Sorry, but officialsdont get to make the callon what is a pressing issue,nor does the law recognizedegrees of urgency of meet-ings.At the same time, it wasa mistake for Sagebrushto have stated flatly thatstudent government brokethe Nevada open meetinglaw... That is a finding onlya court can make. A judgemight well have ruled thatMs. Acosta, without a previ-ous history of open meet-ing violations, had made agood faith effort that, in theabsence of the now-closedGetchell library posting site,satisfied the laws require-ments.

STORY: WHY ARE

ROOMS STILL EMPTY

AT THE JOE?

On Sept. 10, 8:45 a.m., WLwrote:Why did Baja Fresh back outearlier is what I am wonderingabout, what a great additionthat could have been.

COLUMN: STUDENTS

FALSELY FEAR PALIN

AND CREATIONISM

On Sept. 9, 6:03 p.m., Youshould check facts wrote:Next time you write a bloginforming college studentsthey are wrong for not agree-ing with teaching creation-ism in schools, you shouldcheck your facts.Evolution is, in fact, taughtas a theory in high schoolswhere teaching anything butcreationism is allowed intheir respective state.I was taught in my sophomorebiology class that creationismis the divine way and evolu-tion is merely a theory.I really hope you arent in thejourna lism school. Causewhoever you had for JOUR

102 would be ashamed.


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CULTURE SHOCK

Japanese students explore personalexpression through creative fashion

P

eople experience culture shockwhen they visit other countries forthe first time. I should know Im

experiencing it right now.I arrived in the United States from Japan

at the beginning of June. This is my firsttime in the United States and thereforeeverything catches my eyes as new andsurprising. I was shocked when I saw thehuge frozen foods aisle at a Wal-Martand puzzled by all the soda fountains inconvenience stores. Im enjoying it all withexcitement and a little nervousness, ofcourse.

The biggest surprise Ive had so farthough is how many students at theUniversity of Nevada, Reno wear T-shirtswith school logos on them. It strikes meas odd because I have never seen collegestudents in Japan wear school T-shirts asdaily apparel.

While many people may shrug this offat first, I have come to find this is a bigcultural difference between America and

Japan.American fashion is more simple andperhaps more comfort-oriented whencompared to Japanese fashion. For themost part, Americans put on jeans orsweatpants and T-shirts, whereas Japanesepeople are more attentive to their f ashion.While Americans are not necessarily less

fashionable, Japanesefashion is generallymore innovative on a

consistent daily basis.To put it another way,we wouldnt just put onsweatpants if were latefor class. We just werenot raised to do that.

The point of Japanesefashion is to harmonizethe total style. It meansyou have to think aboutthe color and the shapeof the clothes when

you coordinate them. If you want to goeven further, you need to care about yourfootwear, bags and hairstyles to create yourown style. Japanese fashion is full of varietyand creativity.

I believe these differences in fashionare a direct correlation between our twocountrys differing senses of the individual.Generally speaking, the United States is an

individual-oriented society, while Japan is agroup-oriented society. Japanese people tryto act in cohesive units and strive to expressthe same opinion as others. It is importantfor us to harmonize with others.

Therefore, Japanese students have dif-ficulties studying with American studentsin the same class environment at first. It is

difficult for us to speak our own minds andopinions in front of many students becausewe were not taught to do so when we were

growing up.In regards to fashion, we rarely show

patriotism or affiliation with a school likeAmericans do. We have an inherent pride inour country and institutions we are a part of,and we do not feel the need to express it visiblyon our T-shirts. Therefore, it is surprising to usthat Americans put their right hands on theirchests when they sing the national anthem,wear school or American pride T-shirts.

Instead, we distinguish ourselves fromothers through our fashion. Take Harajukuin Tokyo, for example, which is one of themost famous fashion capitals in the world.Various kinds of shops gather there, fromsecondhand clothes stores to famous brandshops, to create a melting pot of extremefashion statements to stand out among thesmall and crowded place. You would beutterly surprised by the range of fashionthere because it is very unique and quite

different from anywhere else in the world.Perhaps Japanese people are poor atexpressing themselves through words, butwe make up for it through our fashion.

Seiko Kamikariya is a columnist for TheNevada Sagebrush. She can be reached [email protected]

SeikoKamikariya

FINANCIAL ADVICE

One of the most important economic events of the last100 years has just happened. Fannie Mae and FreddieMac are now under the control of our government.What does this mean? Lets break down the entire

situation to get a better look at what happened and where we gofrom here.

Fannie Mae is a nickname for the Federal National MortgageAssociation and Freddie Mac is short for FederalHome Loan Mortgage Corporation. Before theweekend, both Fannie and Freddie were privatecompanies that sold shares to investors, just likeany other publicly-traded corporation such asWal-Mart. The way these two companies makemoney is to buy loans from banks and packagethem into a pool of loans.

What does this mean? The typical home

loan that the average person like John Smithgets at his local bank is often sold to one ofthese entities. While John still receives monthlystatements from his bank, the loan is actuallysold to either Fannie or Freddie. John has noclue and it does not affect his monthly routines.

He continues to write his mortgage payment to his local bank. He isone of millions of loans that enter these new pools of loans createdby the firms.

These pools of loans are then packaged and sold to investors,who collect returns based on interest payments as well asprincipal payments on mortgages. According to most recentestimations, the two companies own or guarantee payments onover $5.4 trillion in mortgages. This sum represents roughly halfof all the mortgages in the United States.

The past 18 months we have all seen the housing marketstruggle. Home prices are down, inventories are up andforeclosure is now a word that everyone knows. With the ever-increasing foreclosure problems, Fannie Mae and Freddie Machave begun to have extreme liquidity issues. The two firms havelost a combined $12 billion since last summer alone.

After days of speculation, the federal government took over the two

companies on Sept. 7. In addition to removing the two CEOs, thegovernment has pledged up to $200 billion to help back these twoentities. Strict parameters have been set up with the idea that by 2010,the two entities will begin to lighten up their mortgage lending by asmuch as 10 percent a year, eventually settling at $250 billion each.

So now we know what the two companies are and what hashappened. The next question is what the future holds, both inthe short and long term for not only Fannie and Freddie, but forthe housing market and our economy as well.

In the short term, we can expect mortgage rates to fall. In fact,it only took three days for the average 30-year fixed-rate loan todrop roughly 0.4 percent to 5.79 percent. These mortgage rateswill save new borrowers more than $400 in interest payments peryear for every $100,000 in loans.

The goal of the government takeover is to bring long-termstability to the housing market and the lowering of rates willmake obtaining mortgages easier. There are still strict hurdles anindividual must overcome to secure home financing, which issomething I will continue with next time.

Geoff Zahler is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. He can bereached at [email protected].

GeoffZahler

HEALTH TALK

Liver questions your last weekend

D

ear College Student,Its me, Liver. I was recently

talking with Kidney and some of

the other guys and there are a fewthings I want to run by you.

First of all, thanks for keeping up theregular exercise. Brainwont stop talking aboutthose endorphins (asyoure probably aware)and Lungs and Heartare completely elatedwhen youre firing on allcylinders on the treadmilland in the lap pool. In thelong run, the improvedblood flow makes all of usorgans happier.

Kidney, on the otherhand, is pissed. Hesays you need to stop

mega-dosing on protein.In between the whey shakes, the copious

amounts of chicken and tuna and thepre-bedtime snack, youre giving Kidney a

workout he might not be able to handle ina few years. We can only handle so muchprotein at one time down here, you know?

Kidney is busy enough trying to keepyour blood volume levels, blood pH and ionconcentrations in check, which was a littlehard after all those Jager shots you took earlier.

On a lighter note, Heart was e cstatic afteryou joined that intramural soccer team.He had only one complaint. I think it wassomething about an Awful Awful burgerone night and some pesky low-densitylipoproteins (LDLs) moving in.

But ever since youve been off thoseantibiotics and eating oatmeal every morn-ing, Colons convinced hes the healthiesthes ever been. But if you ask me, I thinkhes full of shit.

Oh, and all these lively white blood cells thatwork hard for your immune system runningaround here have quite the bone to pick withyou about this game you call beer pong.

Apparently, all hell breaks loose withthese cells when you drink this bacteria-riddled beer. Though theyve mentioned

theyre building up quite the collection ofmemory cells, chances are youre going toeventually catch something from this game.

If youre lucky, it might be something minorlike strep throat. Just a heads-up, though,theyve been seeing some microbes knownto you as the clap which were trying tosettle in your mouth and throat area aswell. Howd that get into your beer anyway?

Lastly, I dont mind cleaning up shop aroundhere after a few drinks, I can handle that. Justmake sure you eat something beforehand.That way Stomach and I have a little moretime before were inundated with alcohol.

Oh, and sorry about last weekend. Brainordered Stomach to send the alcohol back.

Those bed sheets were ugly anyway.Arent you a little old to have dinosaurs onthem? Ah, what do I know? Im just a liver.

Sincerely,Liver

Memo Sanchez is a columnist for TheNevada Sagebrush. He can be reached at e [email protected].

MemoSanchez

POLITICAL OPINION

McCains temper unfairly bypassed again

Throughout the 2004 Democraticprimaries, conservative com-mentators led the chorus withthe regular political pundits of

the day in questioning Howard Deanstemperament to become president.

Can we trust a man who screamsand sounds like a crazy man at oneof his own rallies to have his fingeron the nuclear button? was one of

those questions asked right up toDeans eventual bowing o ut of therace. Interestingly enough, however,an experiment conducted at theUniversity of Wisconsin the followingyear proved the s cream we all heardfrom Dean was a fake.

So what does this have to do withthe current election?

Althou gh you probab ly di dnt notice,Sen. John McCains temperament hasbeen questioned during this election(without the noted glare of spotlightgiven to Gov. Deans unfortunate bitof political e mbarrassment). Actually,it hasnt popped up as it was hoveringin rotation above the planet like a

long-discontinued satellite which isseen by few telescopes, in this casethe telescope being The Kansas CityStar.

There are the moments of infantilewhini ng tha t any of us have probab lydone as babies. According to hismemoirs, at 2, McCains tantrumswould get s o in tense hed hold hi sbreath to the point that his parents

would dunk him i n col d wat er tocure him.

The whining turned into a pugna-cious, feisty style that led to his stintin high school as a wrestler. As he gotolder and ascended into politics, hisfury and that early infantile whiningstarted to blend with each other.

For example, there was the momentback in 1986 when McCain won hisseat in the Senate and then blew upat the Arizona Republican chairmanbecause the podium was too tall.

Theres the story that McCain man-handled a Sandinista leader during adiplomatic mission in 1987 (which, inall fairness, has yet to be proven).

Then there was hissparring both insidethe Senate in 1992with D olores Alfon d,

chairwoman of theNational Allianceof Families for theReturn of AmericasMissing Servicemen

and Women. After that first sparring(which drove Alfond to tears), therewas a seque l in 1996 which led to alittle tiff between McCain, Alfond andsome of her supporters in the halls ofthe Senate.

All of this b egs t he que stion that i fthis were an issue for Gov. Dean in2004, why isnt it just as much of anissue with Sen. McCain now?

Theres a visible pattern of thesekinds of blow-ups from McCain and

theyve been discarded as parts of hispersonality.

It may end up being that, butdont we deserve to have an honest

examination about his tempers longhistory?

But theres probably as big of a chanceof that happening as the University ofWisconsin experiment I mentionedearlier ever being talked about anywherebesides liberal blogs and here in thiscolumn.

That is, needless to say, pretty slim tonone.

Thats the world we live in, folks.A few more reasons to get yourself to a

voting booth.

Brian Ault is a columnist for The NevadaSagebrush. He can be reached at ed [email protected]

BrianAult

Theres a visible pattern of these kinds of blow-

ups from McCain and theyve been discarded as

parts of his personality.

Governmentintervention triesto fix nationalmortgage crisis

WEBNOTESCOLUMN: PALIN FAILS

AT UPHOLDING ANY

FEMINIST IDEALS

On Sept. 10, 1:11 p.m., NBwrote:Well done, This is a

message many youngwomen voters need to hear.This McCain Palin ticketcan ONLY mean change.change for the worse thatis.I do have to criticize you fornot being more emphaticabout the sex educationvs. abstinence message.You would have furtherstrengthened the point, andbeen correct in doing so,if you said that it is a factthat the abstinence onlymessage does not work.

UNR2 21THE UNR OF THE FUTURE, TOMORROW!

Drawn by:

Kurt Hirsch

Written by:

Clint Demeritt

Created by:

David Worthington and Mike Geraghty

Two college students discuss their bedroommisadventures.

So after things really got

going, I stung her. You

know, to show her how

much I care.

Why didnt you stop after her headswelled to three times its regular size?

Didnt you realize she was allergic?

Well, on my

planet that just

means youre,

you know, ready.

So that is how you gotthe restraining order.

No, that was when I

threw that beehive into

her dorm room to apolo-

gize. Apparently shes

allergic to those too.


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arts & entertainment www.nevadasagebrush.comA8 SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

By Van Pham

When Hamilton Leithauserwarbled When I used to goout/I would know everyonethat I saw/Now I go out aloneif I go out at all at the crux ofThe Walkmens breakout single,The Rat, the delivery seemedto lack legitimacy for such animmediate, brash and youthfulband. Their much-lauded 2004release, Bows + Arrows, leftThe Walkmen in a precariousplace of sounding like so manybands that tout the New York-chic: fiercely hip and unavoid-ably insincere. Their forgettable2006 follow up was aptly titled AHundred Miles Off a releasesomewhat off target to erase thesort of reputation one garnerswhen they sell their singles to

car ads. Defer to Interpol for asimilar case.The Walkmens latest, You &

Me, adds the sense of age andexperience that they seemed tolack in previous albums notto say that they hadnt alreadyestablished themselves as atight, well-put-together band but what they had in styleand conviction, they lacked innaturalness and earnest.

Unlike their 2004 release,which hit audiences with aone-two punch combo to thesternum, You & Me mars like apotent serum, sliding languidly

through the system to coat yourinsides with 14 tracks that areimbued with nostalgia, by turns

woeful and hopeful. It buoysthe band above mediocrity andsets their haunches steadily inthe direction of a very cohesive,mature but uncomplicatedalbum.

From the first track we get thesense that there is a darknessto be uncovered that wasntpresent in previous releases. Itis characteristically moodier,and naturally, older. There isstill sand in my suitcase/Thereis still salt in my teeth, we learnfrom Leithauser, previewingthe lingering and longing thatadorns the rest of the album.

In addition to the bands usualtouches the liberal use of reverband sprightly organ tones - areall the theatrics of a slow-motion

parade gilded with triumphantimpression and grandiosity inthe expanse of brass arrange-ments. But in small, focusedportraits, a sad sensibility andsimple, tugging yearning playout in slow, swelling drum tracksand lucid vocals.

Songs like Red Moon andOn the Water employ hornsand whistles to spruce up thebands forays into balladry thelatter particularly scintillatingwhen the whistles are coupledwith a hissing high-hat to im-press upon the ears as an audiocompanion to an updated

spaghetti western.Whats perhaps most re-

markable about this effort isnot just the instrumentation,but Leithausers leap fromhis Bono-like/Rod Stewart-infused howls (less mullet,less Lycra) into a certainsteadiness and assurance inhis delivery. His voice anchorsthe leap into adulthood forthis band, his laments andadmissions more authenticas anthems for days gone by,rather than juvenile yelps la

mode. Standout rock trackswith danceab le beats theseare not; this is deliberate,unhurried work that pays offfor those that can relate onthe simplistic level of missingsomeone, something, some-where. And its captured wellenough by the band that wecan stay there to steep a whilein that sentiment of wishfulthinking and dreaming, justthe three of us: The Walkmen,you and me.

Van Pham can be reached [email protected]

THE WALKMENYOU & ME

Release Date: Aug. 19Genre:Indie rockGrade:B+

Up close and personalALBUM REVIEW

The Walkmen get intimate on You & Me

of hardcore offers more thanyour run-of-the-mill chug-chug. The genre they fall intowas best known as screamoin the 90s before the termwas hijacked by well-bred,mall-core bands thus form-ing an unfortunate connectionbetween the radical Swing Kidsand the lamentable Silverstein.Their wall of melodic noise issimilar to that of their Bay area

chums Comadre, minus the

Kid Dynamite and up on theSaetia. The show takes placeWednesday, September 18 at 8p.m. and only costs $5.

For those of you that areinterested in checking outmetal and hardcore shows,this basement show couldbe right up your alley if youhavent yet b een. These eventsare absolutely visceral and of-fer a more intense alternativeto stages and cattle-herdingdividers. In those subterra-nean scenes provided by base-

ments and dive bars, there is a

certain feeling of connectionand inclusion between theband and the audience thatcan often be lost in translationat larger venues. And while itcan be intimidating at first tostep into someones house orexplore a different space, it isoften be more rewarding thanwatchin g a show f rom 200 feetaway.

Van Pham and Troy Micheaucan be reached at [email protected]

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Aaron Meyer, Rock Violin-ist at Pioneer Center forPerforming ArtsThe famous concert rock

violinist, Aaron Meyer,

comes to Reno with classi-

cal renditions of songs like

Eleanor Rigby, Comfortably

Numb, Amazing Grace and

many more. Meyers musi-

cal talents have taken him

across the world, performing

with acts such as Everclear,

Smokey Robinson and Aaron

Neville.100 S. Virginia St.

Reno, NV 89501

Show starts at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $8 for students

Filter at Club UndergroundFueling an anti-war/pro-

troop sentiment, Filter is on

tour after their release of

Anthems For The Damned

with the lead single Soldiers

of Misfortune. While the

bands message is contro-

versial at times, they still

maintain a strong fan base

and really know how to rock.

555 E. Fourth St.

Reno, NV 89512Show starts at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $18 at the door

THURSDAY/18

Master Slash Slave at TheSatellite LoungeA blend of raunchy guitars

with retro synth sounds

coming straight out of 1985

make Master Slash Slave a

force to be reckoned with.

The San Franciscan band

is currently on tour after

their September 9 release of

Scandal, their newest album.

Check them out for a nightof electro pop madness.

188 California Ave.

Reno, NV 89509

Show starts at 8 p.m.

Ticket prices are TBA

SATURDAY/20

The Mark Sexton Band withMan the Clap at the ZephyrLoungeUniversity of Nevada, Renos

own Man The Clap and The

Mark Sexton Band are team-

ing up to present the fresh

sound of Reno in its entirety.

These two local groups

are playing for a mere $5,

making this show college-

budget-friendly.

1074 S. Virginia St.

Reno, NV 89502

Show starts at 10 p.m.

Tickets are $5

MONDAY/22

AUDIOPHILE

Concertcruisingon abudget

Now that the HollandArt Market and theend of summer aredrawing near, the

ease of finding local and tour-ing bands playing outdoorshas started to trickle to awhimper. At this rate, whatare your options for cheapshows? With the epidemicof cancellations of larger

venturessuch as Nas,due to lackof ticketsales, itsobvious thatthe con-certgoersin this townneed to bereinvigo-rated.

Will fansbe pleasedwith more

$30+ shows?Prob-ably andhopefullynot. Therevolutionwill not costmore thanyour averagedrive-thrumeal.

This week there are twoexciting shows that wedlike to present for yourconsideration. These are ofcourse, amongst many otherthings slinking around justunder the radar in Reno, sobe sure to always keep aneye out on resources like theconcert listings in your schooland local papers, as well asthe Wolf Pack Radio Web blog(blog.wolfpackradio.org).

Post Bigfoot is a collabora-tive show between local artistsand musicians, a healthymixture of those that havebeen active within the Renoarts community and beyond,as well as those who havenever displayed their art insuch a capacity. The night willfeature pieces by studentsOmar Pierce, Kelsey Page andCatherine Conlan, amongothers.

Pierces artwork has beenfeatured at the HollandHeadquarters as well asnumerous projects for localbands including Over Vertand Panic Opera. A mixture

of kitsch and H.P. Lovecraftmacabre, Pierces work isfunny and frightening, butalways distinct.

Other artists on display arepresenting a promising mixtureof media, including photogra-phy from Megan Kay, who hastaken unique shots of variousbands and other subjects. Shehas a great eye for the dramaticand explosive.

For a more kinetic experi-ence, audiences can takein the dance performanceof University of Nevada,Reno faculty member CariCunningham or sway to thesounds of local musicians likeNevada student Dan Hansen,instrumental math-rockersManacle and the emotive folk

of My Flag Is On Fire, whoare fresh off the heels of theirfirst West Coast tour. Alsoperforming that night witha short film premiere is JonShown, recently featured inthe Reno News & Review as apart of Reno Limelight.

The event takes place atStudio on Fourth, which hasin the past played host tomany cool shows for bandslike HEALTH, Langhorne Slimand Rocky Votolato. Located at432 E. Fourth Street, the spacehas provided a good placeto converge art and music,worth checking out if youvenever been. The show is freeand begins at 6 p.m., withperformances at 7:30 p.m.

VanPham

TroyMicheau

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