Photograph by Crista Hecht
A Touching Epic
by Matt Fiske
Taking to the high seas once again, Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hour Glass takes advantage of the Nintendo DS's unique hardware to provide a unique handheld gaming experience.
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Buyin' Tunes
by Brad Nelson
On September 30, 2007, in a matter of seconds every music publication and blog that no one reads were stunned at the announcement of not only a "new Radiohead album," a phrase which holds messianic qualities to many music geeks, but its method of release - download only. And you could purchase it for whatever price you, the consumer, desired, whether it be $100 or $0.
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Electronic Bleeps and Bloops
by Brad Nelson
In the final paragraphs of his career-defining analysis of Astral Weeks, a folk-rock album released by Van Morrison, Lester Bangs briefly contrasts the eternal moan of that record with the pop reflections of the late '60s isolationist American mentality. When he wrote it, it spawned the kind of thinking "You've Got to Make it Through This World On Your Own" It has long since burned off in the ashtray in favor of a brand of decadence. He was onto something, though.
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Ethereal Education
by Guia del Prado
Photo GalleryAs winter break draws near, teachers and students are still floating through the halls of The University of Nevada, Reno waiting for the day when the university will look like a ghost town.
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Gifts for "Loved" Ones
by Matt Fiske
After finals are over winter break comes swiftly, and with it so do the various gift-giving holidays. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza or Festivus, you'll want to make sure that you have the perfect gift to give to that person you hate. An ex-significant other, an uncle who won't shut up about his boat, grandparents who think that black people shouldn't be allowed to vote, or the father who's expectations you never lived up to are all prime candidates for these gifts.
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Going Clubbin'
by Jocelynn De Luna
Photo GalleryWant to free your mind from the intense grip of crippling boredom and build the bridge to many opportunities? Join a club. The University of Nevada, Reno has a wide selection to choose from. They can fill empty hours with fun and act as links to diverse possibilities.
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In the Know(ledge) Center
by Chelsea Frost
Photo GalleryIf the Super Wal-Mart on Damonte Ranch Parkway and the Super Wal-Mart on Pyramid Way combined forces into one huge uber Wal-Mart, then you might have something roughly the size of the new Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center.
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Procrastination Fascination
by Mike Visser
Photo GallerySo, you need to do your homework, study for the exam, and write that paper. But you haven't really thought about it, have you? Have you got everything else done? Oh sure, you tell me, "But, Mike, professor said I should get this done as soon as possible!" Well, I don't give a pickled beet what that so-called professor thinks! You need to put that work off and get to the real important stuff.
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Reno Besides Keno
by Sierra Leeder
Photo GalleryReno locals might think it's easy to occupy themselves during times of boredom. But those of us who have recently moved up here find it difficult. I hail from
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Search for Midnight Munchies
by Sierra Leeder
Reno is the city that never sleeps or is that New York? Either way one thing's for sure, the University of Nevada, Reno won't be sleeping the night before finals. To keep eating and studying here are some of the best places in Reno, open twenty-four hours a day or late in the night, to get in that last bit of cramming.
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That's Three Hundred Tacos
by John Kim
Alyson Haley, a freshman biology major, feels exploited over parking prices this semester. "Parking is outrageous and students barely manage to afford highly-priced parking," she says. "The school needs to find out some other way of paying off debt."
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