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news NHSE Board of Regents Meeting..........................................................page 6 Explosions of the Past-M101................................................................page 7
features Remembering September 11.........................................................................page 11
opinions Bat Country.........................................................................................................page 14 Las Vegas is..........................................................................................................page 15 The “C� Word......................................................................................................page 17
arts/entertainment
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campus life CSN helps future firefighters............................................................. page 20 The Diverese Students among Us......................................................... page 21 The Planetarium Event................................................................................. page 22
sports Nick Garritano Interview........................................................... page 23
fashion/beauty
Hopeful Hedonisms:New York Fashion Week................ page 26
incident reports August............................................................................................... page 30
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NSHE Board of Regents Meeting by ASHTON HALL Editor-In-Chief
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he Board of Regents (BOR) meetings held September 8 and 9 at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) yielded new information regarding the future of education in Nevada. Two agenda items pertaining to the College of Southern Nevada (CSN) were discussed and voted on during the first convergence, and subsequently passed.
privatize all online classes, establishing an entirely separate entity from the college. Regent Kevin Melcher stated, “I’m worried about disconnect and taking too much online, taking too much from the virtual institution that isn’t like a college you can attend and transfer to a university. Maybe it will make them a little more prepared to finish their
Agenda item 11 featured a presentation of the Community College Task Force. Bruce James, Chair of the Chancellor’s Fresh Look at Nevada’s Community Colleges Task Force, gave the group’s final report on the matter to the BOR.
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The Handbook Revision, under the Community College Admission Criteria would require all students to obtain a high school diploma or equivalent by fall 2012, which currently, students are not required to have. “Do you think I want to say to our high school freshman and sophomores that you need to have a high school diploma in order to enter the doors of a community college,” stated Regent Andrea Anderson. “We can’t say that. We’re not helping our counselors’ to encourage students to remain through 12 years of a high school experience because you can come to the doors of a community college without a diploma today, and so we have a huge drop out rate.”
The report was comprised of ten recommendations: Student learning outcomes, technology needs, resources to benefit learners, create pathways for K-16 learners to succeed, remake remedial education, implement variable tuition pricing, increase meaning certificates, expand dual high school and college enrollment, change state funding formula, and move governance to the source. Concerning the recommendation titled: “Resources to benefit learners,” a Nevada Virtual College would be created, which in turn would
Agenda item 12 was a request for a handbook revision by CSN President Michael D. Richards, President Carl Diekhans, President Maria C. Sheehan and President Carol A. Lucey.
Anderson believes the variable nature of some students will hinder their ability to succeed in college.
associate degree, but will it make them more prepared to enter a university for the second two years?”
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“Those students often drift to our doors, two and three years after the time they should have graduated, far under prepared for the community college experience.”
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Explosions of the Past - M101 by JUSTIN MOHR Staff Writer
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rsa Major, more commonly known as the Big Dipper, is an easily recognizable constellation in the night sky. What
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is less easily recognized (especially in a city of lights like Las Vegas) are the multitude of Messier Objects in deeper portions of space. Just above College of Southern Nevada
the handle in Ursa Major is a Messier Object known as M101, registered as a spiral galaxy. In the 1700s, French astronomer and CONTINUES PAGE 9
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comet hunter Charles Messier began mapping these Messier Objects. In his time, he published a list of 103 separate objects, with seven more being approved and added after his death, ending with a total of 110 Messier Objects. During the end of August, a type 1 supernova was discovered within M101. M101 is measured as being over twenty million light years away, meaning the light reaching us today was emitted over twenty million years ago. Essentially, this supernova is long finished, but we are just now seeing it. To put this in perspective, the sun is only eight light minutes away, whereas the closest star, Alpha Centauri, is a little over four light years away. Our fastest space crafts to date would take over fifty thousand years to travel to Alpha Centauri. Due to their unpredictability, supernovae are often found by accident. Several observatories across the world are dedicated to constantly mapping out the sky, looking for abnormalities
and changes in the stars. Even though supernovae are unpredictable, the star Betelgeuse is expected to be the next major supernova, one visible by the naked eye, even during the daytime. In a type 1 super nova, one of the stars in a binary star experiences a significantly less violent core collapse, condensing its size into a white dwarf. As time goes on, the partner star to the white dwarf grows, and begins radiating energy which is absorbed by the white dwarf. When the white dwarf reaches a solar mass exceeding its limit (around 1.4 solar masses) a violent eruption occurs, causing the white dwarf to explode. Imagine filling a water bed using a fire hose and having no off switch. To learn more about M101 and other deep space objects, take a trip down to the Cheyenne campus’s planetarium for the shows and evening telescope viewing. To check out where Nevada stands when it comes to space travel, check out the Bigelow Aerospace company.
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Remembering September 11 by RU BULLOCK Copy Editor
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e Shall Never Forget.
Four innocuous words strung together to make a powerful phrase. This made all the more so with the
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weight of the nation behind it. By now, most everyone recognizes this phrase as being associated with the devastating terrorist attacks that shook the country on the day of September 11, 2001. So College of Southern Nevada
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FEATURES of the catastrophic terrorists attacks that actuated many significant and lasting changes in our country.
We would all learn later that the reality, of course, was that, there was no citizen of this country that the tragedy didn’t affect. Ask most any American, and 98 percent will be able to relate with exact clarity where they were and what they were doing the moment they heard.
we couldn’t see it then, but looking back, it is easy to put our country into two categories: America before 9/11, and post 9/11. It was the fall of those two towers which stood proudly in the middle of New York for so long, that seemed to galvanize the country into action. The rest, of course, as they say, is history.
When the disaster of 9/11 happened, most young adults – the ones that are in their early college years like myself –, were then only in elementary or middle school. We were quite old enough to know After the pernicious attacks that something was And of course, we remember the feeling of that shook the nation, and, very wrong, but, for in some very distinct ways, unified togetherness and when the country those of us who did not the world, there were the as a whole could stand tall and say, “Proud live in New York City, obvious changes like the and only heard of what massive increase in air to be an American.” had happened through travel security, as well as the a television set, if it more personal immediate didn’t directly affect us, outpour of extreme we were otherwise too caught up in our It is said that hindsight is 20/20; that it devastation, sympathy, and justified own lives to care in much more than a is easier to see the past, when looking anger. Things have gotten better in time, passing, vaguely worried, sense. backwards from the present. Of course but for better or worse, the country will
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FEATURES never be the same. Now, ten years later there is nothing else to do, except for remember and continue to move forward. So — America remembers. We remember the macabre devastation, and the feeling of
hopeless grief that accompanied it. We remember the thousands of people who lost their lives that day. We remember the brave souls who worked tirelessly to pull survivors out of the rubble for days on end. And of course, we remember the
feeling of unified togetherness and when the country as a whole could stand tall and say, “Proud to be an American.”
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Bat Country by ASHTON HALL Editor-In-Chief
Later that day, I was on a flight back to Las Vegas, anxiously awaiting the incomparable weather and my trip to nearly every hospital in the city. Only to be turned away. “Sorry, no rabies shots for you, deary.”
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Finally, I was directed to the emergency room, where I proceeded to wait a third of my life away, until a friendly receptionist called me back.
During the last week of summer vacation, I was bitten by a small brown bat. I didn’t think much of it at the time, until I recalled that bats carry rabies.
I was genuinely excited to hear my name being called, to peel my legs off of the torn, uncomfortable vinyl seat that waiting rooms are seemingly so fond of. My blood pressure was taken, my weight and height jotted down. I was preparing my big “I was bitten by a bat speech,” in my head when she finally asked what brought me into the ER. “Well,” I replied, then paused for the quintessential dramatic effect. “I was bitten by a bat… a rabid one, I think.”
n the past, when rabies came to my mind, I used to think of Old Yeller and Cujo. Now I think of bats and The Golden State.
The entire situation might sound intriguing or even a touch dramatic, but I was unperturbed. Perhaps it was my newfangled fascination with bats, shortly after the incident, or perhaps it was because each time I told the story, all it seemed to elicit was laughter. I find it comical myself, to be awoken in the middle of the night to find a tiny winged critter, flying about my room. For a brief moment, when it eventually settled near a nook on the ceiling, I was able to get fairly close to my new roomie and found myself thinking that it was kind of cute, for something that potentially was carrying a life threatening disease.
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across as pleasurable activities. After gasping a few times and telling me how brave I was for enduring an entire night with a bat, the nurse sent me back to the trauma room, where I waited another decent chunk of my life away, until I was approached by a doctor. He informed me that I wouldn’t be given one single shot, but a series of five to seven shots, administering the first at the place of the bite. Lucky for me, that meant the very top of my right foot. After that, I would come back four days later, then seven, then 14 and finally 21 for the rest of the shots. I wouldn’t recommend spending a vast majority of time with a potentially rabid animal, like being locked in a room all night with a bat for instance. As much fun as it is to regale people with my bat tale, rabies is 100 percent fatal once symptoms appear. There have only been three recorded survivors of the disease in the world.
I really didn’t know if my new friend was rabid, or not, but I wasn’t in the gambling mood. I’m not sure if many people have read up on the effects of rabies, but convulsing and foaming at the mouth just never came
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Las Vegas Is... by RU BULLOCK Copy Editor
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hat happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. We all know Sin City’s famous slogan, for the Gambling Capital of the World. We also know that we are the most popular city in the state, and we even know about Nevada’s less than topnotch education system. But what about the things we don’t hear about too often, even as locals of our world famous city. Here is a list of facts which highlight many facts about living in Las Vegas which many non
locals may not think about: City of Filth?: Las Vegas is known for it’s glamorous night life and entertainment, as well as the world famous Strip, which attracts millions each year. What people don’t often think about though, is that with huge crowds comes huge messes. When ranking the dirtiest cities in America, Time Magazine listed Las Vegas in the top ten, placing it at number seven. Up there with Vegas were cities
such as Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Atlanta, with New Orleans topping the list. All one has to do is simply walk down the Strip on any given night to see the sidewalks littered with everything from food wrappers, to advertisements featuring nude women, to see why Las Vegas is one of the dirtiest cities in America. Danger factor: A downside to living in such a big city is the danger level. NeighborhoodScout.com
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OPINIONS places the city we call home as the 3rd most dangerous city in the country, only coming in behind Chester, PA and Saginaw, MI. Crime rate statistics pulled from the same site show our total crime ratios at over 67,000 per year. Property crimes are nearly 80% of those numbers, with 54,000, the rest being reported as violent crimes. To break that down, that is 119 crimes per 1000 people, or 1 in 10 who will suffer a violent or property crime. To put these numbers in better perspective, the national average of crimes per 1000 people is 37. Hot Temps: Besides it’s crazy nightlife and supposedly loose slot machines, one thing that Las Vegas is almost always associated with is it’s tremendous heat in the summer. With temperatures reaching upwards of 110° on a regular basis, and our humidity next to nothing, Vegas’ dry heat is metaphorically, and in some rare cases, literally, killer. Ask around and you won’t find many people who would say they came to Las Vegas for the heat. In most cases, it is something that must be endured and waited out. However, as a result of the heat here, we can luckily say that our winters are usually quite nice when compared with other parts of the country. That is, unless you happen to be like a good portion of the Vegas population – sick of the heat and would like to see some snow for a change.
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One of the country’s meanest cites: Illegal to be homeless? The ridiculousness of the phrase almost sounds laughable. Believe it or not, though, The National Coalition for the Homeless named Las Vegas the #5 meanest city in the country for that very reason. This, of course, has less to do with every homeless person breaking the law simply by “being,” and more to do with the way the city chooses to care for the homeless. With the city’s Crisis Intervention Center closed due to a lack of funding, the city’s help for the homeless is, on the whole, little to nothing when compared to the demand. As well as routine sweeps of encampments done by valley policy, Metro has also been accused on more than one occasion for targeting the homeless for misdemeanor crimes. With all the negative things to be said about Las Vegas, it should be noted that it is by no means all bad. Here are a couple of reasons why people may enjoy living in our popular, urbanized city: Lack of natural disasters: Say what you will about living in the desert, there are a few undeniable perks about living here: Our lack of natural disasters being foremost on that list. The worst we can really say we have is the odd thunderstorm here and there, which is actually more a reprieve from the summer heat and usually welcomed from the locals. What is
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not welcomed, however, is the flash flooding that comes along with it sometimes, but even that is small when compared to the level of flooding that other parts of the country have to deal with. In it’s history, Nevada has not been known to get many natural disasters, such as tornadoes, earthquakes and hurricanes, especially when compared to other parts of the country, namely, those on the east cost. In fact, Nevada is the best known state for not getting these calamities, something that makes it popular with it’s locals. Extremely Entertaining (And not just nightlife): Many people do not see Las Vegas beyond much more than a tourist trap. To most who live outside of the state, it is a good place to vacation and lose a bit of money, all in good fun. What many do not realize though, is that Las Vegas is quite a bit more than that. The city has much to offer in terms of wholesome fun, and family outings: Theater, dance and art shows are always guaranteed to be going on somewhere, as well as the many venues for local bands to come and play, open for anyone who is interested in hearing free music. For the kids, there are educational establishments like museums, as well as outdoor adventure in countless hiking trails not far from the valley. If one is willing to look, they would find the city quite rich in history and (often overlooked) entertainment.
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The “C” Word by T. ROPELATO Managing Editor
Recent decisions at the Nevada State Higher Education (NSHE) Board of Regents meeting seem to undermine some of CSN’s core principles. A particular agenda item was passed that, in my opinion, will directly clash with the idea of “Access to quality teaching.”
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nce upon a time… this was a community college. Then at some point “community” was deemed a dirty and sub-par title, and was stricken from the signs and stationary. The faded ghosts of the “Old C” are occasionally seen on dumpsters and old equipment. Lately, it feels like the actual spirit of community is fading away with the old paint. In these shaky economic times, community pride has given way to business-like structure and bureaucratic webs spun by the spiders of Kafka’s nightmares. Old timers tell me that in CSN’s past, the community togetherness was stronger and a tangible part of daily life. Barbeques in the park and lunchtime basketball games were commonplace and people worked together for the collective benefit of the school and students. In Southern Nevada’s “flush times” people were quicker to get behind the idea of small personal sacrifices for the benefit of a greater good. One place where the idea of community still has a foothold is in the colleges’ mission statement: “The College of Southern Nevada creates opportunities and changes lives through access to quality teaching, services, and experiences that enrich our diverse community.”
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The Fresh Look at Nevada Community Colleges Task Force was created last year and just released their report and recommendations for the future of the four Nevada community colleges. Some of the better suggestions were, focus on graduation rates instead of enrollment numbers, variable tuition pricing and increasing duel high school and college enrollment. Some of the other recommendations could greatly impact CSN in a negative way. The Task Force suggested raising the tuition levels to be on par with other states. Nevada has one of the lowest community college tuitions in the country. The report cites Nevada’s abysmally low college attendance rate and draws the conclusion that low tuition doesn’t equal high attendance. So what better option than to raise the price on our “bottom of the barrel” higher education system? The most troubling of their recommendations is a plan to implement a “Nevada Virtual College” in partnership with a private education company. This plan would essentially privatize all online classes in the states community college system. Student tuition for the online class would go to a third party where “courses can be priced to students on a full-cost recovery basis,” according to the report. To bid away our online classes would take away a valuable asset from the students, professors and college as a whole. One side effect would be the monetary loss. Online classes create a lot of College of Southern Nevada
revenue with fewer overheads than a traditional class. Professors and students alike are often drawn to the flexibility of online courses. Why should we give away those tuition dollars to a third party, to do the very thing our already in place ANGEL system does? The second thing to suffer from privatization will be quality of teaching. Private run, for-profit education companies are called “McColleges” for a reason. They are designed to pump people into the workforce as quickly and cost-effective as possible. In the private education world, quality and in depth study of subjects are tossed aside in favor of profit margins. Granted, the under-funded underdog, CSN, does not award the most prestigious degree in the world, but community colleges have a very important distinction from the private sector counterparts; The boss. Private sector answers to the shareholders and CEOs, and profit is their bottom line. A community college answers to the community and the taxpayers. Where the bottom line is the enrichment of that community. In their report, the Task Force said they heard from “Nearly 100 people.” If these decisions were based on meetings with less than 100 people, how can they possibly be able to accurately portray what is right for a college of over 40 thousand students? Not to mention the employees and students from the state’s three other community colleges. If these recommendations from the Community College Task Force are applied without discussion and not examined carefully, future Nevada college students will be paying the highest bidder for a fast food education. A fast food education is just like a fast food burger; not necessarily good or bad, just unfulfilling, and only there to do its job and make a turd.
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Vegas: The New Ibiza by CATHRYN CALABIO Staff Writer
for a successful semester. Suddenly the week was over, and the end of a great first week of school deserved—almost demanded—a celebration. It called for a celebration for the beginning of another school year and for one last chance to cling onto the last few moments of the summer that remained. If you hadn’t made any Labor Day plans by the end of the week, there was no shortage of last-minute things to do either on or off the Strip. From events like First Friday to world-class DJs headlining at the newest nightclubs and dozens of ongoing residencies in town, your options were basically limitless. Porter Robinson headlined at Marquee, Skrillex at XS, Calvin Harris at Surrender, A-Trak at Tryst, Avicii at Wet Republic, and dozens of others barraged Vegas with an onslaught of rhythmic beats and heavy bass lines.
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our first step into the arena is always the most exhilarating. After waiting in an anxious crowd for hours and after getting patted down at various security checkpoints, a sense of oneness and unity overwhelms you as the combination of colorful, flashing lights and the resounding bass line entrance you. The thousands of people around you
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are dressed in colors you never thought existed. Glow sticks and glove lights litter the masses of people like stars. Everyone around you moves to the music. There’s not a sad face in the crowd. The long wait and was all worth it. The fall semester started off strong. Students arrived on campus ready to learn, ready to meet new people, and ready
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Despite the whole array of things to do during the long weekend, there seemed to be a lingering buzz in the air about something else. It was something that seemed to turn everyone’s Monday blues into anticipation. It was the one question you heard at least three times a day. “Are you going to IDentity Fest?” I first heard about IDentity Festival at the beginning of August from a friend. I hadn’t seen any advertising or any type of publicity from the event and no one
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ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT else knew about it at the time either, so I thought nothing of it. As the date of the event drew nearer, the buzz about ID Fest seemed to get increasingly louder. ID Fest is a North American summer tour presented by Skullcandy that brought along with it the thumps of dance music from city-tocity to wide-eyed 18-plussers still reeling from the reminiscences of the Insomniac and HARD events of this summer. DJs like Kaskade, Afrojack, Skrillex, Manufactured Superstars, Steve Aoki, Nero, Datsik, and Modeselektor were among those hypnotizing audiences with their thunderous beats. Las Vegas was ID Fest’s eighteenth stop on its 20-city continental tour. A few years ago, Las Vegas would be the last place you would go to celebrate electronic music culture. Tito Morales, one of the DJs in the up-
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and-coming Midnight Affair, has been producing music for about a year. Within the past few years, he’s seen Las Vegas become “the number one city for house music or electronic music in general. Here, the business tactics have been the bigger, the better, the best,” said Morales. “It produces a lot of tourism, and once you book such high profile performers like our DJs here [we] can see them weekly, even nightly.”
of space to move around. And, most importantly, there were no casualties. It’s no wonder why Insomniac signed on for the next five years in Vegas.
The pivotal point in the development of Las Vegas as the capitol for electronic dance music stemmed from the impressive success of Electric Daisy Carnival at the end of this past June. The Las Vegas Motor Speedway proved to be a substantial venue for the Insomniac event, which was formerly held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Sports Arena. The spray fans and cooling rooms prevented overheating. The speakers blasted at superior frequencies. There was plenty
The next hurdle that the emerging genre will have to leap over is that of becoming another fad. Because of the rapidity of Las Vegas’ ascension to the top of North America’s DJ destinations, it’s easy to see how this may just be another trend in the city’s history.
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“I think we’ve proven that we have a safe environment,” says Morales. “We have people that are smart here in the city that can handle and take care of all the logistical problems that occur with having such a grand-scale festival.”
Morales has a lot of confidence in the Las Vegas’ ability to foster the genre’s greater development. “Las Vegas is a city that eats up new ideas all the time, so we can adapt, we can learn and we can grow.”
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CSN Helps Future Firefighters. by THOMAS BUFFKIN Staff Writer
Photo Taken By: Mayela Arellano view, the instruction center has a reserve fire engine so students have an opportunity to interact with the unit. The fire science professors consist mainly of retired firefighters. With this new system anyone working at the time is teaching in some way. CSN President Dr. Michael Richards at last year’s opening stated, “We are proud to have Fire Station 6 call CSN its home. It is our hope that the 1,500 college students who also use the facility each week will learn a great deal coexisting with this fire unit.” Firefighter Jason Cascone mentioned to Thirteen New York Public media that Americans have responded to realities of our post 9/11 world by going into careers, such as firefighters and emergency medical technicians. He explained as well, how he no longer focuses on the futility of his efforts, but how he was part of one of the greatest rescue operations in history. Fire Station 6 has innovative ways to help students achieve goals to fight Fire Chief Greg Gammon, CSN President Michael D. Richards and Councilwomen Lois Tarkanian pose in for the safety of others. There are two generations of firefighters under the front of the CLV & CSN Fire Station and Instructional Center located at the CSN Charleston campus. roof of this building, those protecting us now, and the next generation of firefighters who will be protecting our citizens. ith the city of Las Vegas needing the fire science program, an upgraded Not only is Fire Station 6 changing the land to build a new fire station exercise room for the firefighters and way students in Las Vegas learn about that would serve areas near the living room and dormitory areas for science, it is saving the city money Charleston campus, and many College the crews who work in rotating 24 hour fire by using solar panels on the roof as of Southern Nevada (CSN) students shifts. part of the city’s ongoing solar project. on the waiting list for the fire science solar panels are responsible for 10 program because they lacked classroom The station is great for fire science The of the facility’s power. space. CSN donated land to build a students who will receive hands-on percent experience. The lobby of the station 15,000 square foot fire station. provides students and the community The 10 year anniversary of 9/11 is here. willing to run into burning On August 30, 2010 CSN opened with displays that give you the history People while everyone is running out their nearly $7 million station at the of the fire fighting service. Inside the buildings there and Las Vegas teamed up with edge of Charleston’s campus across lobby is a glass wall that plays a key are to help further the career of fire from Bonanza High School. This house role in this new innovative fire station. CSN comes equipped with three smart It allows people to view the day to day science workers and emergency medical classrooms for use by CSN students for functions of a normal fire house which is technicians with Fire Station 6. something students don’t get in a typical classroom. Along with the educational
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The Diverse Students Among Us by KASANDRA EGELSTON Staff Writer
accreditation because of the fact it was “only” a community college.
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Students who take a look around while walking to and from c l a s s e s , will notice the diverse a m o u n t of culture scattered a r o u n d campus. Just this semester, CSN has enrolled over 35,000 students. S tatistic al l y it would be extremely implausible that they are all native Nevadans. I had the opportunity to talk to many students on campus to figure out just what has drawn them to our very own CSN: Detwan Carter, engineering major stated, “In every class I have this semester, there is a student from every ethnicity.” Not only is CSN home to many races, but also a variety of age groups. While many are traditional college-aged students, an equal amount College of Southern Nevada
are non-traditional. CSN students are often working full-time jobs with families. To support our melting pot of students, the college has an Office of Diversity, Cultural Affairs and Community Initiatives. This office takes care of the diverse efforts of the students and staff. To serve our diverse student body there is an impressively diverse group of staff and administration. 59 percent of teachers are males and 41 percent are female. Of these staff, 6 percent are Hispanic, 7 percent African American, 5 percent Asian or Pacific Islander, and various other ethnicities. Destinee Davi, communication major, commented, “I get a different experience from each professor, and I enjoy hearing where they have come from.” Two of her professors are from outside of the country. It is clear to see that we have a very diverse group of staff and students. Having such a diverse group, benefits students’ learning abilities. By interacting on a day to day basis with a variety of different people, students get the experience and adaptation to what they will be experiencing in the work field. If you are interested in the community and joining the Diversity, Equity, and Steering Coalition, you can request an application and submit to the office of Diversity for more information.
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The Planetarium Event by MARILEIDYS ESTRADA Staff Writer
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he Planetarium event is not one that should be missed. It is educational, it has amazing graphics and the view is splendid. It is especially amusing for the younger audience, so bring your little brother or sister for a delightful experience they will surely remember.
is very educational, kids can learn from it and enjoy it,” said Isabella. She, like many other viewers really enjoyed the visuals and the information shown, she added “I expected to see more, not just Darwin.” Jessica Groover on the other hand, said she’d recommend anyone majoring in astronomy to watch it.
The event is hosted by Bob Tippin, and he presents us three videos. On Friday and Saturday he plays the “Cowboy Astronomer and Star Gazing,” narrated by, cowboy poet Baxter Black, and “Natural Selection and Stargazing” written by Robin Sip. On Saturday, he presents us the “In my Backyard and Stargazing” video narrated by Wren Ross, meant for a younger audience. The videos overall are creative and colorful. They have great music, and are visually enchanting. Best of all, everyone can take something away from it.
The Cowboy Astronomer video is another great video to watch because of all the things it teaches us about the stars and space. It talked about what constellations are and their history, the different types of stars, the super nova, how stars give us direction and help us keep track of time, along with many other things. It makes us realize how ancient civilizations tended to pay more attention to the sky and the stars, and how they were more connected with nature. It also helps us see how small we are in the universe. Jeff Wehner said, “It helps us see how different cultures look at stars.” Wehner enjoyed the video and was glad he came to watch it. Cecilia Arroyo said, “it was very easy to understand and makes it easy for you to appreciate the world.” She also said it was “kid friendly” and even brought her little brother with her.
The Natural Selection video is visually stunning. It almost appeared like a 3D film because the camera drove the audience inside the video as if one was there. The video teaches us about Charles Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection by taking us on his famous five-year voyage on the HMS Beagle. He also includes his theory of evolution. The video has great music, and really captures one’s imagination about life and creation. “It
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very animated, playful and fun for the kids. It shows the things one can learn from their own backyard if one pays close attention. For example, how they can learn so much by observing spiders, birds, the sky, plants, flowers, and insects. It also educates kids about the seasons, how they are created, the names of each planet and a small description of them. Furthermore, he talked about the moon, what meteors are, how friction occurs and what it is. Not only were the videos a great way to learn about the universe, but we were also given the chance to see the moon and a few stars such as Polaris (the North Star), Alberio, and some constellations such as Vegas, Lyra, and The Summer Triangle through the school telescope. This is an extraordinary experience that will definitely leave you talking about the event for some time. Right next to the Planetarium, you can find a small store for kids. They have posters, puzzles about the moon, a space shuttle, a map of the sky, telescopes, and plenty of other interesting things. There are even signed frames from famous astronomers.
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Nick Garritano Interview by MICK AKERS Staff Writer
more pleased. It’s nice that it is a brand new year and we got some fresh faces around here ready to start again. MA: How have you and the team gotten along since you took over last year?
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he Collegiate Review sat down with CSN baseball head coach Nick Garritano, and caught up with him on how his relationship with the team is since taking over last November, and got his insight on what’s in store for the CSN baseball team. Mick Akers: What are your early impressions of the CSN program, and how do you feel the program is doing since you took over? Nick Garritano: So far this year I’m thoroughly impressed, every kid that came out here to camp, we have approximately 50 kids out here and they’re giving us everything they have. You wouldn’t expect anything less from a college kid, because they know they are coming out here fighting for their lives every day. So the tempo that we’re working at is very good, the work ethic is phenomenal, and I couldn’t be
NG: Last year was tough. It was very tough. They (the players) lost their coach in November, and that coach brought most of the kids in here, so I took over in late November. The fall was basically over and it was very tough for all of them, and I have to credit those kids for sticking with it. What we’re trying to do here is move on to 2012, and that’s what we’re focusing on, is the future. MA: Are there any major differences between coaching a high school program and coaching a college program? (Coach Garritano came to CSN after coaching Green Valley High School’s Baseball team for 12 years): Absolutely. It’s night and day. The game is way different, especially when you go with the wood bats. When you come from the place I came from, it’s easy to score. You sit there and watch the teams score 12 to 14 points. Here (at the college level) there is a lot more strategy involved. You have to bunt more, you have to run more, and also the day-to-day operations are different. The kids are on their own to get to class. Having periodic classes, it’s on them, so it’s not something like when they go to periods 1-6 every day,
and the teacher e-mails if they’re gone. College is a lot more responsibility, and it’s left up to the actual player to grow up and mature, and to get himself up on time to get to class. Some of these guys are from out of town, and they don’t have mom and dad here with them anymore, so it’s a growing opportunity for them and it’s nice to see. MA: What did you have the players do to stay on top of their games over the summer? NG: A lot of our kids played summer baseball throughout the country. There’s a lot of freshman who came out here that might have played for their high school legion programs, there’s kids playing collegiate leagues. It was a very broad pool where these kids played at, it’s from the east coast to the west coast. So they were just everywhere playing. MA: With preseason scrimmages beginning, what do you hope to get out of the games? NG: Well again, we have about 50 guys out here for competition, and our goal right now is to get our numbers to where we need to get them. Obviously by the spring were going to try and carry a 26 man roster, and with 50 kids out here there are a lot of kids who aren’t going to make the roster. It’s on a day-to-day basis on that the kids CONTINUES PAGE 24
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SPORTS earn their next day (with the team), and the scrimmages are going to be very important to see how they act in game situations. Practice wise it’s not easy to single guys out because they’re all giving everything they have. So the scrimmages will be very important to us to see where our depth is, and create depth charts from that point on, and
each other as rivals, not they have to be teammates. So they have to learn to be teammates and trust one another. I truly believe that trust is probably the biggest thing that any group is always trying to achieve. To trust the player next to you, to trust the coaches, for the coaches to trust the players, it’s a process. It’s not going to happen
year? NG: Well, it’s hard right now to single anybody out. We don’t have a lot of returning guys, but we do have some returning guys, and any of those guys are sort of expected to be leaders out here. We’ve got some junior college transfers, and some division-1 transfers that have an opportunity to make a good impression on us and on this team. As of right now it’s hard for me to single out any players in particular. MA: Are there any lingering problems that you have to deal with after taking over a team that was in turmoil before you go here?
also make out cuts from that point on. MA: What are the main areas the team needs to improve upon before the regular season begins in January? NG: You know, I think every team strives to become a family, you know, togetherness. You get a lot of kids from other parts of the country out here, and we get local kids from other high schools that have played against
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overnight. It’s something that going through the practices and drills that we have, and the conditioning that we do that I believe that it is only a matter of time that trust starts happening and guys start settling in and getting comfortable and moving on. So I’d have to say trust. MA: What players do you feel could have a breakout season this upcoming
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NG: No. You know what the year is over, and like I said I credit these kids from last year from getting through the year. It was a tough year for everybody around here, for CSN and the entire community. I think it was a learning experience for everybody, and I think guys know how to persevere and not to succumb to things that they cannot control. I think that group will learn some life lessons from that, and I know that all of us still here are also trying to learn from the situation, and we did learn from the situation. It was a great learning opportunity for everybody, but we’re really moving forward from that.
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Hopeful Hedonisms: New York Fashion Week by MARCUS ESTVANKO Contributing Writer photos courtesty of: style.com
It’s still early in the game. The beginning of fashion week is used for the younger designers. It’s not until the end of New York Fashion Week that we get to see the likes of Oscar de la Renta, Marc Jacobs, Vera Wang, Etc. Nonetheless, I’m hopeful from what I’ve seen thus far that it’s going to be a good week in New York. Maybe this season will be the season that we don’t have to wait for Paris to set the trends.
palette of blues, yellows and reds, mixed with off white and cream for a contrast. The skirts of the dresses were usually slit up the front center, side, and back; in many cases they were slit in more than one spot creating a nice movement as the model walked.
I’ve always loved watching and reviewing the spring collections. There is a feeling of newness to the clothes, almost like a blank canvas to an artist; it’s a clean slate for a designer. Alexander Wang
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’m often asked how I prepare for the coveted event of fashion week. First, it helps to have seen a lot of clothes. This makes it easy to know if a designer is referencing the past, or yet, stealing inspiration from another designer. I then make two mental lists; one for clothes I feel are relevant, and another for clothes I personally like— sometimes the two lists collide.
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An excellent use of color blocking was shown at the BCBG Max Azria show. I’m usually not surprised whenever I watch Mr. Azria’s shows, because he rarely introduces me to anything new, and his Spring 2012 collection wasn’t necessarily an exception. The collection consisted mostly of light organza gowns—most of them were either a halter, sleeveless, or spaghetti strap bodice—shown in an energized color
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I seem to be a bit allergic to Alexander Wang. Mr. Wang, raised and trained in San Francisco, cannot seem to grasp the idea of how a garment properly fits on a woman. Sometimes I find myself wondering if he even takes into consideration that he is designing for women. I also find myself not understanding the concept of his clothes. But, he’s urban, he’s young, he designs street wear, and he’s new—so naturally everyone loves him. This season was a good season for Mr. Wang; he really wasn’t playing around. Tough biker chicks must have been what he envisioned for this show. Most of the models were decked out in leather jackets, mesh jackets and vests, and shorts; a few models even had matching motorcycle helmets.
There was one outfit in particular that I really enjoyed. It was a navy mesh jacket over a maroon shirt tucked into blue shorts. His last few pieces were extremely pleasant: Sheer tunics with white blouses underneath. Printed on the blouses were a kind of tribal print that was shown in purple, red, and blue.
Jason Wu can never resist using couture shapes, as he displayed with his opening piece: a thoughtful black bubble jacket paired with high-waisted slate colored shorts, with a white blouse tucked into them. I loved the Jason Wu we got to see this season—he finally showed us a side of him that wasn’t so cute and sweet. The models had a hard edge to them and I loved seeing it. Although, the rhinestone encrusted collars on his blouses looked as though they’d give your neck a rash, I’m not sure they’d be too comfortable.
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science gowns, psychedelic prints, and tasteful tulle skirts was his main focus this season. Playing with a combination of purples, blues, blacks, and white—using rainbow feathers and sequins to embellish the hem, sleeves, and sometimes necks of the garments. One method I found brilliant was the way he used black and white strips of fabric to create a harness look around the models chest and waist.
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Sheer elegance, competent technique methods and beautiful designs were what caught my attention at Prabal Gurung. I’m never slightly displeased when viewing his collections. Mr. Gurung has an amazing knowledge of dressmaking, and his spring collection was no exception. Body conCollege of Southern Nevada
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An employee reported a disturbance caused by her ex-boyfriend on 7/29/11.
484.361.3 CSN PD cited an individual for speeding. 484.408 CSN PD issued a citation for unlawful parking in a handicapped space. A vehicle hit another vehicle as it was backing out of a parking spot. CSN PD arrested an individual for driving under the influence and other related charges. A parent reported his daughter injured herself in the Horn Theater. 484.408 CSN PD issued a citation for unlawful parking in a handicapped space. 484.408 CSN PD issued a citation for unlawful parking in a handicapped space. CSN PD was notified of graffiti markings on the northwest exterior glass door of Building C. CSN PD was notified of a fire alarm in the main building. The appropriate measures were taken to secure the building and reset the alarm. 484.408 CSN PD issued a citation for unlawful parking in a handicapped space. 485.187 CSN PD cited an individual for driving without Insurance and stop sign position and method. CSN PD cited an individual for driving an improper turn at an intersection. 482.545.1 CSN PD cited an individual for driving on an expired license plate and no driver’s /483.550 license. CSN PD responded to a report of a window broken at the Summerlin Center.
8/7/11 Summerlin Criminal Mischief/ Vandalism - Property Damage 8/8/11 Off Cam- Medical - Aided A student reported he was exposed to a bodily fluid while on assignment at a hospital on 8/3/11. pus Citation 8/8/11 Char 482.545.1 CSN PD cited an individual for driving on an expired license plate. 8/8/11 Char Arrest While conducting a stop, CSN PD arrested an individual for outstanding warrants. Off Campus 8/9/11 Char Other - Information While on patrol on 8/5/11, a public safety officer observed an individual performing an Report inappropriate act in the computer lab. 8/9/11 Char Citation CSN PD cited an individual for running a red light. 8/10/11 Chey Theft - Personal A wallet was found and turned into Lost and Found. The wallet belonged to a student Property who reported it was missing money. 8/10/11 Hend Theft - Personal A student reported her I Phone stolen while she was in Building B registration office. Property 8/11/11 Chey Medical - Aided A custodial worker reported a bench collapsed while he was sitting on it. He refused medical assistance and stated he would go to a doctor on his own. 8/11/11 Chey Arrest CSN PD assisted in the arrest for embezzlement of a tenant’s property. 8/11/11 Char Citation 484.361.3 CSN PD cited an individual for speeding. 8/11/11 Chey Citation 482.545.1 CSN PD cited an individual for driving on an expired license plate. 8/11/11 Chey Other - Information A student worker took property with the owner’s consent on 8/9/11. The incident is Report being handled at the administration level. 8/11/11 Chey Arrest Not Clery While conducting a traffic stop, CSN PD cited and arrested an individual for outstanding warrants. Stats 8/15/11 Hend Citation 484.408 CSN PD issued a citation for unlawful parking in a handicapped space. 8/15/11 Chey Citation 484.361.3 CSN PD cited an individual for speeding. 8/16/11 Char Citation CSN PD cited an individual for display of a fictitious registration sticker. 8/16/11 Hend Citation 482.545.1 CSN PD cited an individual for driving on an expired license plate. 8/16/11 Char Other - Information A student reported her MyCSN account was compromised by an unknown individual. Report
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Date Campus Type 8/16/11 Char
Theft - Vehicle
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Citation Other - Information Report Theft - College Property Arrest
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8/23/11 Hend 8/23/11 Hend 8/23/11 Chey Off Campus 8/24/11 Chey
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Not Clery An individual reported his moped stolen from the parking lot north of Building C. Stats A student reported his iPhone 3 stolen. CSN PD cited an individual for driving on an expired license plate. CSN PD cited an individual for driving on a suspended license plate. CSN PD cited an individual for driving on a suspended license plate. CSN PD cited an individual for driving without Insurance and on expired license plates. CSN PD cited an individual for driving on an expired license plate. An employee reported she had a problem on several occasions with a student who was upset about his situation. Not Clery An employee reported a money bag missing from the cash operated Xerox printing machine. Stats Not Clery While conducting a traffic stop on 8/18/11, CSN PD cited and arrested an individual for outstanding warrants. Stats While conducting a traffic stop on 8/18/11, CSN PD cited and arrested an individual for an outstanding warrant. 484.408 An employee tripped and fell injuring her right hand and damaging her eye glasses. CSN PD issued a citation for unlawful parking in a handicapped space. CSN PD assisted the NLVPD in locating an adult male with a gun in the apartment complex near the college. 482.545.1 482.545.2 482.545.2 485.187 482.545.1 482.545.1
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While conducting a traffic stop, CSN PD arrested an individual for an outstanding warrant. CSN PD cited an individual for driving without Insurance, on a suspended license and expired license plates. CSN PD issued a citation for unlawful parking in a handicapped space. CSN PD issued a citation for unlawful parking in a handicapped space. Two employees were involved in a verbal argument. An individual reported her bicycle stolen from a bike rack in front of the campus.
482.545.2 CSN PD cited an individual for driving on a suspended license plate. 482.545.1 CSN PD cited an individual for driving on expired license plates. A custodial worker reported she picked up a pole near the dumpster not realizing it was made of fiber glass. On 8/25/11, a student reported he cut his right knee on two nails that were sticking out of a desk by the registration office. Not Clery On 8/25/11 during a traffic stop, CSN PD arrested an individual for outstanding warrants. Stats 482.545.1 CSN PD cited an individual for driving on expired license plates.
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