Feminist club pushes for gender equality, activism
The University of Nevada, Reno's chapter of the National Organization for Women Campus Action Network (NOW CAN) works to educate students about gender inequality and female representation in society....
View ArticleDrinking differences reflect cultures
In an environment so full of drinking, I found significant and interesting differences in the alcohol habits between the U.S. and Japan.
View ArticleUnofficial paintball club seeks recognition from ASUN
On an indoor battlefield on the outskirts of Reno, college students spend their Sunday mornings splattering one another with red paint.
View ArticleGroup decries ASUN with fair
A student organization will host a carnival on campus today promoting the abolition of student government at the University of Nevada, Reno. The group, UNR Students for Liberty, hosted a similar...
View ArticleSIFE Club comes to UNR
The Students in Free Enterprise, a new business club on campus, are trying to acquaint students with the small-business world while encouraging them to take part in their own business ventures. John...
View ArticleClubs cancel spring funding period
The Associated Students of the University of Nevada’s Clubs and Organizations will cancel its second spring funding period because of a lack of money.
View ArticleVenues add spice to downtown Reno
A small crowd gathers under the Reno Arch on Virginia Street. Their heads are craned upward, their outstretched arms pointing at a climber nearing the top of the world’s tallest rock climbing wall. The...
View ArticleHome football game drives bettors
Enter any of the sports books in Casinos downtown — many about one mile away from campus — and an immediate smell of smoke will tingle the senses. Men and women of all ages gather around large TV...
View ArticleExplaining campus: How non-social Greeks differ
If not for Delta Sigma Pi, Justin Morrill wouldn’t be moving to Texas next year to begin work advising in the oil and gas industry. For Morrill, a 22-year-old finance and economics major and president...
View ArticleCycling club competes nationally
With morning temperatures at 8 degrees below freezing on Oct. 30, the Nevada Cycling Club team stood atop snow and ice covering a downhill mountain bike course with 1,700 vertical feet and 2.8 miles of...
View ArticleStudent goes to class in the day, drops beats at night
Max Kronyak stepped up to the podium of knobs and switches Friday and closed his eyes. Just before the bass dropped, his eyes opened and he began mixing the tables, throwing a pair of headphones onto...
View ArticleUNR Winter Sports Club struggles to pay for Nationals trip
The University of Nevada, Reno Winter Sports Club should have only about 10 to 12 of its 23 qualifying members competing Monday in the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association...
View ArticleLacrosse club looks to build off of wins
At the top of the Nevada Wolf Pack men’s lacrosse club’s list is just one word: “compete.” Coming in at a close second is “urge” — the urge to put last season’s 3-8 record behind it and focus on...
View ArticleRugby club rallying for a postseason bid
There’s a club on campus at Nevada that teaches discipline through physical training and mental preparation, integrity from the pride in representing your school nationwide, accountability in the...
View ArticleA view from inside the Fire Spinning Club
When I was handed a set of poi (tethered weights), I felt like a deer in headlights — I had no clue how to use them. But then I felt determined; I was just given two artistic objects that were...
View ArticleZombies club in peril after student, faculty concerns
The University of Nevada, Reno Humans vs. Zombies club moved a game off campus last week amid concerns from students, faculty and administrators that they were interfering with the institution’s daily...
View ArticleOpinion: HVZ, the best new club of the year
It’s dark, but I prefer it that way. It’s much more difficult to be seen when you’re hiding in the shadows. I peek my head out of hiding, making sure that no one is near. I still have a long way to go...
View ArticleCirque Club promotes unorthodox sports
By Ryan McGinnis Half a million years ago, man harnessed fire. A thousand years ago, man spun flaming balls made of plant fibers and fabric, attached to a twisted flax-leaf cord. Today, a group of...
View ArticleJapanese Summer Festival: Celebrating Japanese culture with food, martial...
If you walked by the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center last Saturday you might have seen a blindfolded individual attempting to smash a watermelon to pieces. Maybe you’d have seen pairs of people...
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