10 August 2020
ANTELOPE, Calif. – Revolutionary Black Lives Matter protests have erupted across the country and across the globe. It seems that nearly every corner of the country has been touched by the movement, and bubbling anger over police brutality directed at people of color has reached a breaking point,
24 March 2018
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – It was the students’ turn to take to the streets of the U.S. on Saturday to protest an issue that has affected their lives. The March for Our Lives protest was organized by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, where a school shooter took the lives of 17 people (14 students and 3 staff members) on February 14, 2018.
1 February 2017
RENO, Nev. – Another month of the Trump presidency, another anti-Trump protest. This time, the Reno Solidarity Project organized a “Bridges Not Walls” protest against the president’s anti-immigration actions and rhetoric, including his proposed “wall”. There were also members of ACLU of Nevada and ACTIONN present.
23 January 2017
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Residents of the Sacramento Valley took part in the Women’s March on Saturday, the largest protest on record in the the United States. It is estimated that between three and five million people took part in more than 673 marches across the world, about 20,000 of those protesters were in Sacramento.
16 November 2016
RENO, Nev. – Dozens of protestors gathered in front of Clifton Young Federal Building to protest the construction of the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline. The $3.8 billion pipeline would run under the Missouri reservoir that provides drinking water to the Rock Sioux tribe, and it would disturb lands that are sacred to the tribe. The protest was part of a larger trend of opponents of the pipeline due to its potential dangers.
27 December 2015
RENO, Nev. – Bernie Sanders made a stop on his early campaign trail in Reno on December 27. An estimated 2,000 supporters showed up to listen to Sanders’ familiar messaging: higher taxes for the 1%, a $15 minimum wage, cancellation of student loan debt and universal health care for all Americans.
20 November 2014
RENO, Nevada - Local Animal shelters are partnering up with PetSmart Charities to put on their National Adoption Weekend at 1,300 PetSmart stores across the nation and six in the Northern Nevada region. The event will be taking place from Friday Nov. 14 to Sunday Nov. 16.
29 October 2014
RENO, Nev. – Lincoln Hall put on its 20th and final “Lincoln Haunted Basement” (LHB) this year on Oct. 27 and 28 at the University of Nevada, Reno.
21 October 2014
RENO, Nev. – The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) is adding additional residence halls to campus in order to compensate for the growing student population. The newest dorm is set to open next fall and there are plans to demolish an old dorm, as well as change the use of the two most historic dorms on campus.
2 October 2014
RENO, Nev. – The USAC office at the University of Nevada, Reno is hosting an “Alumni Resume Workshop” to help USAC alumni use their experience abroad to their advantage.
2 October 2014
RENO, Nevada - The University of Nevada, Reno implemented a new “15 to Finish ” program this year in order to push students to graduate in four years. By boosting four-year graduation rates, the school will receive more federal funding which will in theory lower tuition costs.
September 30, 2014
RENO, Nev. – Over a hundred students and community members flooded the Reynolds School of Journalism on September 29 to speak about issues of racial tensions in the United States.
