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PHOTOGRAPHY:CRISTAMECHT Mu AN 'A MagazinefortheUniversityofNevada,Reno editor-in-chiefECEWW COFF(0» assistant editor OUTAyiCOT IMMAU€M® design editor web designer ^P\WFDSDCE storyeditor CU^USSAH@M SMmn C®®« storyeditor storyeditor JESSIMES©^C^EC® writer SOD^PEL HM® IGPM©^ writer OSSE^TOST writer GCMM writerJEM writer C®^WE¥Ml^DBXOXOC writer MEM,M©^T®^ MM) WMSOM writer MBOdWDSS writer ^«§AM ^MTH®1Y writer photographerT®MYCOtm^D photographer [MIMUMMOW ~ Theopinionsexpressedinthispublicationandits associatedWebsitearenotnecessarilythoseofthe UniversityofNevada.Renoorthestudentbody. t.h fta.ptftTTii S3a hotti - Corrections: RachelDolbierwasIncorrectlyidentifiedas RichardDolbier. CarolinaLaBudawastheauthor ofRenoBesidesKeno,insteadofSierraLeeder. THEARTEMISIA.COM 1 1874-1899| TheUni- The Student KeninI, vo1epresnietydoiftsNdeovoardai,nEEelknoo in 1874.Theuniversity movedtoRenoin 1886. In 1893, "TheNevada StudentRecord" (now theNevadaSagebrush) wasfirstpublished. ManzanitaHall, once knownas "TheCottage," wasfinishedin 1895 andopenedin 1896. Lincoln Hallisbuiltin 1896. TheArtemisiawas firstpublishedin 1889. 1900s In 1901,the s1ophomo|reclass,asa jpdoookllell,taipseldiafctheoedawanefrerleeecestlhreimcc-aanl gU1in1ei9sv,3e0arssUi|NtMyRafcackrlumab.y,TDbhaueryiDweeadssetrhotefifWriocimlaaflswccaroestata"ebOdolldiinNshe1e9dd3"2b.iynAAplSrsooUt,Neisntin1of9193a32f3ot.rhceedUnlievaesresoiftythAeg- trocuted. TheChemistry Buildingwasbuiltfrom wpiaelcleisnof19t0h2e.olMdacprkiasyon w1e1r9e40osnl|yInfo1u9r4m4,enthoeurte SchoolofMineswas ofaseniorclassof55 erectedin 1908 students.Also,in 1944, theWolfPackfootball teammergedwiththe RenoArmyAirBase footballteamtoformthe FlyingWolfPackdueto WWII. TheUniversity ofNevadaWarBoard, whichwasinchargeof wartimeactivitieson campus, sold$252,000 worthofwarbonds duringadrivetobuya Hellcatin 1945. 1950s TheBrushfirewasfirstpublishedin 1950. t1h1e91M0ansz|aAniftoarmLearkecoawrepaaisntu1r9e1w1.asIntr1a9n1s7f,oroumtedofinto tPH1arolonlc,Fteltrehei|HsJucoghtmbTaerncanvaimSscehSAotoSuldUeoNnftHpUroenmsiieodneE,ncttohnienomS1ia9rc5as3h.aHnRaodmsitslh-e the 191 registeredmenatUNR, 145 droppedoutto FleischmannAgricultureBuildingwerecompletedin fightinWWI. Thirteenlosttheirfives.Alsoin 1917, 1958. TheNevadaAthleticteamswerecalledtheSagebrush Warriors. Ice-skatingonManzanitaLakewasabig successin 1918. Engineers'Dayofficiallystartedin 1919. 1920s The"Des- e1rtWolf,|"theofficial humorpublicationof thestudentbody,was firstintroducedatthe 1923HomecomingDay event.Alsoin 1923,the NevadaAthleticteams werechangedtothe NevadaWolves,which laterchangedintothe WolfPack. In 1924the Universitycelebratedits 50thyearinoperation. In 1928theCoffinand Keysheldtheirannual "Running"event,which 1960s In 1962,JuniperHallandWhitePineHallwerebuilt. In 1963,theBlue featuredtwowartribes K1eysdra|inedManzanitaLakeduetodamagefromtheTruckeeRiver.Also, SAE thatbattledforawhole purchasedthetwolionsthatrestinfrontoftheirhousetoday. NyeHallwasbuilt dayoncampus. in 1967. TheASUNRodeoClubwasfoundedin 1968. THEARTEMISIA H 2000+ TheWolfPack E1adiowa|screatedin 2001. Thefirst"Parade ofLights"hitVirginia Streetin2002.The Artemisiachangedits formatfromYearbook tomagazinein2004. TheJoeCrowleyStudent Unionopenedin2007. Tuitionhit$120.75per creditforundergradu- atesin2008. As KEVIN CLIFFORD my this is the final issue in control as Editor-in-Chief, I couldn't help but 1970s Studentsheldademonstrationtoprotest think about what I'll leave to my staff t1heU.S.|invasionofCambodiain 1970. In 1970- and to the student body. 1971,FrankieSueDelPapabecameASUNPresident. Also,theArtemisiacriticizedstudentsforwrongly- Inthelasttwoyearsasleaderofthispublication, IrealizedthatThe ptchlreuodnWeoodulnfdecPfiaencagktiAhnSagUdUNN"itLsaVsb)e".satAslsusenoa,"soiannnid1n9"72a45h-tysheueanrr.es"w(Iianns-1a97p4e,- Airntreemciesnitayiesaras.directreflectionofthechangesthatthestudentbodyhasmade titiontomakeforeignlanguagescoursesandoptional Thestudentbodyvoiceditsopinionsonthelastyearbook,whichwaslast requirementforgraduation. Studentfeesreached§23 publishedin2003. Outofhundredsofcopiesprinted, about35studentspicked percreditin 1979.Also, in 1979Dr. JosephCrowley uptheiryearbooks. Studentswereinfactmakingtheirownyearbooks,through becameInterimPresident. StudentOrientationStaff on-lineblogsandsocialnetworks. Inorderforthepublicationtoservethe (SOS)firstappearedoncampusin 1979. students,ithadtoevolveintoamassmediaformthatstudentsareaccustomed to,whichwasamagazine. Itisactuallythesecondcampusmagazine,thefirst 1980s UNR'sfirst beingthe"DesertWolf,"whichwasabolishedbyASUNin 1933. "1Dayon|theGreen" Thepublicationwentfromadocumentarystylemagazineduringmyfirst startedin 1983,which yearasleadertoastudentinterestmagazineforthesecond. It'snotthatstu- featuredaconcerton dentsdislikedthedocumentaryversion;itwasthatafteraskingandreceiving MackayStadium.ASUN opinionsfromstudentsonthiscampus,thestudentbodyfeltthatitwould andabout300 students betterservedasastudentinterestmagazine. Idecidedtolistentomyfellow protestedPresidentJoe students,becausethefoundingprincipleofthispublicationistoservethegen- CrowleyandtheBoard eralwillofstudentinterest. ofRegentsbecauseof Thispublicationhaschangeddrasticallyinthepastfouryearsthanithas PresidentCrowley'sdeci- initsentire 109yearsofexistence (afewyearsitwasnotpublished). For98 siontotransfer§175, volumespriorto2004,theArtemisiawasayearbook,whichdideverythinga 000fromtheStudent UnionCapitalImprove- yearbookdid: itdocumentedtheschoolyearthroughphotos,illustrationsand mentFundtotheAth- writing. ItservedtheUniversitywellanditnotonlygavestudentsabookof leticDepartmenttohelp schoolmemoriestotakehome,butitalsokeptahistoricdocumentofstudent alleviatethedepart- activities. Onlyafewpeopleoncampustodaywouldknowthattheoncefamous ment's §282,000budget "Sundowners" clubpromptedstudentfunthroughsmokinganddrinking. shortfall.In 1985,UNR Also,fewwouldknowthattheUniversityusedtohostasmanyasfourmajor celebratedits 100thyear dancesandcelebrationsthroughouttheyear, includingtheWinterFestivaland anniversary. theWolf'sFrolic. Therapidgrowthoftechnologyandcommunicationwasthe precursorfortheevolutionofthispublication. 1990s 1990marked Ihavereceivedmanyquestionsfromstudentsonwherethispublicationis t1he50th| Winter heading. Myresponsehasalwaysbeenthesmart-assreplyof"wherewouldyou Carnival.Also, in 1990a liketoseeitgo." Studentsshouldnotbeaskingmewherethepublicationis mini-mallwas heading,butinsteadtheyshouldbecomingtotellmewhattheywantthepub- proposedforthe licationtobecome. Thefutureofthispublication,aswellastherestofthem, northwestcornerofthe restsmoreonthestudentbodythananythingelse. campusandanamphi- IwouldliketosaythatIdidabang-upjobwiththepublication,butI theaterwasscheduled regressbecauseitwasmostlyfromthetremendoushelpfrommystaffandthe tobebuiltnexttoLom- studentbodythatmadethispublicationasgreatasitistoday. But, I'mfarfrom bardiRecreationCenter. sayingthesehaveorarethebestissuespublished. Thispublicationhasalot TheJTSUreopenedin morepotentialinitthatfutureeditors, staffsandstudentswillhopefullytap 1996afterextensive into. renovationsanddisplac- Lastly, somewhereinrecenthistory, studentshaveforthemostpart ingseveraloriginations "forgotten"thehistoryofUNRandthetraditionsthatsurroundedthecampus includingmovingthe andthestudentbody. Ihaveattemptedtoshowsomehistoriesandtraditions pmuebnltiscaotnioNnsorttohapSairetr-ra ofUNRandthestudentbodyinthefollowingtimeline. Hopefully,thiswillhelp Street. LegacyHallwas getmorestudentsinvolvedwiththeircampus'shistoryandfurtherenrichthe builtin 1999. campusthatoncewasallaboutthestudents. THEARTEMISIA.COM ATOJFiftCo-founderoftheGardenParty,VanPhan, adualJournalismandFrench major, separatesseveralLettucerootstohelpeachplantgrowbetterduringthe GreenParty,whichwasheldonAikenStreetonFeb. 10. €©im U1 U ITL On May 24, 2006, former Vice President, Al Gore released his documentary An Inconvenient Truth With a click ofhis . pointer, Gore positioned himself next to a keynote presentation and made his point. The earthwasheatingup. Glaciershadbeen steadilymeltingintothe oceans andattheircurrentpace, the glacierswouldincrease sea-levels bymorethan20feetaroundtheworld. Cities suchas Manhattan, San Francisco, NewDelhiandmorewouldbeunderwater. Thenext genera- tionwouldbe experiencingtemperaturesfarbeyondourhottestdays. Bytheendofthe documentary, Gore revealedthatthe causeofsuch catastropheswaspredominantlyaresult ofus. Wehademittedsomuch carbondioxidethroughour cars andourcoalburning, amongother things, thatthe earth's greenhousegassesweretrappingtoo muchheat. Itwas aninconvenienttruth. Us,whoatthattime, was chompingdown butteredpopcorn. That day, peopleleftthemovietheaters andeither changedtheirways or didnot. SomebelievedGoreandothers didnot. Butinthemonthsthat followed, Gore's documentarygave one morevoiceinthefightagainst globalwarming. The moviewas releasedinmorethan40 countries and wonthe OscarforBestDocumentary. Fivemonthslater, Gore, whose solemissionwasto educatethepublic onglobalwarming, wonthe 2007 NobelPeacePrize. Henowhadanaudiencelikeneverbefore. Eventually, the greenmentalitybegantopickup speed. Finally,when itcametimetoaskthe nationto make achange, itinevitablyledtothe grassy, green-turfs ofcollege campuses-campusesthatforyearshadbeen knownfortheiridealismandrevolution. Theydemanded civilrights, pro- testedtheVietnamWarandalsofoughtfor environmentalprotection. Today, campuseshavebeenseeingarenaissance oftheeco-conscious studentand students attheUniversityofNevada, Reno, areno exception. StartingattheJoe CrowleyStudentUnionandleadingtoplaces asfar off as Ghana, WestAfrica, these students areprovingthattheyare serious aboutprotectingthe earthandnotinterestedinanyearthlytrendorthe government's status quo. PavingtheWayfora GreenUNR: SEEDS InAugusto|f2003, KendraZamzowaPh.D. student, ine|nvironmental naturalresources environmental sciences or as she says, "ahealth gradu- ate degree onthe environmental chemistrysciencetrack," cameto UNR forthe graduateprogram. Sheadmits she'sbeenaroundthebusiness ofthe environment. "We ca—lleditalternative energybackthen," she says. "Nowtheycall it green it's alltalkingaboutthe samething." That semester ZamzowcametoUNR shetookan elective course calledIndustrialEcology. One day, Steve Oberg, director ofEnvironmen- talHealthandSafety atUNR, cameinand THEARTEMISIA.COM . " talkedtotheclassabout "green"buildings. "Hetoldusthatinthelibrarythe architectshadalreadybeenthere butthe studentunion (construction) hadn'tbeenvotedonyet," she says. "Soifwe studentswantedto getinvolvedandhaveagreenbuildingon campusthatmightbe agoodplaceto start." FollowingOberg'spresentation, Zamzowandher class group started SEEDS, Students andEducatorsforEnvironmentalDevelopmentandSus- tainability. Theyresearchedwaysto maketheJCSUnotjust concreteand rebaratthe southendofcampus. Theywantedtomakeitmuchmore energy-efficient AtthatpointtheJCSUwasn'tmuchbutapile ofdirtandtheAssoci- atedStudents oftheUniversityofNevadapresidentAliciaLerud, hadjust submittedaresolutiontofindfundsforanewunionearlierthatyear. Oberg's appearancewas goodtiming. Thegroupresearchedenviron- mentallyfriendlymaterials, resourcefullandscapingandtheprice it wouldcosttousethem. EventuallyChuckPrice, director oftheJotTravis StudentUnionwhowas overseeingthebuildingoftheJCSU, allowed themto speaktohimaboutwhattheyfound. "We gaveaslide show,weinvitedpeoplefromstudentunionandsome peoplefromfacilities," says Zamzow. " Thenwealsowrote areportthat weleftwithChuck." Nearlyfiveyearslater, thatworkoffive students ledtothebuild- ingtheJCSUasagreenbuilding. Price createdaGreenCommitteefor theunionwhichtodayhashighefficiencyglass, carpetswithrecycled backing, furniturewithrecycledmaterials, droughttolerantlandscaping materials, ultra-lowflushtoiletsandthose arejustafewofitstraits. Current SEEDS co-presidentsVirginiaSmithandDakotaCasserlyare continuingthe SEEDS "legacy"bylookingatmakingthecampus greener andmore sustainable. Atthetop oftheroofoftheunionarelocationsfor photovoltaicsolarpanels andifthe SEEDS group gets enoughfunding, theUnioncouldbelookingatwholenewenergycost. "Theuniversityis abigorganization," says Smith. "There'salot of stuffthat goes intotherunningofit so itjust seemsthatwe shouldtry andcutdownofwasteandthingsthatwethrowaway—wastingelectric- ity,wastingmoney. PartoftheirworkinvolveshavingChartwells supplyFair-trade coffee andrecyclingaroundcampus. Theyarealsoholdinganessaycontestto "inspirethoughtfuldialogue" about sustainability These allmatterinthe largerpicture and students shouldthinktwice abouttheirwaste, says Casserly. THEARTEMISIA m s ATH€HFs Co-foundersoftheGreenPartyCarolynVanLydegrafandVanPhan,a seniordualJournalismandFrenchmajor,uncoveronepartofthegardenduring theGardenParty,whichwasheldonAikenStreetonFeb. 10. ~?~VanLydegraf, goesoverthegardenlogbookwithJamieKoepnick,a juniorNutritionmajor,andTianaChallenger,aseniorJournalismmajor. "So, thosefinite The gardenispart excitingforVanLyde- — resources, what ofVanLydegraf' graf thepossibilities. happenswhenthey GardenParty, asus- "It's agreat op- eventuallydisappear? tainablecommunity portunityto sharemy Whatarewe goingto garden startedinOc- interestforhands-on do?" asks Casserly toberthathas since learningabout sus- "Itcouldbe aglobal gainedasolidfollow- tainable agriculture catastrophe, right. ingfromuniversity withmyfriendsand Justthinkofthe oil studentsandpeople othermembers of productsthatare inthe community. the community," she usedto create every- "Wejustmade says. "Rightnowour thingwewear. How aplan," saysVan goalistonot onlyes- canwe comeupwith Lydegrafabout start- tablishour ownplot resourcesthatarere- ingthegarden. "We totendbutalsohelp newablethatwe can scroungedmateri- otherpeopleto start useto substitutein- als, pulledoutall their owngardenand steadofusingoiland ourcontactsinthe hopefullyproposition thefiniteresources? communityandI the cityto get our Whycouldn'ttheybe endedupfindinga ownpublic space." recycled?" localfarmerwhois AndrewHighison, BothSmithand anacquaintance of a22-year-oldEnglish Casserlyagreethat ourfamilywhovery major, quicklylatched althoughit's canbe enthusiasticallydo- ontothe garden frustratingto livein nated strawbales and asheworkedatan suchaconsumption- top soilandveryold organicfarmover orientedsociety, they compostedmanureto the summer of2007. stilltryto makea buildourbeds. Ibor- "Itrequires alarger difference. rowedatruckfrom commitment oftime "I'mwalkingto anotheracquain- because it requires campus andI'll see tance." alotofenergyand bottles andcansthat Michael, anew focustomake sure arelayingthe grass," member, throwshis thatyourplants don't says Casserly. "It's compostfromthe die,"he says. amazingandit's a weektothebigger Hewalksthe realconflict. Do Ipick gardencompostin garden'stworaised itup? Do Ipickupaf- thebackcorner. Caro- beds. It'sbeenalmost ter somebody?Yeah, lynpicksthroughhis threemonths since Iamgoingtakethe onions andturnsthe he dugholes inthe extrasteptoactually compostwithapitch- groundandblanketed tryandhelp someone fork. Throughoutthe aseedwithdirt. outandhopefully weekmembershave Fromwhathe sees, someonewillseethat rotatedwateringthe theplants are nearto andnotice." plantsandclearing harvesttime. GardenParty outweedsbuttoday |SAIWI| O| nasunny,but| istheultimate gather- WhenPeggyLee fairlycoldMarch ing. Todaythe group grewinup she didn't afternoon, Carolyn beginstalks onwhat growupwithwater VanLydegraf, aUNR toplantinthe spring. attheturnofaknob. alumnus, peeks Squash, tomatoes, She grewup learning — underaplastic sheet, redpeppers they're to appreciatewhen coveredinsnow. allupforplanting. water camebackon. The sheetprotects Howaboutflowers? "WhenI grewup awealthofgarden Or strawberries? thewaterthat came — plants kale, spinach, "Whatabout some outwas reallymurky lettuce,Arugulaand carrots," peeps in fromthetap," she more. Theirleavesare Andrea. The group says. "I grewup in brightgreen, sharply sitsinadarklylit theTokyo areaand m contrastingthedark livingroom, ulling because ofthepopula- compostthey'vebeen overthepossibilities. tiondensityandthe plantedin. Abitof Butthat'swhat so summer drought, snowmelts ontheir CONTINUED ON TAGID 8 midribs. THEARTEMISIA.COM " e©NT4NUE[}-FR©M-Pe-7 sometimesthey'dhaveto stopthewaterline tokeepthewaterlevelatthe reservoir sowe couldn'tusethewaterfor awhile, forlikefour tofivehours, Ithappenedalot. I don'tknowif it'shappeningstill." She cametotheUnitedStateswiththis in mindandwhileinJapan, activelysought out ahydrologyprogram. ItledhertoUNR, where todayshe's apart ofthe StudentAssociationfor InternationalWater Issues. Thatfirstnight she attendedaSATWI (pro- nounced say-wee) meetingshewasmetwitha roomfullofpeople allwiththe sameinterest withwaterasher. TheyhadtraveledtoKenya, GuatemalaandPanamatohelppeopleinneed ofacleaner, more efficientwater system. This included"buildingbetterpumps andwater filtrationsystemsforpeoplethathadforyears hadknownnothingmorethanpoor, unhealthy water. Thisyearthe groupplans on goingto Ghana, WestAfricaandto NewMexico'sinthe NavajoNation. Theirlifeperspectivechanges, saysHarmonyFarnsworth, SAIWI co-president withLee. WhenFarnswotharrivedinKenya, herbag carriedmorebelongingsthanmost ofthevillag- ers. Theyslept outside ofhuts andFarnsworth andthe group sleptinsidetheir campingtents. Uponreturningto Reno, Farnsworthadmits shetriesto livemore simply, knowinghowthe Keyans live. "It's somethingthat's overlookedbyalotof people," she says. "Yougohome,youturnon yourtap,you gethotwater, coldwater, andyou get cleanwater. Yougettotake ashower,you don'tthinkabouthowmuchyouareusingor whereit's comingfrombutthere arepeoplein othercountrieswhoarelimitedto onlyacouple ofgallons aday. Navajo Nationitselfisalandofmanydis- crepancies. Altho—ugh situatedacross nearly2—7, 000 miles ofland fromUtahtoNewMexico theystillhaveproblems environmentalaffairsmanagerandadvisorto withwater. SEEDS. Hisworkonatmosphericpollutionand "Youfeellikeyou'reinadevelopingcountry," says Farnsworth. "It's emissionrates intheatmosphereareanasset unlikeanyreservationthatyou see atWalkerLake orPyramidLake, tothe environmentalcommunity. He canbe thereare someinthe south, especiallyinthe GrandCanyon, theyonly technicalandtalkaboutemissions rates and useburrows astransportationbecausetheydon't evenhave anyve- thepollutantsthatwindupinourlungs. He hicles." knows his scienceas Slovicknowshis language. InKenyaitwas similar. Becauseoftheirbackgrounds, thetwo can "InKenyalast summerwewerehiking, dependingonwhetherhuts speakfreelyaboutthe environmentwith exper- werelocatedinthevillagetheywouldwalkonetotwomilesadayand tisethatyoucouldn'tfindinoneperson. This is carrybuckets ontheirheadandhowtheywould getthewater, they whytheycametogetherthis semestertoteach woulddugaholeintoadriedup creekbedandfillitupwithmurky aclasstitled, "LanguageandLiterature ofSci- brownwater, that'swhattheydrink, washwith." ence." Thenewclass, focusingontheenviron- SAIWIisunlike mostclubsbuttheyareunique andconsciouslyaware mentand sustainability, reachesallgenerations ofthe globalissuesaroundtheworld. Together, theyaimto changehow ofstudents, withallviews onthistopicthathas peoplelivewith one drop ofwateratatime. beenaroundforyears. "It's greatwhenI cansharewiththemthese issuesthatare goingon," "Thewholeideaofsustainabilityis nota saysFarnsworth. "I'vebeenableto getacrossto somepeoplethatasmall newconcept itreallydatesbacktothe 1970s group canmakeadifference." and 80swhenitbeganto entermainstream Professors Scott SlovicandJohn Sagebiel, aretheyingandyangof vocabulary," Slovic says. "Sustainabilitybecame environmentalstudies. Slovic, anEnglishprofessor, isaliterarycritic. abuzzwordinthe environmental community Hisbooksfromclassaredog-earedandoverflowingwithpost-its ofvari- andsome concepts comeand go...butwehave ous colors. Thewayheexplores languageandteacheshis students is sustainedthe ideaandthevocabularyofsus- notthroughindoctrination, he says, butbyhelpingthemtothinkand tainabilityin society, ingeneralinparticularin expressthemselves. the academy." Sagebiel, onthe otherhand, is anenvironmental chemist. Heis UNR's Slovicand Sagabiel meetbefore classto go THEARTEMISIA nn mm