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William Raggio was a force in Carson City watching over Nevadas higher education for years. According to top-level administrators, many of the vaunted, innovative buildings that opened on campus within the last decade were a result of his support and commitment to education in the state. Read more about how the late politician affected the university and its students on A2.

Higher ed advocate Bill Raggio dies at 85

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Coping with an eating disorderCoping with an eating disorder

Photo illustration by Garrett Valenzuela/Nevada Sagebrush

Krista Barlow, a 23-year-old journalism major, looks at a photo of herself during the time she struggled with simultaneous anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa in high school.

Leader delays farm actions

This thing doesnt have a face. It doesnt discriminate. It doesnt matter what background you come from, it doesnt matter if you have the best family support in the world or no family

By Zachary Volkert

University of Nevada, Reno interim President Marc John-son postponed a proposal to rezone 10 percent of UNR farmland to future industrial park space in a mass email to the student body Thursday morning, keeping one of the few farmable areas in the Truckee River Valley wholly intact.

Arguing against the quick profi ts that the industrial park would have created, members of the community highlighted the volatile growth potential for agriculture across the country. According to an October 2011 Entrepreneur Magazine investigative article about the burgeoning local food industry, cities as diverse as Seattle and Cleveland are experiencing rates as high as 90 percent of local food served in restaurants.

Despite the demand, the market is still wide open more than 90 percent of food consumed in the United States is grown in the third world. After mining and gaming, agriculture is Nevadas third biggest industry.

If business is on the up and up, its largely due to a massive paradigm shift in food right now, said Amber Sallaberry, director of the local Great Ba-sin Food Co-op which has ex-panded from three to over 67 local farmers in the last three years. What people want is local, fresh, healthy food. Its being echoed that people want an education to be a part of building something toward that in Nevada.

The collective that fought the rezoning now hope to develop

By Ben Miller

Krista Barlow hadnt eaten a full meal in four days.

The teenager was standing at the paint coun-ter of Walmart selecting a color for her room with her mother when her skin went pale. She began to feel clammy. She was sweaty and her vision went fuzzy. Her hearing began to fade as she collapsed on the ground.

When she awoke, her mother and several em-ployees were trying to revive her, holding water and orange juice. But the episode was over. She felt fi ne. Krista pushed herself up and walked

out of the store with her mother.On the car ride home, her mother told Krista

that she needed help. But Krista had to ask for it herself it wasnt something her mother could force on her.

About 11 million people in the United States have an eating disorder, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. Stories like Kristas are the inspiration behind Eating Disorder Awareness Week, which the university is recognizing this week with several events.

Krista, who is now a 23-year-old journalism

By Ben Miller

The Counseling Center is holding several events this week to raise awareness of eating disorders in an effort to help catch cases early, before they result in physical prob-lems or even death.

This week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week a time that

Counseling Center Psycholo-gist Rebecca Thompson looks to as an opportunity to educate the friends and relatives of vic-tims who play a crucial role in getting victims of disordered eating to come forward.

Often, people with eating disorders hesitate to seek help

Student refl ects on personal struggles

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Counselors look to awareness to curb disease

Walkout scheduled to protest budget reductionsBy Stephen Ward

Students might see a fl ock of classmates exit the room Thursday to protest shriveling departments and infl ating tuition on campus.

The Occupy Reno student group is calling for a statewide walkout at 1:30 p.m. in solidarity with the National Day of Action for Education, according to group members. It will include a 2 p.m. rally on the front steps of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center and a 6 p.m. general assembly meeting in front of the University of Nevada, Renos Getchell Library.

The tactic of the walkout is to remind not

necessarily the staff but the university administra-tion that they depend on the students to keep this whole thing going, said Occupy Reno student group member Benjamin Castro, who said he has been preparing for the event for about a month. Its a protest against higher tuition and lower quality of education. Its kind of to remind the ad-ministration that they work for the students not the other way around.

While student group members see the protest as a way to spread awareness and send a message to state legislators and administrators, some UNR students and faculty members view the event as a media gimmick that has the potential to backfi re.

Erika McDonald, an 18-year-old business ma-jor, was confused as to what message the group was attempting to send.

I dont think I would participate in it, she said. I mean, its about education, right?

Daniel Judd, a 22-year-old criminal justice major, said the protest would do more harm than good.

I dont know, I dont think itll really do any-thing, he said. I just think itll make the teachers mad. Well be using class time to go walk out and protest.

The criticism is something Castro expected before the event. He said the group doesnt value

students walking out of their classes as much as it wants students to learn about the issues that are affecting them at the legislative level.

The walkout will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Participants will meet for a rally in front of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at 2 p.m. They will meet for a general assembly in front of Getchell Library at 6 p.m.

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By Jay Balagna

Far more than a name on a building, the late William Raggio will be remembered across the system of higher education as one of its biggest advocates in Carson City.

Dubbed the champion of education by a former university president, Raggios infl uence as a leader left an indelible mark on the Nevada System of Higher Education.

A state senator since the 1970s, Raggio was a kind of institution in the Nevada state government rarely seen today. Elected before term limits and part of a Republican leadership that kept power in Northern Nevada long after it lost its population edge over the south, he be-came somebody whose cooperation was necessary for any large project until he announced his retirement in 2011.

When fi rst elected to the state Legisla-ture in 1979 after serving as the Washoe County district attorney and a failed U.S. Senate bid Raggio was not the hero to education he would later be seen as. Former University of Nevada, Reno President Joe Crowley, who served as in-terim president for Raggios fi rst session, remembered him at fi rst as charismatic and already well-known, but not focused on Nevadas students. In the years to come, though, that would change.

He was extremely helpful in knowing what higher eds needs and how to meet those needs, Crowley said. He helped us in higher education at every phase of the budget.

But Raggios importance as a supporter was more important, and nuanced, to NSHE than just support getting money

from the Legislature. Using everything from his role as a UNR alumnus to his long-held view that a strong education held the keys to self-betterment, he helped focus public attention and often pocketbooks to supporting the growth and success of Nevadas universi-ties and colleges.

ATTRACTING DOLLARSPerhaps Raggios most important

legacy is the result of his support of what was once an innovative way to fund new buildings and now stands as the primary way nearly every large project is paid for.

Without Bill Raggio, there would be no Davidson Math and Science building, no Center for Molecular Medicine, no Raggio education building and so much more of the capital structure of the modern university, NSHE Chancellor Dan Kaich said.

This new model matched public dollars from Carson City with private donations solicited individually and through the UNR Foundation founded in 1981, the donor-seeking organization for the university was born along with the new idea, Crowley said.

The model helped to build each of the newer buildings on campus, most of which carry names of primary benefac-tors who provided dollars matched by the state Legislature, such as the Reynolds School of Journalism.

The journalism building is a good example, Crowley said. That kind of pattern prevailed down (in Carson City) and Bill Raggio liked that pattern very much.

The emergence of this new plan was accompanied by many helpful factors,

including rapid growth of both the higher education system and the state and the emergence of gaming as a true industry rooted in Las Vegas. But Raggios support in the halls of the state government was just as instrumental, Crowley said.

More recently, Raggio also heavily infl uenced the reorganization of the way the state funds NSHE to bring about the return of what money tied to federal grants and used to compensate for re-search infrastructure improvements. This change brings a steady fl ow of money to UNR that Klaich said helps support merit pay to keep professor salaries competitive during times of shrinking budgets.

A DEDICATED ALUMNUSBill virtually grew up at the univer-

sity, Klaich said. It was in his blood from the time he was a child and he was a proud graduate, never forgetting his alma mater.

Raggios connections with UNR were deeper than just those of a former stu-dent, though. He was an active alumus in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, a member of the mens basketball team one year and even the recipient of an honorary doctorate degree.

Even late in his life, Raggio main-tained the connections he held with the campus.

I had a meeting with a few alumni on Friday and was told that not only was Sen. Raggio going to be attending our annual Founders Day Dinner on April 13, but that he was extremely excited to see the fraternity up and running and making an impact yet again, Kenny Tedford, the alumni relations offi cer for ATO, said.

The impact UNR had on Raggio was

returned when, later in life, the senator used his power to build up the campus that had given him so much.

(Raggio was) a giant who was shaped by the university and then turned around to be a master sculptor of the campus that it is today, Klaich said. A man who knew that the university had given him great opportunities and who never forgot his responsibility to pay back those gifts. A man who never walked the campus without being awed by its beauty and its history and so became a part of that history.

SUPPORTER IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE

Though he was described as a stalwart supporter of Nevadas education system, that support was not limited to fi ghting for funding in Carson City, but extended to constructive criticism as well.

Bill impacted the university in large and visible ways and in more subtle ways that will be felt for years, Klaich said.

Oftentimes, Raggios support would come in the form of criticism. But it was not criticism aimed to tear the system down, but rather to strengthen its base for the years to come.

I would say support for education takes many forms, Christine Cheney, the dean of the College of Education housed in the building bearing Raggios name, said. But he was also a critic, and thats one of the forms that support for education can take. While its not always comfortable, thats the kind of support we also need.

Juan Lpez and Stephen Ward contributed to this story. Jay Balagna can be reached at [email protected].

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STUDENTS WRITE CONDOLENCES AFTER HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING

Why does this keep happening in our

schools? We should try to understand what

makes students do this in retaliation.

God Bless. Stay strong, I couldnt imagine

what these high school students are going

through. Please dont give up!

May the Gods watch over them.

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KUDOS OF THE WEEK

Sorority to host annual spaghetti fundraiser

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Sigma Kappa Sorority will host its annual SKetti Night fundraising event this weekend at its house (205 University Terrace), with all proceeds ben-efi tting the groups Ultra Violet Campaign.

The campaign includes phi-lanthropies such as gerontology, Inherit the Earth, Marine Sea Coat Missionary Society and Alzheimers Disease research.

The event will run through the night. From 6:30 p.m. Friday to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, the sorority will offer all-you-can-eat spa-ghetti with brownies, lemonade and a live DJ.

Tickets for the event are $5 and can be purchased through any member of the sorority or at the door.

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A master sculptor of the campus

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Bill Raggio poses for a portrait during the 1997 state legislative session.

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A board set up by the administrators in the Center for Student Cultural Diversity served as an outlet for University of Nevada, Reno students to express their thoughts about a high school shooting Monday in Ohio that left one dead and four wounded.

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Bill Raggio speaks during the 1989 state legislative session.

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TUESDAY/28SAUSAGE FESTWhen: 9 a.m.Where: Hilliard Plaza

The Lincoln Hall Association will sell freshly grilled hot dogs. Regular dogs are $1 and specialty sausages are $2.For more information, contact Eric Crone at [email protected].

PIZZA WITH THE POLICEWhen: 11 a.m.- noonWhere: Room 402 of the Joe Crowley Student Union

Students will get free pizza and an opportunity to ask ques-tions to campus police offi cers.For more information, contact Sheree Hummel at [email protected]. BOBA MILK TEA SALEWhen: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.Where: In front of the Joe Crowley Student Union and Hilliard Plaza

Alpha Phi Gamma sorority will sell boba milk tea for $2.50.For more information, contact Jeannica Sacasas at [email protected].

WEDNESDAY/29ANTHROPOLOGY LECTUREWhen: 7-8 p.m.Where: The theater on the third fl oor of the Joe Crowley Student Union

Anthropologist David Hurst Thomas will discuss his teams fi ndings of a Native American village hidden at the top of a mountain in Nevada.For more information, con-tact the front desk of the Joe Crowley Student Union at 775-784-1110.

COLORBLIND: AN EVENING WITH TIM WISEWhen: 7-9 p.m.Where: The grand ballroom on the fourth fl oor of the Joe Crowley Student Union

Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. Wish has authored fi ve books.For more information, contact The Center for Stu-dent Cultural Diversity at 775-784-4936

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ENGINEERING FRATERNITY BRINGS BACK 75-YEAR-OLD EVENT

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RESEARCH:

UNR STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON PATH TO CITIZENSHIP

Researchers at the University of Ne-vada, Reno recently published a study showing that about 15 percent of immi-grants who receive green cards increase their incomes by $11,860 per year after receiving their citizenship.

However, they must fi rst face a six to 10-year waiting period. During this time, immigrants on temporary work visas often fi nd themselves trapped in workplaces with little opportunity for promotion or fi nding another job, according to a statement from the uni-versity released last Tuesday.

Employers know they have these workers over a barrel, said Sankar Mukhopadhyay, one of the researchers, in the statement. They arent going to demand a raise during those six years, even if they deserve it, and they arent going to move on to another company, because they know doing those things will jeopardize their chances of getting their green cards in time.

Because immigrants waiting for their green cards earn so much less than native workers, they are more attractive candidates to employers than American citizens, he said.

In the study, Mukhopadhyay recom-mended increasing the number of green cards given to applicants on temporary work visas.

NEVADA WOLF SHOP DIRECTOR

TO RETIRE AFTER 28 YEARS

Nevada Wolf Shop Director Marie Stewart will retire Wednesday after

more than 28 years of service to the University of Nevada, Reno.

During her time as director, Stewart supervised the design concept for the new bookstore after it transitioned from the Jot Travis Student Union to the Joe Crowley Student Union, implemented the concept for the Pack Pit Stop con-venience store, and administered the concept of healthy food options in the new bookstore, among other achieve-ments.

She was responsible for a $300,000-$500,000 per year transfer to the As-sociated Students of the University of Nevada during her tenure as bookstore manager, according to ASUN Director Sandy Rodriguez.

A retirement reception was held for Stewart on Monday in the Joe as a tribute to her diligent work throughout the years.

NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION NEWSUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN:

SUPREME COURT TO HEAR CASE CHARGING INSTITUTION WITH EXCLUDING WHITE APPLICANTS

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case challenging the University of Texas at Austins controversial use of race when considering undergraduate ap-

plicants, according to a statement from the university released last Tuesday.

The case, titled Fisher v. The Uni-versity of Texas, concerns a white female student who charged the in-stitution with excluding her because she is Caucasian. In the statement, university President Bill Powers said the decision process is justified be-cause it is geared toward enhancing diversity.

The Supreme Court wrote in the 2003 landmark Grutter v. Bollinger case that the nations future depends upon leaders educated and trained through wide exposure to the ideas and mores of students as diverse as this nation, Powers said in the statement. Our ad-missions policy embodies that vision.

The U.S. Court of Appeals voted in favor of the university.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON:

RESEARCHERS COMPLETE FOUR-DECADE STUDY ILLUSTRATING SLANG FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS OF AMERICA

After more than 40 years of reviewing 2.3 million interviews, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has completed the second half of the Dic-tionary of American Regional English, which catalogues the different types of speech present in different communi-ties around the United States.

The dictionarys editor, Joan Houston Hall, took on the responsibility of com-pleting the project after the fi rst editor died in 1985, according to a statement

from the university. The statement said the dictionary is useful for professionals seeking to understand Americans from different parts of the country.

The books encompass sayings like ish, a Minnesota expression for disgust and cho cho, an Oregon phrase for a small child or boy. The researchers conducted interviews in more than 1,000 communities across all 50 states, including Carson City and Winnemucca.

UNR POLICE BLOTTER

FRIDAY, 2/24/12:Offi cers cited an individual for public drunkenness and minor in possession and consumption at Nye Hall.

TUESDAY, 2/21/12:Police responded to a report of a traffi c accident at Church Fine Arts.

Offi cers arrested an individual for tres-passing at Lombardi Recreation Center.

SATURDAY, 2/18/12:Police responded to a report of petit larceny involving a wallet, military dog tags and currency at Lombardi Recre-ation Center.

Offi cers arrested an individual for driv-ing under the infl uence and cited an individual for minor in possession and consumption at East Ninth and North Virginia streets.

Juliana Bledsoe/Nevada SagebrushTrevor Cummins, a 21-year-old mechanical engineering major, adds metal weights to his Rube Goldberg machine during Theta Tau fraternitys Engineers Brawl event Friday. The fraternity revived the event, which hasnt been held since 1937. Theta Tau members hope to build upon the Brawl and include high school participation in the future.

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Zombie game phenomenon hits campus

By Ben Miller

Brad Sappington, a student at Goucher College in Maryland, turned to his friends one day in 2005 and told them he had always wanted to see 50 people chasing one student across campus.

The small group made it happen. They created a game involving Nerf guns, socks and bandanas, based the game loosely on tag and tied it to the zombie mythos. An empire was born the Humans vs. Zombies empire. Latching onto Facebook, which was just be-ginning to open up to students at non-Ivy League schools at the time, Humans vs. Zombies spread like wildfi re, leaping from city to city and drawing in tens of thousands.

Now, the game has descended on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. After a two-day test game last week, a group of students is aiming for campus-wide participation in a large-scale event that begins Friday and will last a week.

Its such a long-term thing, it just feels really like an apocalyp-tic event, said Nolan Nicholson, treasurer of the Humans vs. Zombies club. Its so drawn out and pervading over the entire course of it.

The game pits one original zombie against an army of hu-mans carrying Nerf guns and socks, which act as grenades. Humans wear bandanas around their arms and zom-bies wear them around their heads, but the original zombie goes incognito until they begin infecting, or tagging, people. The game is skewed toward the undead because they regener-ate only minutes after being shot.

On top of the regular mechan-ics of gameplay, moderators often dream up special mis-sions for the players, putting them in scenarios that follow a storyline. Last semester, the students held a mission where the humans had to gather pieces of a machine (random metal parts) and bring them together in one place.

The group is hoping to meet the scale reported at other col-leges and universities. According to Max Temkin, one of the fi rst

players of the game at Goucher College, Purdue University held one game with about 1,600 participants.

The UNR groups test game was comparatively small with about 25 players, but it none-theless turned heads toward the students decked out with Nerf guns of all shapes and sizes when they gathered to be-gin a mission in the Fitzgerald Student Services building Thursday.

Games last for at least a week because of a few reasons, Nicholson said. It generally lasts until either the last human is in-fected or there is a fi nal escape mission. The campus serves as a massive urban playground where students play in between classes and well into the night.

One very possible situation could be a human and a zombie going into the same class, Nich-olson said. Because academic buildings and residence halls are off-limits for the game, they could both exit the building and then the human would have to run for their life.

The basic idea nowhere is safe, he said. Which makes everywhere fun.

Some Humans vs. Zombies players take the game to ex-

tremes with gun modifi cations and costumes, Nicholson said. Michael Kaiser, an 18-year-old mechanical engineering major and six-game veteran, brought a Nerf gun covered in taped objects to the test game. He attached items including two socks, his iPhone 4, a laser pointer and extra ammuni-tion to the plastic fi rearm.

Others brought Nerf bows and arrows, shotguns and pistols. The club offi cers had no diffi culty attracting 25 stu-dents to the small-scale game.

It was that easy last semes-ter as well. The game fi rst hit UNR in October. According to Andrew Delloro, one of the fi rst players at the university, the fl edgling project attracted about 120 students and lasted half a week.

But they faced logistical problems. After a moderator cheated by bringing them-selves back to life, many be-came distrustful of the rules and quit the game.

Then, a small contingency from the fi rst round decided to rally. Recognizing that the previous groups problems largely stemmed from poor organization, they secured recognition as a club from

the undergraduate student government, appointed mod-erators to guard against cheat-ing and held the test game a self-proclaimed publicity stunt to garner interest for the fi rst large-scale game, which will begin Friday.

After all, Nicholson believes the best way to get people play-ing Humans vs. Zombies is by playing it.

Id say about a third of the people in the original game signed up midgame because they saw us walking around with

the armbands, with the guns, he said. The game really does advertise itself more powerfully than any advertising we could cook up.

Ben Miller can be reached at [email protected].

The Humans vs. Zombies game will run for a week beginning 6:30 p.m. Friday on the fourth fl oor of the Joe Crowley Student Union.

THE GAME

By Alex Malone

As February ends, so does Na-tional Black History Month. In the last two years, the University of Nevada, Reno has seen an in-crease in these types of activities to celebrate African-American culture, Student Development Coordinator Jody Lykes said. Paired with an increase in di-versity initiatives, Black History Month has become one of many opportunities for students to connect with different cultures.

If a black student were to come to this campus now as opposed to fi ve years ago, they would have an entirely different experience. The experience now would be a lot more positive, Lykes said. The cool thing about it is that these events that we put on are not the only thing that students have to choose from.

Events drew an average atten-dance of about 50 students, Lykes said. Some events, like a dating game event, drew more than 100.

Many of them were in clubs in the Black Culture Cooperative, a project of the Center.

Sometimes theyre the same students, sometimes theyre dif-ferent. Its very centered around the clubs and organizations that are in the Black Culture Coop-erative, Lykes said.

Education is the driving force behind the months events, Black Student Organization President Niesha Jones said.

A lot of people arent aware of whats going on in the African-American community, so hav-ing a time to be able to celebrate it and make an awareness on campus is essential because people need to know whats go-ing on, said Jones, a 20-year-old journalism major.

The BCC advertised club events through fl yers and social media, Lykes said. The funding for these events comes from the Associated Students of the University of Nevada.

The breadth of clubs that

advocate for the African-American community is both a strength and a weakness, BSO Vice President Nadeen Black said. The 19-year-old journalism and French major said that the different clubs allow many events, but they are almost exclusive to club members. Lykes expressed a similar idea, but is still opti-mistic of growth.

Do I have a wish that I would see more white students or students not associated with the Center and the clubs? I think the answer is yes, Lykes said. But as long as it stays positive for the students who are coming and who are involved, thats all I want.

Black student life on this campus if you can fi nd it, because sometimes I know students dont fi nd it is good. Its really good.

Alex Malone can be reached at [email protected].

Black History Month events fi nd growth

Courtesy of Andrew Delloro

Students acting like zombies try to reach humans at Palmer Engineering during a test game of Humans vs. Zombies on Friday.

To see a video one of the Humans vs. Zombies group members made of the test game, scan this QR code.

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because they dont think their problem is bad enough, Thomp-son said. They might also fear the reactions of those they look to for help.

Ive heard so many people who come in and have people say to them, You dont look like you have an eating disorder, because theres a stereotype about what people (should look like), she said. And re-ally, anybody can look any way and have an eating disorder.

The support network that victims have around them are often the reasons that people with disordered eating seek treatment, said Lara Pence, a licensed clinical psychologist with the Texas branch of the Renfrew Center, a national authority on the diseases.

Often the people who get help get help because somebody goes toward them and offers help or tells them they need to get help, Pence said.

The campus offers several outlets for people with eating disorders, said Yani Dickens, director of training at the counseling center. Victims can consult with a dietitian at the student health center, talk with a psychologist at the counseling center or at-tend one of its support group sessions. The group focuses on four techniques to help people address problems related to disordered eating awareness of emotions, regulation of emotions, dis-

tress tolerance and learning to be assertive.

More than 10 million Americans struggle with eating disorders, according to statis-

tics from the National Eating Disorders Association.


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major at the University of Nevada, Reno, struggled with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa through the second half of high school and the fi rst half of college.

I would go about two weeks without having an actual meal, Krista said. And (I) would go through episodes of anorexia like that and if (I) did eat some-thing, (I) would purge it.

Her behavior was self-sup-porting. She believed in logical contradictions that kept her from fully understanding her problem.

When she looked in the mirror, she would admire the way that her skin was draped so thinly across her ribs, which stuck out noticeably. At the same time, the thin girl saw a fat person whose blue and gold cheerleading uniform wouldnt fi t properly because of her size.

You always think, like, it can be better, she said. Its basi-cally an unattainable thing you see. And what youre looking at is never good enough.

The pain she felt from vomiting and hunger felt useful. It was a way to deal with the confusing and stressful life of a teenage girl.

Every time she got in a fi ght with her family or a boyfriend, every time she felt worthless, she craved the pain.

(I would think), Lets get it over with, lets get the pain out and then move forward.

For about two years, Krista went through her days barely eating. She would often bring l a handful of Goldfi sh crack-ers with her to schoo a small enough portion that she could easily hide it. She would consume only enough to keep herself from passing out during cheerleading practice.

Most of Kristas symptoms and side effects of the diseases are relatively common among people who share them with her, according to UNR Counseling Services Psychologist Rebecca Thompson. Victims often con-

coct logical contradictions to justify their behavior.

If your body is starving, then your brain isnt exactly working at its best capacity, she said.

For many, its an issue of controlling whats happening in their lives, said Lara Pence, a li-censed clinical psychologist with the Renfrew Center of Texas, a national research and treatment foundation for eating disorders.

Our patients get really sad and they dont know how to manage their sadness, Pence said. But what they do know how to control is what goes into their mouth.

Kristas problems didnt start with that feeling. Self-induced vomiting was something that she stumbled upon accidentally at the end of her freshman year of high school. She had been eating tacos with her friends one night and got a piece of tomato lodged in her throat. She induced vomiting to get it out.

I just remembered, This doesnt even hurt, Krista said. And I just remember, after that it was so much easier for me to just have that release. Because I knew that if I induced it, it wouldnt hurt.

After that, there was no ac-countability. Though the 5-foot 5 girl dropped from 120 pounds to 102 pounds, none of her friends or family seemed to notice. If they did, they didnt mention it to Krista. Her high school had off-campus lunches, so she didnt have to be around other people when she was eating.

Without anybody to tell her something was wrong, Krista listened instead to her own justi-fi cations for her behavior. Draw-ing from the extreme cases of girls wasting away on TV, she told herself that she wasnt so bad.

Krista has since learned that such disorders dont necessarily show themselves drastically. Of-ten they arent even noticeable.

This thing doesnt have a face, she said. It doesnt dis-criminate. It doesnt matter what background you come from, it doesnt matter if you have the best family support in the world

or no family support.It wasnt until the fainting epi-

sode in Walmart that she began to pay more attention to what she was doing. Soon after the incident, she started to notice blood in her spit when she would brush her teeth. It continued for a few weeks the acidic bile that accompanied her vomit had deteriorated her esophagus to the point of bleeding.

Finally, Krista admitted her problems to her parents. With her family supporting her, she was able to overcome her problems. She eventually saw a professional therapist to avoid relapse.

Since then, Krista has had many of her friends come forward to confi de in her about similar problems. She said she knows about 10 people who have struggled with eating disorders.

I think its a lot more common than people think, Krista said. There are people that youre friends with, more than likely, and you cant ever really truly identify it sometimes unless somebody tells you that theyre going through it.

Some of her friends still wont come forward for treatment, she said. But while shes glad that they confi ded in her, it frustrates and frightens her that their behavior will likely continue.

Especially because she saw fi rst-hand the physical toll that such problems can take on a person. When she was still engaging in her behaviors, she bled from her throat and fainted. But Krista is concerned about the effects her diseases could still have on her. Shes waiting to see if she develops osteoporosis or fragile bones, effects of anorexia.

Mentally, shes still struggling.Of course people recover

from it, she said. But its always something in the back of your mind. Theres always that voice saying, Dont eat that!

It gets quieter, but it doesnt go away.


Were going to be there from 2 to 5 (p.m.), he said. Get youre As fi rst, then you can meet us after class. If you cant afford to walk out, just meet us afterwards.

The rally is one of several events the Occupy Reno student group has held at the university this year. In addition to regularly holding

general assemblies on the UNR campus, the group orchestrates protests to rally against corporate personhood, such as the Feb. 2 event held at the Knowledge Center earlier this month.

Derek Kauneckis, a UNR associ-ate professor of political science, views the protest as an effective way to gather local media atten-tion but explained how legislators werent the main contributors to higher educations hardships.

I dont think the problem is

that the legislators dont care, I think the problem is they dont have a revenue source to work with, Kauneckis said.

He also warned about potential backfi re, as some citizens view college as a privileged environ-ment where the problems dont immediately impact them. Walk-ing out during a lecture doesnt make the group appear socially responsible, he added.

Despite the detractors, Castro is optimistic about the event

and the message Occupy Reno is trying to send.

There are some industries where capitalism can fl ourish, he said. There are some things you shouldnt capitalize on, and education being one of the basic fundamental human rights, it shouldnt be something you capitalize on. This is an invest-ment in the future.

Stephen Ward can be reached at [email protected].

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a self-sustaining incubation program and a fruit-and-berry orchard in the rescued 104-acre strip, part of the detailed ecosys-tem proposal for the entire 1,049 acres. Local businesswoman Susie Sutphin was especially optimistic about the incubation program.

The incubation plan is mod-eled after a California (Agricul-ture and Land-Based Training Association) program that now sustains itself without the use of grants, Sutphin said. Creating self-sustaining industries on campus is invaluable, especially with the effect of the economic crisis on education.

The proposal also argued that the space could be used for still-unallocated regional

fl ood management space before Johnson was informed Wednes-day evening that the selection deadline was extended. It was one of the few arguments that held the proposal together after Tuesday evening when local farmers, students and businessmen spoke out against its educational, economic and environmental impact.

Concerns that the rezoning would have been another nail in the coffi n of the CABNR program were refuted by associ-ate professor James Sedinger of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, who attested to the programs growth.

Yes, we had to cut animal science and animal biotech in 2010, Sedinger said. But we also stepped up to the plate and made sure no student currently in the program didnt graduate.

Sedinger also defended that

CABNR is using more than $1.1 million in 33 various experimen-tal projects this year and even added a new major: agricultural science.

Even with the victory over the farmland, the agricultural program is shrinking quickly, often losing its most talented students. Catelyn Sanders, the president the UNR Future Farmers Association, spoke of her plans to transfer to Boise State University next year be-cause the university offers her desired emphasis agricultural business.

Youth who live in Nevada, who want to stay in Nevada, who want to come to UNR are now willing to go (out-of-state), said Sanders. They are willing to make that change in order to do what they love.

Zachary Volkert can be reached at [email protected].

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I was minding my own business a couple weeks ago, trying to act like I wasnt crying while watching Jennifer Hudsons tribute to Whitney Houston at the Grammy Awards, when I encountered something on the Internet that made me so angry, it dried up my tears instantaneously

rumors that Rihanna was going to release her song, Birthday Cake as a single with a Chris Brown feature added to the mix. In honor of Ms. Houston, can I get a resounding hell to the no?

Terrible single choice aside, I couldnt fathom why Rihanna would choose to associate with a man who not only physically abused her but tried to kill her as well. Talk about this topic ranges

from victim blaming to spiels about the importance of forgiveness, which brings me to this great philosophical notion forgiveness is a cruel joke. A joke people play on themselves.

People love to spew impassioned rhetoric about how forgiveness is a virtue. Something cannot be virtuous if it is an obligation, just how forgiveness has become. When people talk about the impera-tiveness of forgiveness, I question whether they know the actual meaning of the term.

Forgiveness entails setting aside the grievance you have toward a person and choosing to continue a personal relationship with them.

Acceptance involves acknowledging what has been done to you and freeing yourself from the shackles of a relentless grudge.

One of my several past therapists said we should all be incredibly kind to ourselves, especially when in a state of mind that no one else will treat you well. Treasure yourself.

This includes surrounding yourself with people who dont cause you harm. This includes discon-tinuing relationships with people who compromise your happiness. This means forgoing forgiveness. That is not to say Im promoting grudges, rather, urging you to realize your self-worth. Have some self-respect.

According to Mahatma Gandhi, The weak can

never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Gandhi got shot and used his last waking moments to forgive his assassin. His argument is invalid. If Gandhi didnt allow people to mistake his kindness for weakness, he wouldve had at least fi ve more years to have naked sleep overs with women to prove he had control of his sexual desires and eat fruit exclusively.

I cringe when victims of cruelty, like Gandhi, claim to forgive wrongdoers. For instance, families of murder victims who go on talk shows and proudly declare that they forgive the killer(s). Really? Im all for letting go of grudges in order to stave off the acidic resentment that eats away at ones soul but forgiveness?

If someone killed me and my family forgave the assailant who prematurely blew out my glorious light, I would permeate the physical world and haunt each and every one of them violently.

The same staunch I refuse to forgive attitude should apply to less severe discretions. If you fi nd out a friend is a pathological liar who makes up rumors about you skip the forgiveness and go straight to cutting ties. Same goes for people who admit to liking Rick Santorum (or any of the GOP candidates for that matter).

If someone cheats on you? You know what to do. In fact, according to a study published in The

Journal of Family Psychology in 2011, forgiving a spouses transgressions can lead to them commit-ting more. If your not-so-signifi cant other cheats on you, dont take that miserably inadequate person back. Have some dignity and fi nd a new piece. You deserve better. Enabling is an addiction and a disease just say no.

So from now on, ditch the notion of forgiveness and cut those horrible people out of your life. Forget about them and move on already. However, if you are feeling extra feisty or have been wronged in a particularly heinous way (for instance, youve been attacked by a signifi cant other like Rihanna), feel free to heed the advice of Anton LaVey, of Satanic fame: If a man smite thee on one cheek, smash him on the other!

Enjolie Esteve studies journalism and philosophy. She can be reached at [email protected].

On Valentines Day, the Voices for Planned Parenthood, University of Nevada, Reno chapter built a fortress composed of $600 worth of Top Ramen boxes in front of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center. The groups aim: to visually show how much an average woman would spend on birth control per year if it were not provided to her by an employer via insurance coverage.

On Feb. 9, the Rubio-Manchin Bill, S. 2092, was introduced into the U.S. Senate. If passed, the bill would allow any corporation to refuse to provide contraceptive coverage on the basis of religious beliefs. Essentially, the bill

would take away the rights of millions of women to have insurance coverage for contraception based on the religious or moral beliefs of their employers.

Back in Nevada, a so-called person-hood bill that would amend our states constitution to protect the unalienable right to life of every prenatal person at all stages of biological development was recently ruled as misleading by a district judge. The Nevada Pro-Life Coalition, the group behind this bill, had to collect 72,352 valid signatures by June 2012 to get the measure on the 2014 ballot, according to a Huffi ngton Post article. Similar personhood amendments such as the aforemen-

tioned are being pushed in dozens of other states.

While the Sagebrush does not want to take a stance on abortion or advocate for any side, we want to emphasize that these issues are what matter now and will affect our lives very soon. With election season in full swing, abortion always surfaces to the top of many peoples minds and is a heated topic. As collegiate students, we need to make ourselves aware that these are the issues at stake and get involved with them now, before it is too late.

To provide more of a complete picture of the newest abortion debate relating to the Rubio-Manchin Bill, some argue

that birth control is a basic need for women, citing fi gures stating that about half of birth control prescribed to women has no relation to pregnancy prevention, such as acne prevention, athletic performance enhancement and spacing children apart.

Some argue the denial of birth control would intrude on a persons constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness, which is outlined in the U.S. Declaration of Independence and is considered an unalienable right.

Others contend there is another per-son involved in the decision of abortion. The prenatal childThe unborn child is the person most affected by abortion

and is entitled to his/her right to live, according to PersonhoodNevada.com.

This coupled with the fact that the four main GOP candidates (Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum) are all staunchly pro-life, should be an immediate call to action for all of us.

No matter what side of the fence you stand on, the abortion debate is becom-ing as fervent as ever and requiring our input. Realize there is something substantial going on in this country and we need to become aware and involved.

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Forgo education walkout, stay in the classroom

I have always thought the phrase actions speak louder than words was pretty self-explanatory. Ditto, practice what you preach. As a future educator, Ive clung to these sort of motivational proverbs, in the hope that my students will use them

for the better good. But while walking through campus last week, I noticed a flyer promoting a walkout Thursday, the National Day of Action for Education.

For the first time, I ques-tioned the clarity of these seemingly simple phrases.

As students from Nevada, weve been forced to fight for education from the get-go.

Every biennium, education (both K-12 and higher education alike) is the first on the chopping block.

And though our campus occasionally pulls together a meek defense, Id argue that we are doing more harm than good.

Encouraging students to walk out of class to show support for education is a precise example of the contradictory efforts that should fuel cuts to higher education not prevent them.

Missing class does not show that you value education.

To state the seemingly obvious, class time is precious. As an education major, I know the struggle of trying to stuff every bit of content into one measly semester.

And as students, you should realize how integral it is to attend class and catch the entire chapter being covered that day. More importantly, if education is so important, you should want to be in class.

Walking out to show that you value education is like eating a steak to support vegetarianism. Theyre contradictory and non sequitur.

Your actions dont show me that you value education they show me that you d love an excuse to miss your biology lecture.

But lets dole out the blame accordingly. The organizers of this event should be equally ashamed. Occupy Reno students; I really do

commend you for making an effort to support education.

But what is the purpose of holding a walkout in the middle of the school day? Is it because you know the only way to lure students to a protest is by offering free food and live music?

Is this a rally for education, or a Homecom-ing week event?

Is it because you know students would never attend a Board of Regents meeting to fight for education, so it had to be brought to them?

I appreciate that you too recognize the apathy of our student body, but if you have to force them into rallying, lets be honest: The battle is already lost.

While I think there are a handful of students with their hearts and minds in the right places, the execution needs to be reevaluated. First and foremost, get off campus. Seriously.

The only people hearing your pleas for education right now are other students and teachers sitting outside the Joe. And since theyre on campus as well, Im assuming they dont need convincing.

Organize these events where your voices matter: Board of Regents meetings, city hall and outside your legislators house.

Make some noise where someone who disagrees will hear you. Dont band together on the steps of the Knowledge Center so other students can cheer you on go somewhere and change someones mind. Thats the point of a rally.

Oh, and leave your pizza and radio home. The purpose of these events is to attract students who are serious about supporting education not bodies to mill around, eat pizza and create the illusion of numbers.

If we cant get enough students to support education sans a free lunch, perhaps they dont really value their education at all.

On Thursday, Ill be in class to show that I value my education. I encourage you to do the same, and to fight for education in a way that makes sense. We are educated individuals, after all.

Tara Verderosa studies secondary education and journalism. She can be reached at [email protected].

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I have always wondered why people who claim to be against the government controlling their lives (meaning conservatives) repeat rhetoric such as,

People are people at the moment of conception, and so no one can decide what they want to do with their bodies, because we think its wrong.

This enforcing of

beliefs upon others is going to continue, and in Nevada, it will take a fairly new step. Pro-life groups now have tried to defi ne personhood, disal-lowing all forms of abortion, several forms of preventing conception and hurting scientists by not allowing them to work with embryos if they plan to destroy them.

All of this because the group in their petition said that All persons are endowed by their Creator, Jesus Christ, with certain unalienable rights, that among those is the Right to Life. Ignoring the fact that if you are Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, Pagan, etc.

claiming this could be seen as an attempt for the state to place its religion upon you if this amendment did pass. Lets look at personhood itself.

If this amendment were to pass, or even get on the ballot, where does it stop? Do men then have to stop masturbat-ing, as they are killing off a potential human?

Do women eventu-ally become criminals during menstruation, as each egg could theoretically become a human being?

Would in-vitro fertilization, which brought more than 41,000 people into this world in the United States alone, still be legal?

This type of issue is upset-ting. Roe v. Wade has survived constitutional tests of whether it is valid. Instead of bringing an amendment to change the Constitution, groups now are trying to bypass the idea and use arguments such as Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmuns opinion of the idea of personhood in his argument.

He wrote the majority opinion in 1973 supporting a womans right to abortion. While he did say that if personhood could be applied to the fetus, the case would have gone the other way, he immediately followed that up

in his argument that nowhere in the Constitution is there a defi nition of personhood that applies to pre-natal applica-tions.

Changing legal defi nitions specifi cally to place your religious view upon others is the exact opposite of the principles established by the Bill of Rights.

Supporters of this amend-ment argue that they are protecting the rights of people who could possibly exist. However, the cost of protect-ing the unborn is taking away the right for people to choose whether to have children, how they respond to crimes such as rape and what moral and ethical guidelines are accept-able in a personal, private space.

Personhood amendments have failed every time, even in Mississippi a fairly religious and conservative state.

Perhaps the most ironic thing is the fact that person-hood is what allowed women to have equal rights as men, as established in the case of Reed v. Reed.

Now, the concept of person-hood is being used to try to take away their rights.

Thomas Levine studies philosophy and journalism. He can be reached at [email protected].

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The Nevada Person-hood Amendment could appear on the Nevada state ballot in November 2014 as an initiated constitutional amendment. This

amendment would seek to give person-hood to those still in the womb at the earliest stage of life concep-tion.

Its surpris-ing how little has been said about this amendment, as the

change it would incur would be life-changing. Although Im a conservative and generally pro-life, this measure is dumb. Its vague, poorly thought over and not what women want.

This movement seeks to refute the famous Roe v. Wade case decision (although only a Supreme Court ruling can do so, making this whole proposal even more stupid), which stated that embryos are not constitutionally protected persons and legally do not have rights. The Supreme Court determined the word person, as used in the 14th Amendment, does not include the unborn.

I think all can agree that the

killing of life is wrong. The ongo-ing controversy is the question of what constitutes human life. At what point does human life begin? At fi rst breath? At fi rst kick in the womb? At conception?

The question of life is confus-ing. Are we asking at what stage were dealing with living matter? If so, were dealing with living matter at all stages. All cells are living. The egg and the sperm that formed the embryo are liv-ing. At no point was the embryo or its constituents not living.

In that case, are we asking at what stage does the embryo become a human? Again, at all stages. Rather, the question were after here is personhood.

Historically, in some cultures, you werent a person until youve been alive for a year or more. Judaism states person-hood is when the childs head emerges from the birth canal. Stoics believe life ends when we draw our last breath, and begins when we draw our fi rst. The Prophet Muhammad, as interpreted by some Muslim scholars, believed the soul is breathed in the embryo at 120 days. Roman Catholics believe at conception.

If life doesnt begin until birth, then the issue is closed. Aborting an embryo doesnt constitute killing a person. However, with the personhood amendment, it would be, and that is the

unnerving part.What about those forms of

contraception that dont prevent fertilization (or creation of an embryo), but prevent implanta-tion of the zygote into the uterine wall? This deliberate action preventing embryonic growth would be murder.

What about miscarriages? Some are caused by chromo-somal problems within the mother, but others result from either physiological or behavioral traits, such as problems with reproductive organs, maternal age, disease, substance abuse, obesity or physical activities resulting in trauma.

If a woman miscarries, is she guilty of manslaughter? Nearly 50 percent of all fertilized embryos are aborted from the female body naturally. If these embryos were given personhood status, would we then have to do all we can to save them?

There are obvious problems with this amendment, and many pro-life groups are in opposition. They have said the measure is so vague and general that it may not even apply to abortion at all.

This amendment is a dead end, and hopefully, it never reaches the state ballot.

Joel Edwards is working toward a masters degree in geology. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Avoid blunt bangs, tanksYou finally made the big decision. After careful consideration, youve realized that, although you may not be a dime, youre definitely better than maybe if I were drunk enough.

Youre ready to be-come the woman you want to be for the rest of your life, and that woman has straight bangs. Youre ready to feel those glorious little hairs run across your forehead to join the ranks of beautiful women such as Zooey Deschanel. The only problem is that there is a 99 percent chance

you will end up looking like that one girl in your journalism class who got straight bangs and now has a severe case of fat-face.

I call it the real 1 percent. Im referring to the top 1 percent of people in the world who can actually pull off the popular fashion trends.

You and I both know, for every 100 girls with straight bangs you see, 99 of them just arent quite doing it right.

The problem is that we live in a society where everyone thinks they belong to that 1 percent. Most people will go through that thought of I can pull it off at some point in their life.

Next time you have that thought, ask yourself a few questions: Do I have the bone structure of a model? Am I built like a Greek god or goddess? Do people tell me Im the sexiest thing since Two Girls One Cup?

If you answered no to any of these questions, you probably cant pull it off.

The 99 percent problem sees no gender, either. Bro tank tops have become an epidemic as of late. Men of all shapes and sizes have turned to bro tanks to tell society Hey, I think I look like The

Situation meets Fabio and I want to show off my arms, so I decided this is the least douchey way I could do it.

Beyond the fact that most guys are overestimating the size of their arms, there is one critical problem with bro tanks: bacne.

Ninety-nine percent of guys wearing bro tanks are simply avoiding the elephant-sized zit in the room.

Nobody wants to see your pimples staring them down in class while theyre trying to learn and thazit. See what I did there?

If youve ever cut your hair into a pixie cut, worn a romper or changed your prescription lenses to have thick, black rims, youre probably guilty of being part

of that 99 percent. Its OK, though, because society

forgives you. Weve all liked that Facebook photo of

a really bad haircut and have compli-mented an outfit we really didnt get.

There are only a handful of people in the world who can be that top 1 percent, but that doesnt mean the rest of us normies cant continue trying.

So be kind and compliment fat-face. Its not her fault she is part of the 99 percent, and chances are you will be joining the fat-face club one of these days, too.

Daniel Coffey studies international affairs. He can be reached at [email protected].

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I t has been 26 days of newly founded, no-kill food intake. Cruelty-free.I hate to sound happy. Im a bitch by nature and dont really feel comfortable pepping everyone up over a pretentious metamorphosis. I dont want to sound like a 3 a.m. infomercial for veganism, like I did it! Im reborn, everything

is better in my life because I went vegan.But, uh, I do. I should probably define veganism. I

wish I could just assume you knew the meaning, but here at the University of Nevada, Reno we arent the brightest bulbs in the flashlight.

Veganism is a plant-based diet. Basically exclude every American thing you love oh so much. Throw that In-N-Out Burger out your car window and settle for a lettuce wrap.

Pessimism aside, Ive been feeling better. Im lighter. I lost around six pounds, and thats just a start. Weight is melting off.

Every day I wake up feeling smaller and smaller, like Im shrinking. Its a transition. I dont want to fall under 115 though. Thats when stuff gets weird. But I do want to be skinny.

But thats not why I turned vegan.There are multiple reasons why I stopped eating animal

products, all in which you will combat with some bullshit like Oh, you know we have these sharp teeth for a reason, or But why do you hate yourself?

Then a million questions about my ethics on veganism. Then some line about how Im a hypocrite because my

makeup is tested on animals and so is the glue I use. Im a realistic vegan, alright? Baby steps. Starting with food

is a solid beginning. And youre an asshole. Im someone who has been asleep her whole life when it

comes to food. I just got to a point where my alarm clock was ringing and I needed to wake up because I was late for the party.

You know, the party of animal rights activists, too-cool hipsters and hippies doing body shots of wheat grass off each others skinny bods. Yeah, that party.

Top that with seeing the cream of the crop of documentary films exposing factory farms and boom instant overnight-vegan. Seriously, watch Earthlings. I mean, Jesus Christ. The cows have had enough milking for today.

Everyone always says it must take extreme discipline to disregard dairy and meat. Ive never really fancied myself as someone disciplined, more like a lazy stripper.

I think everyone can be vegan, really, its all about substitu-tion. Milk and hamburgers? Almond milk and veggie burgers. Youre welcome.

Spiritually, it makes sense. When I ate animal products I felt gross. Maybe thats because I was taking in the dead energy of a once lively being.

Animals feel the same amount of pain as we do. They feel emotions, too, such as love whatever that means.

All I know is every time I try and pet a kitten, mama kitten jumps on my face and claws my eyes out.

Feisty. Protective. Adorable. Another plus for the vegan lifestyle is the confidence. Since

youre vegan, youre automatically better than everyone else. You walk around with a glow.

When I was eating meat, I got laid like once a month. Now that Im strictly eating plants, Ive had sex with two people this week already.

They lined up, like, in a line.They wanted an order of that hot vegan pussy. I dont blame

them. One of them even wanted seconds. Sorry, this vegan bitch needs her sleep and youve over-

stayed your welcome. Why are you still here? Animals deserve to live on this earth just as much as us.

Why would Jesus have blessed us with these creatures if not to love? Just kidding.

Id totally eat Jesus.

Caitlin Thomas studies English and womens studies. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Antisocial people shed light on morals

Sociopaths, while wildly manipulative and devious in nature, are not only fundamentally useful to society, but they are necessary. As the daughter of a psychiatrist, Im far from unfamiliar with the strange processes of the brain.

Growing up, my mother would frequently hand me psychiatry-related books, and I would read them in earnest. In particular, I remember reading The Sociopath Next Door and trying to wrap my mind around sociopaths. However, it wasnt until I dated a sociopath that I fully understood what being one meant.

I like the way I feel when I rip the fl esh off of an animal when its still warm, this guy once told me. I com-prehended these words on about a similar level as I had understood the explanations and examples of sociopaths in the book my mother had given me.

Then an idea struck me: He couldnt help these feelings. He was merely being honest with me. Is this how it was for sociopaths like Charles Manson, Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy? Even through fi ctitious characters such as Hannibal Lecter and Patrick Bate-man, we are able to discern a faint fragment of the inner workings of sociopaths.

Throughout the three years of our interaction, this character continued to tell me things like how he wished he could rule the world and how he thinks hed be good at making bombs because he would feel no remorse in doing so.

He would tell me how hed go out and explode bunnies, leaving nothing but blood and dispersed guts. He referred to women as projects and it was only later when I found out I was referred to as project white storm. If you were to ever ask him, he would undoubtedly explain that he knows his issues and therefore doesnt feel the need to defi ne them. He would say he just feels emotions differ-ently. However, by all defi nitions of the word, he is a sociopath.

While comparing this guy I knew to

Manson and Bundy might be a stretch, they all have one thing in common: the way their emotions work gives us a deeper understanding of our own emotions.

Although these infamous sociopaths enrage us, they are benefi cial in that they help society defi ne what is good and bad.

If its true that the bad things in life make us appreciate the good things in life, then the same principle can be applied to sociopaths.

The most atrocious, heartless people can teach us exactly what it means to love. In my case, my interactions with this individual taught me everything love isnt, which in turn taught me what love is.

Sociopaths serve as a reminder of how lucky we are to be born the way we are. They teach us to appreciate our loved ones and cherish every moment we have with them.

They remind us how lucky we are to be able to love and feel loved, which are emotions they will never know.

Jaclyn McBride studies English and digital media. She can be reached at [email protected].

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of Valor? Why not wait for it to be available on Netflix? Here is the reason: At the very end, out of absolutely nowhere, the film becomes oddly poignant, and actually moving. You may even want to reach for a tissue.

In a truly impressive feat, this movie, which up until this point has completely failed to establish any kind of emotional

connection to its audience, gets you to care.

You care because you realize that the tragic event that happens in the last reel has happened in real life, and has occurred many times throughout the War on Terror. You may even know someone that has lost a life or limb to that confl ict. This scene alone is the fi lms greatest accom-plishment.

On the basis of that, I came to the conclusion that Act of Valor is not a thinly veiled

recruitment fi lm; its not some lame attempt at an action movie by lazy screenwriters who play way too much Battlefi eld 3. It is a tribute to those very few, select handful of men who wear the trident of the Navy SEALs. Sure, it is ham-fi sted, clumsy, poorly executed and not particularly good, but it is much appreci-ated nonetheless.

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By Eric Lee Castillo

University of Nevada, Reno students packed CommRows nightclub Cargo on Saturday night to groove to the sounds of Russ Randolph and Zion Rock Godchaux.

Their band, BoomBox, brought electronic blues with a mixture of funk and a taste of Rock n Roll.

Just being from the West Coast and coming from our new home in Alabama, so any time we make it back to the West Coast its poignant in nature, Godchaux said. That area is kind of like my stomping ground so anytime we get back there, its special regardless of where its at.

The band has roots in the area, as many of their original ideas were realized in Reno on their way to Burning Man 10 years ago, but BoomBox played only two shows since then.

The two explained how they were still attempting to get to know fans and establish themselves in the area.

The band attracted a mostly

college-aged crowd, as well as a slightly older crowd.

Randolph and Godchaux explained they dont target their music toward a specifi c crowd such as college students.

(We get fan mail) across the board from all ages, races and professions, Randolph said. Its not just from one specifi c group, which is really cool.

The crowd thats attracted is more a product of the environ-ment than a product of the music, and Reno provided a

college-town vibe that was enthusiastic about their appreciation for the band.

I have no one favorite part of the show, senior business management major and music blog-ger Jonathan Engel said.

I liked the entire live perfor-mance and I liked the feel of the music. It was interesting how they didnt really use vocals all that much and instead focused on simple bass lines and variations that only BoomBox could create.

Randolph and Godchaux said they try to cater to the crowd in terms of the vibe it gives off and

try to match it musically. Although the two explained

they appreciate the idea of a song, they also create a unique experience during every show that their audience determines.

Its a sentiment that Godchauxs parents, Keith and Donna, paved the way for in the music community.

Both were members of the Grateful Dead: Keith played grand piano and Donna was a backup vocalist during the 70s, and contributed to a musical movement that allowed the recording of live shows.

Part of the reason behind that was because not one show was ever the same.

Honestly not to sound weird but were targeting the human race, Godchaux said. We would like a child to be able to get a similar feeling listening to our music as an elderly person. Its medicine in its best form.

BoomBox embraced this philosophy during the show, as both Randolph and Godchaux added variations to their already groovy songs that had the crowd satisfi ed.

BoomBox put on an absolutely amazing show, Nevada student Jamie Walker said. The music was funky, and the people boogied down.

Eric Lee Castillo can be reached at ecastillo@nevadasagebrush.

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Act of Valor, a recently released war fi lm, stars actual active-duty U.S. Navy SEALs and U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen alongside professional actors.

Act of Valor still thrills despite its fl awsBy Kyle Wise

Judging by face value, Act of Valor, the new war fi lm that stars active-duty Navy SEALs, is not a particularly good movie. The involvement of those SEALs certainly upped the cool factor, but similar to many B-grade ac-tion fl icks, it is still more about blowing things up than actually telling an interesting story.

Act of Valor follows a group of SEALs as they rescue a captured CIA agent from some bad guys in the Philippines. Once they get the agent back, the plot snowballs into a

mission to fi nd a jihadist and his supplier before they launch an attack on U.S. soil via sleeper cells on the Mexican border.

Oddly enough, the actors who play the SEALs are both a huge strength and weakness. Since they are the real deal, their actions and fi ghting prowess on screen have an authenticity that a standard actor couldnt possibly achieve in his or her wildest dreams.

Conversely, they are also not actors, and understandably, when it comes to expressing emotion and other acting duties, they fall short. Being an

actor, like being a Navy SEAL, is not something that just anyone can do.

Act of Valor also delivers some noteworthy action scenes. Despite its handheld camera techniques, fi rst-person perspective and night vision, the movie manages to not be too confusing. The fi lm does a fairly good job at building suspense, as the run-up to a big battle scene can be just as satisfying as the fi ght itself (see the big preparation before the fi nal battle of Saving Private Ryan for a perfect example of this). To maintain authenticity,

the fi lmmakers even use live ammunition for some scenes.

But this is by no means a great movie. The lack of professional actors dampens character development, and it is diffi cult to actually care about the people you see. The bad guys arent particularly interesting and have little to no motivation behind their actions.

That some view Act of Valor as being little more than a live-action Call of Duty is kind of understandable, due to the fi rst-person shots and the globe-trotting nature of the plot, which boils down only to stop-

ping some terrorists before they do abhorrent things. Others would call this movie a glorifi ed recruitment fi lm, which is kind of ridiculous when you consider that the average young Ameri-

can male has a higher chance of being drafted by the NFL than becoming a SEAL.

So why would you see Act

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Winter weather should not freeze fashion choicesBy Gina Bradley

Although there is the oc-casional snowfall, its just about time to start incorporating spring fashion into your wardrobe.

Oh, wait. Were in Reno. In order to wear spring clothing without getting frostbite, youll have to wait until about June.

Dont go burning all your fashion magazines that wont stop talking about spring and summer fashion yet. Im here and, being the stylish snow bunny I am, can make the Easter Bunny jealous with these budding winter trends.

Perhaps during winter break you found yourself oh-so-festive and donned your lips with bright red shades just about every day of the holiday season. Although red lipstick is a timeless choice, try hot pink if youre looking to get springy. Find the perfect hue for you and apply a matching lip gloss to give yourself that ultra shine.

For the spring and summer season, animal prints are going to continue to stalk the fashion scene. But lets be honest: When is animal print not preying on fashion?

Let your inner prowess roar

with a pair of leopard oxfords my current obsession or a wild pair of printed wedges. Steve Maddens collection of leopard kicks can make any fashion goddess purr.

Another trend that fi ts perfectly with our winter wonderland is the motorcycle jacket. In order to avoid looking as if you just hopped off your Harley, fi nding the perfect fi t and material is crucial.

Layer the jacket and wear it open. Burgundy and browns are versatile colors that will keep others from asking you what was involved in your Hells

Angels initiation. But paired with the proper attire, a black leather jacket can defi nitely be spicy and sweet. Check out H&M and Urban Outfi tters for some inspiration.

Im always on the hunt for the perfect clutch, and I think I might have found my match. The envelope bag is divine interven-tion for that clutch that is just too tiny and was likely appropriate for your high school prom. Step it up and check out this darling accessory. Its such a hit, just Google it and youll understand.

Regardless if youre bogged down in sweats and your moms

idea of a cute parka, fashion can always be at your fi ngertips. Literally. Eye-popping nail colors and nail art is the perfect addition to your studious claws. Whether you feel like trying one glitter fl air nail or going outrageous and painting your nails with alternating shades of purple and gold glitter, go for it! Be creative. But wear them short if youre going to be showing your wild side. You dont want your nails being the distraction when pumping the iron at Lombardi.

Approach fashion as a rebirth and transformation this season.

Be bold with your looks and try something different.

Sick of that hair? Chop it off! No one is stopping you from cutting your hair into that sleek bob or trying a different color.

Theres no better way to get fueled up for the semester than changing your look. No acces-sory can beat a girl who stomps with courage and confi dence, so be daring and let your inner snow leopard come out with nothing but fi erceness.

Gina Bradley can be reached at [email protected].

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Reno lacks niche bars for specialty music

By Casey OLear

For each genre of music, there is a specifi c following of people who appreciate it. In some cities, these followings form strong scenes groups of people who know each other from genre-specifi c venues, attend the same events and are regulars at the same bars and clubs.

In Reno, few genre-specific venues exist. Most local bars and clubs play more mainstream, popular music, mixing in Top 40 hits that most customers are familiar with already.

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