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ASUN Vice President Bayla Fitzpatrick Resigns By Lizette Ramirez Bayla Fitzpatrick, vice president of the Associated Students of University of Nevada, resigned from her position on Nov. 14—effective immediately. Dionne Stanfill, ASUN president, read her resignation into record during the Nov. 16 Senate meeting, where Fitzpatrick was not present. “President Stanfill and Speaker Thompson, please accept this letter as a formal notice of my resignation from the office of Vice President for the 90th session of the Associated Students of the University of Nevada,”Stanfill read into the record emotionally. “This resignation takes effect immediately.” The resignation is due to unexpected family circumstances. Fitzpatrick wrote she will always support the university’s athletics and student media, where she served as a liaison, and the community the university sponsors. She is proud of her accomplishments within the association and alongside Stanfill and the cabinet. Before serving as VP, Fitzpatrick was a senator for the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources. She served as the chair for the Committee on Government Operations and helped increase accessibility and pronoun inclusion for officers within ASUN. Stanfill’s voice was cracking while reading the resignation letter, and made comment after delivering it.
“I just want to thank Bayla for her contributions to the association.” Stanfill said. “I only wish, and I know that the president’s cabinet only wishes her the best of luck on her endeavors.” As for filling the Vice President Vacancy, Stanfill will start the process of appointing a new Vice President. Stanfill is expecting to have an official appointment by the next senate meeting on Nov. 30. According to the Constitution of the Associated Students, when there is no Vice President the President can nominate who they see fit. The nomination has to be approved by a two-third vote by the senate. Stanfill did not want to give any further comment on the Vice President vacancy. Fitzpatrick did not respond for comment.
Lizette Ramirez can be reached via email at lizetteramirez@sagebrush.unr.edu or via Twitter @NevadaSagebrush.
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Politics Guide, Part 5: Nevada Midterm General Election 2022 Results By Jaedyn Young Ballot Question 1Results: YES: 58.63% with 580,022 votes NO: 41.37% with 409,228 votes Ballot Question 2 Results: YES: 55.18% with 545,828 votes NO: 44.82% with 443,318 votes Ballot Question 3 Results: YES: 52.94% with 524,868 votes NO: 47.06% with 466,635 votes Candidate Races U.S. Senate Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat): 48.81% with 498,316 votes Adam Laxalt (Republican): 48.04% with 490,388 votes Barry Lindemann (Independent): 0.79% with 8,075 votes Barry Rubinson (Independent American): 0.51% with 5,208 votes Neil Scott (Libertarian): 0.63% with 6,422 votes Attorney General Aaron Ford (Democrat): 52.25% with 511,263 votes Sigal Chattah (Republican): 44.36% with 434,084 votes Governor Steve Sisolak (Democrat): 47.3% with 481,991 votes Joe Lombardo (Republican): 48.81% with 497,377 votes Edward Bridges II (Independent American): 0.97% with 9,918 votes Brandon Davis (Libertarian): 1.46% with 14,919 votes Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar (Democrat): 48.95% with 496,569 votes Jim Marchant (Republican): 46.67% with 473,467 votes Janine Hansen (Independent American Party): 1.72% with 17,472 votes Ross Crane (Libertarian): 0.87% with 8,821 votes U.S. House District 2 Mark Amodei (Republican): 59.73% with 185,467 votes Elizabeth Mercedes Krause (Democrat): 37.8% with 117,371 votes Russell Best (Independent American): 1.35% with 4,194 votes Darryl Baber (Libertarian): 1.12%
with 3,466 votes Lieutenant Governor Lisa Cano Burkhead (Democrat): 45.75% with 463,871 votes Stavros Anthony (Republican): 49.41% with 500,994vvotes Bill Hoge (Independent American): 0.83% with 8,397 votes Javi Tachiquin (Libertarian): 1.13% with 11,471 votes Trey Delap (Nonpartisan): 0.78% with 7,931 votes Nevada Controller: Ellen Spiegel (Democrat): 45.93% with 463,092 votes Andy Matthews (Republican): 50.06% with 504,703 votes Jed Profeta (Libertarian): 1.52% with 15,375 votes Nevada Court of Appeals (Seat 1) Rhonda Forsberg (Nonpartisan): 24.9% with 222,586 votes Deborah Westbrook (Nonpartisan): 51.44% with 459,818 votes Nevada State Treasurer Zach Conine (Democrat): 47.7% with 482,762 votes Michele Fiore (Republican): 46% with 465,570 votes Margaret Hendrickson (Independent American): 1.94% with 19,588 votes Bryan Elliott (Libertarian): 1.59% with 16,051 votes Nevada State Senate District 13 Skip Daly (Democrat): 61.57% with 23,416 votes Matthew Buehler (Republican): 38.43% with 14,618 votes Nevada State Assembly District 24 Sarah Peters (Democrat): 65.91% with 12,227 votes Dorzell King (Republican): 34.09% with 6,325 votes Washoe County Assessor: Wendy Jauregui-Jackins (Democrat): 48.42% with 90,835 votes Chris Sarman (Republican): 51.58% with 96,746 votes Washoe County Commission District 2: Keith Lockard (Democrat): 44.43%
with 19,416 votes Michael Clark (Republican): 52.53% with 22,957 votes David Banuelos (Libertarian): 3.05% with 1,331 votes Washoe County Commission District 3: Marialuz Garcia (Democrat): 62.36% with 13,867 votes Denise Myer (Republican): 37.64% with 8,369 votes Washoe County Commission District 5: Edwin Lyngar (Democrat): 46.29% with 16,506 votes Jeanne Herman (Republican): 53.71% with 19,154 votes Washoe County Public Administrator: Molly Stewart (Democrat): 47% with 87,683 votes
TKE pledge hospitalized due to hazing, Fraternity under fire By Nevada Sagebrush News Desk A student from Tau Kappa Epsilon, a fraternity not affiliated with the University of Nevada, Reno, was admitted to St. Mary’s Hospital between Oct 20 to 21 due to an alleged hazing incident. Details surrounding the incident have not been released but KRCATV confirmed the UNR student was 19-years-old and from Lodi, California. This incident comes three years after the fraternity was put on probation due to a fraternity document being found. The document contained a song that depicted sexual assault. Since then, the Associated Students of the University of Nevada shared a hazing awareness post on Instagram on Oct. 26. The post stated ASUN condemns intentional and unintentional hazing and provides resources for students who may be hazed. Dione Stanfill, president of ASUN, stated many students asked her questions about the situation. “I feel obligated to make a statement because there was no clear story about what had happened,” Stanfill explained, “But, it was very obvious that the student body knew something happened in regard to, like, the safety of the student.” Stanfill was correct. The rumor spread rapidly across campus. Students turned to YikYak, an anonymous social media site, as their main communication channel. Rumors started circulating on the platform on Oct. 22. Stanfill explained that alcohol consumption is expected on Nevada Day weekend and Halloween weekend. Stanfill defined peer pressure as underage drinking or drinking in general. Stanfill showed a little more passion with hazing. “It’s just the nature of the ugly, horrible, sad nature of certain Greek life. Not all of them, but that is the culture,” Stanfill stated. An anonymous source revealed
Nicole Klitzke (Republican): 53% with 98,885 votes Mayor of Reno Hillary Schieve (Nonpartisan): 59.07% with 52,512 votes Eddie Lorton (Nonpartisan): 40.93% with 36,392 votes Reno Municipal Court Department 3 Justin Champagne (Nonpartisan): 57.06% with 43,537 votes Pete Sferrazza (Nonpartisan): 42.94% with 32,769 votes Reno Municipal Court Department 4 Christopher Hazlett-Stevens (Nonpartisan): 50.29% with 35,152 votes Henry Sotelo (Nonpartisan): 49.71% with 34,750 votes
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to The Nevada Sagebrush the student from TKE was hospitalized due to alleged alcohol poisoning. The source has friends in fraternities and have talked to them about what pledges go through in fraternities. Allegedly, the goal is for pledges to experience alcohol poisoning to learn how to handle their alcohol. Our source said it’s part of the pledgeship process. “They [the fraternities] don’t want you to not be able to handle your alcohol when they have parties,” the source stated. “They’re the ones feeding the drinks to people.” Right after the hospitalization, our source heard TKE was having parties with 21 and up and they’re invite only. The source warned that fraternities allegedly don’t care about student wellbeing and only wish to be known for partying the hardest. Stanfill believes the ASUN post is the biggest statement the university has made in regards to the TKE incident. Students know about the situation but don’t actually know what happened. No other depart-
Reno Township Justice Court Department 2 Kendra Bertschy (Nonpartisan): 56.71% with 56,455 votes Bruce Hahn (Nonpartisan): 43.29% with 43,095 votes Update: Nov. 19, 4:20 p.m. The final voter turnout result was 54.58% for Nevada. Washoe County’s total voter turnout finalized as 63.11%. Cortez Masto won the race for U.S. Senate and will remain in her position for another six years. Lombardo won the race for Nevada governor and will take Sisolak’s position in January to serve for four years.
ment on campus has made a statement about the situation. “The university sent out ‘this happened, and we respect the students’ privacy’ and that’s valid,” Stanfill explained, “but I think that actually condemning something by putting the statement out, we are being the moral leaders on campus.” Stanfill believes when people shy away from speaking about this incident, it’s under the assumption they’re hiding something. The university has not released additional information but says they are in contact with the family.
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These races and other races final results can be found below. This is the last report the Sagebrush will make about the General Midterm Election for 2022.
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