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AN 'Ax MagazinefortheUniversityolNevada,Ren editor-in-chief I OWA assistant editor ÊOT" IMMhUQm design editor MAU web designer FQS&C1 ®Mm&Am&M storyeditor $mm storyeditor CMPEIft storyeditor M%%i€A mCUEC© MQWU copyeditor ME<B/m MM) writer ÊU®^] Um MMM writer [MEE P»Ea CÔLYM writer photographer E0ElP0^(gC^TOC^^T Theopinionsexpressedinthispublicationand its associatedWebsitearenotnecessarilythoseofthe UniversityofNevada.Renoorthestudentbody. nrnn frh fta.rtmini sia,, PHOTO:MATTFISKE THEARTEMISIA.COM 1 r ran 1 ' WfflfiSaralfo©©©pair University teachers may"be packing heat in the classroom if Regent Stavros Anthony's proposal is passed. Anthony envisions training University of Nevada, Reno faculty and staff as reserve police officers and equipping them with small firearms. "It's somethingthat I'vebeenthinkingaboutforawhile," says ofHigherEducationwouldhaveto reach into Anthony. "We seemtohavethese mass shootingswhethertheyareata theirs. Thepricetagontherighttobeararms highschooloramallorwhathaveyou. Iwastryingtothinkofwhatwe ataUniversityisabout $3,000 perreservist coulddoto stopthis." trainee. Anthonyarrivedathis solutionafterliningupthe events ofamass "Frommystandpoint, it'saneffective shooting. "The commondenominatorinallofthesemassiveactive- approachandit doesn'tcostusalot ofmoney, shooter scenarioswasthatno oneelsehadaweaponexceptthebadguy whichmeanswe canimplementitvery andhejustkeeps shootinguntilthepolice showup. Godblessthepolice quickly," saysAnthony. for showingup,butthereis always goingtobe some lagtime." Anthonyis surethatthe NevadaSystemof OnJune 21 theBoardofRegentsandthe CulturalDiversityand HigherEducationcanfindthemoney SecurityCommitteerecommendedthatdirectingstaffbringbackwritten somewhere. proposalstothenextmeetingofthe committee. ThenRegentAnthony's "Wehavea $2billionbudget so I'msure safetymeasurewillberevisited. we canfindthree orfourthousand dollars Accordingto ChiefofPoliceAdamGarcia, there is no difference somewhere. I don'tthinkthatis goingtobean betweenreserveofficer'strainingandconventionalpolice officer's issue." training. Identifyingfundingisthe secondstep. First "Theywouldbetrainedtothe samelevels ofexpertiseas otherpolice the BoardofRegents needsto approve, or shoot officers," says Garcia. down, theproposalbasedonresearchfrom Participants intheprogramwouldtakebothoralandwrittenexams ChiefofPoliceAdam Garcia. andundergoabackgroundcheckandpsychologicalexamination. They ChiefGarciaisinspectingprevious school wouldalsotakepolygraphanddrugtests. Anthonyaddedthatthe shootings ashe prepares asetof reservists needongoingpolicetraining, NevadaPeace Officers Standards recommendationsfortheBoardofRegents. andTrainingcertification, costs coveredbytheuniversity,voluntary "Thepublicalwaysassumedthat college participationandpaidleaveforindividuals attendingtheacademy. campuseswere safe," says Garcia. "Thepublic Accordingto Garcia, the reservistwillattendfourmonths ofthepolice needstobeaware oftheir academyandthentwotofourmonths of surroundings." training. Thatis onlyiftheparticipantpassesthebarrage ofpreliminary RegentAnthonyis notthe onlyoneto tests. suggestthatteachers carryfirearms. InMarch "Itcouldbeabout oneyearfromthetimeofapplyingtothecomple- 2007, NevadaState Senator Bob Beers tionoftheprogram," says Garcia. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Beforethe guns couldgointotheteacher's pockets, the NevadaSystem THEARTEMISIA.COM " €0NT-INUE&-FReM-PA6£-3 presentedSenateBill extendingit." organizedreserve program," says 'Thecommon a2l8l6o,wwKh-i1c2htweoauchledrs citeRdegtheentNaAtnitohnoalny daviaviilsaibolneasso"uarcreeaodfily jAunstthhonayn.di"nIgt'snot denominator in all to carryweaponson ReserveLawOfficers properlytrained, somebodyagun." ofthese campuswithappro- Web siteasa backupmanpowerfor RegentAnthony massive priatetraining. The reference. bothlargeandsmall does notbelieve active-shooter billwas killedinApril TheWeb site LawEnforcement thatthepresenceof scenarioswasthat bytheNevadaState definesreserve law Departments." firearms oncampus SenateHuman enforcementunits RegentAnthonyis willdetractfromthe no oneelse had a Resources Committee. as "personswhoare notplanningon qualityofeducation weapon exceptthe "People seemto interestedinthe givingout gunsto atUNR. bad guyand hejust thinkthatI cameup welfareofthe People justanyone on "Reallyyouarenot keeps withthis ideaoffthe andintheprotection campus. evengoingtoknow top ofmyhead," says ofpropertyintheir "Thesewillbe whohas one," says shooting until the Anthony. "It'sbeen community. trainedandqualified Anthony. "SoIthink policeshow up. aroundforawhile. The site continues individualswhohave itwillhavenoimpact I'mjustlookingat to describeawell- completedthis whatsoever."o StUaWv1rUKoRs3IATnRtEGhEoNnTy m\? D D. SVa Lairis Inspired bythe Columbine massacre of1999, the MJ Safety Solutions Backpack isa bul- letproof book bag designedto protectstudents in the eventof a school shooting.The creators, Joe Curran and Mike Pelonzi, both havechildren and worried aboutthem getting hurt in a violentworld. The pack can withstand multiple shots and various types of bullets at close range. ° It costs $ 175 o Is aboutonetenth the weightofa bulletproofvest Can withstand hollow point .gmm bullets Provides approximately 238 square inches of protection in the back panel of the bag. photofrommychildspack.com ^^H* ^ U* -•* Mi* . THEARTEMISIA 'I When Regent Stavros Anthony proposed professors become reserve police officers, I didn't think it was necessarily a horrible idea. ButtheproblemIhavewithitistheamount ofmoneyfortrainingwhenthat'snotpart ofa professor'sjob. Ithinkanyprofessorherewouldloveto have $4,000forresearchgrantmoneytopay Is it besttofleethe "O egent Stavros Anthony's pro- agraduate student. Buthavingthatmoney scene? Ifyou havea XlJposal for professors becoming insteadspentonsomethingthatis onlytangen- PAsystem, doyou reserve police officers seems like a tdioaiLnygrtehlaatt'esdmtyowphraotblietmiswwiethariteastutphpiosspeodintto.be announce. "There's great idea for a television drama. Iliketoworkfromtheassumptionthat a shooteron Inthisinstance it's not afour-eyedreporter puepowpliethdothtehseeirthhionmgsewsoorpkotbeentfioarleltyhReeygcenotme campus"?What's biunsstteiandgahilsobwultytpornosfeosfsfotrowflhyoinstmoatshheesskyd,rbyut StavrosAnthonymighthaveanswerstothese going to happen? erasemarkersinhis attacker'sface. Theintro questions. Butfor somereasontoday we seem People are going to musicwouldfadeastheprofessorwrites afat, tpoerwcaenntttsoafbeeeavbesroylwuhteelryeawnedgcoomapnldettehalty's10ju0st arruengcoraiznyg;tpoeogpelte rgreadd"e"I,Fn""mtoyhnesapchrpooaofplee,srscotrriitwmleoedun"leCdvrebirmeeam.ma",kessmuthgelook never goingtohappen. heaIltuhndiessrusetsaondntchaemrpeuiss.aBpurtotbhleesmewtiytphesmoefntina-l injured. iitntdaocet.sOsfeecomurassei,ftthhiesmiesdoivaer(lmyyesxealgfgienrcatleudd.edB)ut cidentsare sofewandfarbetween. WhathappenedatVirginiaTechwas wanttoviewtheproposalthisway. Emily obviouslyhorrible. Itisahorrible event,buttheyarerare events. When RichmondfromtheLasVegas Sunsumsupthe yhouguelonoukmabtetrhseonfusmtbudeerntosfutnhievreersairtei,eisstihterreealalryewionrtthhisitcfoourntthreyuannidvetrhseity pcorposp,o"saslheniwcreiltye.sI.t'Tse"rfeascauPlthya-mtufrrnoedm-Ucnaimvpeurs- to spendthatkindofmoneyonsomethingthat'sraretohappen? sityofCalifornia, Davis's paper, the California Ifweinthepoliticalscience departmentevenhadonepersongoingto Aggie, puts it simply, writingthat Stavros'spro- dothistraining, thatwouldbeanadditionalfour classesthisyearthat posalwouldallowemployeesto carryguns. She wouldn't gettaught. Sothe effecttheprogramwouldhaveontheuniver- explainstheproposalabitfurtherbutreading sityIitshgionikntghtaotvianroyrfdreromfodreaptalretamsetn3t0tpordoefpeassrotrmsentto.betrainedandhave tahnadtwrihgyhtsohfofutlhden'btatitw?oIufladnycaoufsmeysoprmoefeaslsaorrms btuhiisldpirngo.grBaumtwproorfke,ssyoorus'darneeoeudtaotfltehaesitrsoofmfeicoensep,reIt'tmyarsesguulmairnlgy,fionrecvoemr-y ttuhrrnoewdmayronuontde,sainpitshteolaiirnfprlaoimntvhieews,trIesmsi.ght mitteemeetings, classes andresearch orare offcampus collectingdata. Buttheproposaldoesn'tmeantojusthand Howareweto guaranteethatanytrainedprofessorsare goingtobe professors guns, as somemighthaveheard. availableatanyparticularpointintime? It'saproposalwhoseintentionaimstobetter Aspart ofthe campus safetysubcommitteeforthe Committeeonthe protect studentsbygivingprofessorsthe option Status ofWomen, Iknowwe'vebeentalkingalotaboutwhatarethebest tobecome reservepolice officers, andpossibly strategies ifthere's somethinggoingon. Doyoustayinyourclassroom getpaidfordoingso. Universitymoney, Stavros andlockthedoor? proposes, wouldhelpfuelthe costs. Professors "ThIesreit'sbeastshtoooftleeretohnecsacmepneu?s"I?fyWohuath'asvegoainPgAtsoyhsatepmp,end?oyPeoouplaennaoruengcoei,ng waoruesludltb,ebteraailnleodweodnthoocwartroyuasgeuangounncaanmdpuass. to runcrazy; people are goingto getinjured. They'dhavealltherights ofanyreservepolice Inthe situationofanattacker oncampus Iwouldn'tknowwhatI'm officerwiththeaddedresponsibilities ofa supposedto do. Thetwo doorstomyofficearefire doors so Iwouldprob- professor. Ifallgoes asplanned, Stavroswould ablyturnoffthelightsandgetundermydeskandjustkindofhangout haveaprofessor'sbriefcase do double-duty there. Clearly, iftherewere students runningthroughthehalls, I'dlet as ablunt object. Butthe solutionto campus themin. shootings seemstoo simple. As aresult, the Butwehavetohavethese discussions onwhat's goodandwhat's entireuniversityshould, theoretically, be safer bad, what'sanoption, what'snotanoption, andyou'dthinkbynowwe becausetherearemore officers on campus. But wouldhavehadthese discussions. let's ignoretherealproblemthathappenedat Doingthings likelightingandcampus escort services areactually allthese shootings. dealingwiththe shootingsituationandalso dealingwithsomethingthat Inthe caseofVirginiaTechIdon'tthink Iconsidermorerealistic suchas sexualassaults oncampus, muggings. itwas officers' delaytimeanditwasn't alack That's somethingthat's goingtohappenonaregularbasis oncampus ofprofessorswith guns. Theproblem came andthosethings oncampus are goingto dealwithallthoseissues and fromSeung-HuiCho. What'sbeingdone about notjustashooterthat's goingtohappenonce every25years. students suchas Cho? Don'ttheydeservethe Inorderto convincemeonthisprogram, they'dhavetojustifytome money, attentionandhelp? tohpattSitotanchyebyeGochraaduvosenehdIaostnhaeiPnhe.kvDe.trhiyintsphosilhniotgiucelalldssebceaienyndcoeutfrhreolyamssttthirelelUsntoihrvtie.nrksitthyiosfiCsaltihfeorbnieas,t rsihgohTtwhrnwoioluwlghhtoahivusetetanloldwioonfgrtkhdiosoe,nsinti'tstsemsecamrksipetthabanetcytashueesnese. Davis. SheisanAssociateprofessorofpoliticalscience. StudentopinionbyClarissaLeon. THEARTEW1ISIA.COM T@!PT®HBOTTOMl: ThePlanetNeptuneat wide-magnification. TheAndromedaGalaxy (M31)istheclosest spiralgalaxytothe MilkyWayatabout2.5 millionlight-yearsaway. Photographedathigh magnification. ThePleiadesStarCluster (M45) containsmany largethatwereformed inthesamecloudof interstellardustandgas andisabout440 light-yearsaway. Photographedat wide-view. TheSloohInterface allowsmemberstoview andcapturestellar objectsinreal-time. THEARTHVIISIA " ATWUHFiFSTheDumbbellNebula(M27)isaplanetarynebulaandIsabout 1,300light-yearsawayintheVulpeculaconstellation. Slooh, a real-time astronomy Internet service, gives people the ability to search space and capture what they see in real-time into a photo gallery that is self-categorized into sections of stellar objects that are viewable by family and Mends. Accordingto TierneyO'Dea, chiefoperatingofficerfor Slooh, "Slooh Memberships hasmembersinover 70 countries andabout40,000 subscribers [total]." TheExplorer|packageisbyfa|rthebest deal This serviceis greatforanystudentswho are astronomyfans orwish forthe casualstargazer. For $20 ayear,you topartakeinastrophotography,buttheyshouldalso keepinmindthat receive 200 minutes ofviewingtime, which thereare severaldrawbacksasweU. figurestoabout40viewsayear. 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The missiontimesbetweenthetwo channels are staggeredsoyoucan NeededImprovements switchbetweenthemtoviewandphotographtwo differentobjectsat Accordin|gto O'Dea, there areman|y once. It's goodtonotethatanymember canviewandphotographany much-neededimprovements corningto Sloohin activechannelanytimethereis amissioninsession. theupcomingyears. Allpreset coordinates containinformationaboutthe objects, suchas Onemajor improvement isthe installation the magnitude oftheobjects andinwhichconstellationtheyare located. ofthenewobservatoryinChile, whichwould Therearethreeviews inwhichtoviewthe stellar objects: all-skyview, give subscribersabout 24hours ofstargazing wide-fieldviewandhigh-magnified. Some objects, suchas globular opportunities. clusters andnebulas oftenlookbetterinthewide-fieldthaninmagnified. "Ourultimate goalis 24-hour coverage,but Oneofthemostinterestingaspects isviewingobjectsinrealtime. As we're notthereyetwithChile," says O'Dea. thetelescopes lockontothe coordinates, the objectsfirstappearfuzzy "Ournewobservatorytherewillopenupthe andinblackandwhite. Butastimepasses, the objectsbecomeclearer southernhemisphere skiesto ourmembers." andeventuallytransitioninto color. Another majorimprovementiswiththe To captureaphotofromthetelescopes, simplyclickthe "snappic" image quality. Accordingto O'Dea, "the current buttontotakeuptothreephotos ofasingleobject. However, thetrial camerasare capable ofproducingimagesupto versionofthe serviceappearstohave atemporarylimitontheamountof 2,184x 1,472 pixels. Afuturemembership continuousphototakingofaboutthree objectswiththreephotosfor each levelthatwearetentativelycallingthe subject. Thisis probablyduetothefactthatthepreviousphotos arebeing AdvancedImagingInterface' willallow uploadedto eachmember'sphoto gallery. Also, currentlythequalityof memberstoplan, execute, anddownloadlonger theimages arebestviewedonthe computer,butfutureplansare inthe exposure, full-resolutionimages, thoughnot workstoimproveimage quality. inthe current "live" observingmode. Wehope TimeFrame tohavethisnewprogramintestingsometime Therearecurrentlyabout 1| 2hours ofcov| eragewithfutureplans nextyear. to expandto 24hours ofcoverage. Luckily, thetime ofcoverage starts Thisfeaturewill greatlyopen Slooh around 1 p.m. andgoesuntil 1 a.m., whichgives studentsplentyoftime membershipto anyonewhowantstoperuse toviewstellarobjectsbetweenand duringclasses. high-endastrophotography. THEARTEMISIA.COM BfflisLauraGarchar ofouryouth, playing byschool rules, feJunior answers, and trying our bestwere looked Geological geeky' or nerdy.'Thoughthanksto ! engineering in what exaqliy iscool, being afemalegeek (3UMyG^Ml(1^3-9 frowned upon anymore. 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