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Blog: Song of the Day: Kendrick Lamar –“Look out for Detox”

Kendrick Lamar, formerly known as K. Dot and current member of Black Hippy, is a promising up and comer in the hip-hop world.

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Baltimore Sun: Many sexually active young people don’t seek STD testing

"Up to half of sexually active young people will get a sexually transmitted disease by the time they are 25, yet many don't seek testing because it may be difficult, costly or embarrassing."

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Trying to reclaim derogatory words is a lost cause

For the first time in my three tedious years of summer school history, I chose to take a course with the intent of actually enlightening myself rather than just trying to get another miserable...

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Check out some of our summer work

Read some the work our staff has produced at their summer internships.

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Opinion: Engaging in campus life best way for non-traditional students to get...

I never expected it to take me 15 years to graduate when I decided to attend UNR.

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Opinion: Jersey Shore not actually filled with orange Snooki lookalikes

After spending two surprisingly tame and mediocre months in Las Vegas, my mind flooded with the crazy adventures that were sure to come with “Dirty Jersey.”

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Opinion: Controversial rapper forces listeners to face their demons

Whether his stardom ascends to long-lasting acclaim or withers in the buzz in which he’s currently drenched, Tyler, the creator forces us to answer to the misguided values we instill in the country’s...

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UNR Etiquette: Lesson One

You’re free!  Welcome to college, an exciting and complicated institution. After my last four years as a student I have narrowed down the top 10 things I hate that other students do to further...

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Opinion: Spice up wardrobe with colored denim, abandon heeled loafers

With fall just around the corner, this is a great time to update your wardrobe with some of the best trends inspired by collections just shown at New York Fashion Week.

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All your Tech are belong to us: World 1-1

Welcome fellow geeks, nerds, techaholics, gadget gurus, gamers, techies and Trekkie's, to All Your Tech Are Belong To Us.

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The Freshman Four: Pieces of Advice from a Super Senior

Follow these tips for a successful freshman year.

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Opinion: Don’t wait for death of a loved one to start cherishing your life

It is unfortunate that it takes a tragic event in order for us to put life into perspective.

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The Better To See You With My Dear: HDTV Guide Part 1

High Definition is the here and now, and if you’re still rockin' the old analog 4:3 TV believing that buying a new TV would break your wallet, it’s time to rethink.

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Generation Lazy

Every so often I am accused of being born into a lazy generation — a generation of reality show watchers and bloggers, Twitterers and Facebookers.

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Don’t fall for cell phone scams

Remember land lines? Remember getting calls from "celebrities" telling you why you should vote for so-and-so in the 2004 election? Remember phone calls in pre-recorded Spanish?

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Opinion: Embrace Ugg boots, plaid button-up shirts for upcoming fall season

With winter creeping up, we must make the fast transition from September’s warmth to October’s sudden freezing cold.

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Wall Street Protests

As the Occupy Wall Street website states, “Add your home. Make your voice heard. We are growing. Block by block – city by city. We will see change in this country, in this world.”

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Opinion: Strength training most effective method to achieve toned physique

I started doing her 30-minute strength training routine with five-pound weights daily. I noticed a massive change in my body.

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The news desk isn’t done with this story

I am not satisfied with the coverage of the construction story this week.

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Passive aggressive people and activism

One side effect that comes with the protests I’ve been a part of – The Dream Act, Nevada State Budget Cuts, Occupy Reno – is the lack of productive criticism coming from the passive aggressive people...

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Remember to take a Sabbath during busy days

This week’s going to suck harder than the power vacuum in your high school shop class.

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Opinion: Lighten up on the brewskies if you want to stay healthy, in shape

“So if you continue to drink like that once a week, seven beers every Friday, potentially you could put on a pound of fat per month.”

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What’s the matter with kids today?

Why can’t the youth today be more like the adults of yesterday? The answer is simple: they are. It’s the world that isn’t.

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Opinion: Campus events don’t attract enough upperclassmen, waste school funds

If a tradition requires a meal, a DJ, a commemorative photo and a free T-shirt, it’s not a real tradition.

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All bits are created equal

Net Neutrality is a topic that has been in and out of the news for the past several months, though geeks have been aware of it for years. With the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to...

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Lessons learned at conference will lead to big changes down the road

More than 2,800 miles of road separate me from the chair I should be writing this article in right now. Specifically, I’m sitting in Melbourne, Fla., a small community about an hour east of Orlando.

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Opinion: Do unto roommates what you want done to you, wipe your piss off toilets

I try to be the best roommate I can. I know I’m guilty of the dishes in the sink and the general mess around the house, but I take care of it without having to be asked.

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Opinion: Belittling importance of education discourages, deters intellectualism

Rather than being encouraged and congratulated for their work, students are being punished.

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From the editor: errors will be mended

Collegiate journalists sometimes receive slack when it comes to meeting the fundamentals of journalism. If a name is misspelled, or a factual error is made in a story or a headline doesn’t make sense,...

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Fire coverage reveals lesson about reporter bias

In between tweeting live updates, updating stories and interviewing emergency officials for the Caughlin Fire during the past two days, I had something else to worry about: my grandfather, whose house...

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Opinion: Provide vegetarian meal options to ensure happy holiday for all

If you think about it, nearly all major family-oriented holidays in America are meat-centric. We eat lamb at Easter; barbecue on Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day and the Super Bowl; some...

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Opinion: Proactive efforts needed to increase diversity on campus, worldwide

We’ve run out of excuses when it comes to hating on each other. Even though this university has helped me understand the necessity of diversity, there’s still a sizable student population that refuses...

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Before we move on, let’s clear the air

Before I move on to telling more about my experiences in my pursuit of a passion in life, I want to hit a little more on my previous column where I stated that, “I’m still pushing The Nevada Sagebrush...

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Blog: Finding a career option through misery

The fall semester had just started but with my first few weeks as editor in chief getting into swing, my fraternity’s rush week in full blast and no time for myself, I broke down.

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Blog: Following in my mentor’s footsteps

My next stop was Dr. Paul Mitchell — journalism professor, recruitment coordinator, and overall a tremendous mentor for me.

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Blog: Words of inspiration from an unlikely source

Professor Darren Griswold is the type of professor who naturally brightens your day because of the attitude he has toward teaching. Always with a smile, he would somehow make learning about Spanish...

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Blog: Finding a true calling through God

One thing that has kept me grounded and confident throughout this whole find-a-new-career-path process is my faith in God.

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Opinion: Failing the test of time

With Timeline, Facebook is trying to project its spotlight onto the past. Unfortunately, a similar luster is nowhere to be found.

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Opinion: Islamophobia: A student’s perspective

The day the Twin Towers came down will live in our memories forever. I remember the short period when we did not know who the attackers were. We were anxious to find out. But at that fateful moment of...

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Blog: State of the Internet

To parallel the president’s recent State of the Union address, I though it prudent to have a sort of “State of the Internet” address, especially seeing how recent weeks have seen the Internet in much...

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Blog: Living in a 2D World

Forewarning, this post might come off as a bit of a rant, but I figure there’s at least one person out there who might agree with me. I hate 3-D TVs and the entire premise of 3-D. Never have I seen...

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Opinion: The hard truth about a soft penis

As I clutched her thick hips and dined away, I felt on my penis and realized I was still soft. “Not now. I swear to God, if you pull this now, we’re through,” I mentally told my penis. When she begged...

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Sagebrush to collaborate with Wolf Pack Week

The Nevada Sagebrush, the University of Nevada, Reno's school newspaper, and Wolf Pack Week, a news broadcast which is a product of the Reynolds School of Journalism, will start a collaboration which...

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Failed new year’s resolution leads to revelation: I’m not boyfriend material

Seventy-eight days ago, I posted a status on my Facebook profile page proclaiming, “#1 new year’s resolution: Find a gf by spring break!...” Well, #UNRspringbreak2012 is here and my Facebook...

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Reapers, Shepards and Questionable Endings … Oh My

Three playthroughs of Mass Effect, four playthroughs of Mass Effect 2, a combined total of 140 hours of gameplay and five years of waiting and watching have all come to this, Mass Effect 3, the...

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Graduation checklist

Spring commencement is exactly 44 days from now. People slated to graduate in May: Are you ready?

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Nacho Business

Privacy is an ever-shrinking commodity, especially when it comes to the Internet. If you've read an earlier post I wrote, you know what I'm talking about. Yet now it would seem that employers aren't...

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The West unwon: freight train

This is the story of one University of Nevada, Reno student's 11-hour journey across the state in the car of a freight train.

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Coach Carter lands prep school standout

University of Nevada head men’s basketball coach David Carter has signed D.J. Fenner with a letter of intent to play for the Wolf Pack next season. Fenner is a 6-foot-6 shooting guard and regarded as...

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Burton, Nevada to take on Drake

Burton wear’s the number 24, just like Kobe Bryant. His play on the court in late moments of the game is starting to remind me of the same killer instinct that the Black Mamba plays with in Los Angeles.

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