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Ansari Business Building

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1) Department for the College of Business 2) College of Business and College of Liberal Art's Dean's Offices are in here 3) Las Trojes Express - Mexican Food

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Applied Research Facility

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1) Psyche-Behavioral, Nutrition, Microbiology Laboratories 2) Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering 3) Flight Lab for Nevada Advanced Autonomous Innovation Center

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Chemistry Building

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1) Not named after anyone 2) Army ROTC program used the side of the building for repelling practice before building their own 3) department of chemistry, chemistry labs, chemistry help center

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Church Fine Arts

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1) departments of music, art, theater, and dance 2) nightingale concert hall 3) sheppard fine arts gallery

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Clark Administration

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1) office of the president (marc johnson) 2) first floor is student conduct 3) there's a "Gold Star" plaque that honors 81 university students who lost their lives during WWII

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Flag Pole*

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1) gift from the citizens of reno in 1898

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Continuing Education Building

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1) Wintermester, late start, and weekend classes 2) online school department 3)

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Davidson Mathematics and Science Center

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1) 70% of the students use this building at some point 2) has the elements cafe 3) has the largest classroom, Nell Redfield Auditorium which seats 464

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Downunder Cafe

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1) in Argenta 2) buffet style eating 3) Changes and has special eating days so it's not the same food every time

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Edmund J. Cain Hall

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1) has the language department 2) has advising for undecided students 3) has upward bound which is a federally funded program to prep first-generation, income-qualified high school students for college

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Fitzgerald Student Services Building

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1) The Works 2) building for new students 3) Nevada police department, have the same legality as normal police officers but they are focused here on campus

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Fleishmann Agriculture

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1) Department of CABNR (College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources) 2) museum of natural history (endangered birds and other mammals) 3) Nevada agricultural experiment station

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Fleischmann Planetarium

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1) Up in north campus, open daily to the public 2) Nevada's first and largest planetarium 3) science store with really fun knickknacks

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Frandsen Humanities

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1) Department of English 2) lots of English classes in there 3) basement was used for experiments with laboratory animals and animal dissection

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Jolt-N-Java Coffee Cart*

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1) in front of Thompson, has espresso drinks, smoothies, and pastries

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Harry Reid Engineering Laboratory

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1) geotechnical engineering and environmental engineering is 2) 4 shake tables that simulate a 7.4 magnitude earthquake 3) all four can be moved around to test different types of structures

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Hilliard Plaza

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1) used to be the football field until 1966 when Mackay Stadium was opened 2) it's said that people would park all around it and shine their car headlights down like the floodlights in Mackay stadium 3) rock located at original 50 yard line

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Jones Center

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1) HR functions 2) University Victim Advocate office 3) was the university's second library

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Joe Crowley Student Union

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1) Food court 2) Wolf store 3) ASUN Associated Students of the University of Nevada

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Jot Travis Building

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1) The honors program department 2) Engineering Design lab, you'll see new engineering students walking past with their hovercrafts 3) the overlook

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Lawlor Events Center

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1) home of the basketball teams 2) Winter commencement 3) welcome week opening ceremony is done there, candles and my own experience

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Legacy Hall

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1) Wolf pack hall of fame 2) intercollegiate athletic offices 3) 160-seat AT&T auditorium

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Leifson Physics

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1) department of physics 2) astronomical observatory with a reflecting telescope 3) opened in 1972

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Lombardi Recreation

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1) wellness center, gym weight room and rock climbing walls 2) drop in classes that are free if you have a membership 3) membership is $80/semester or $216/year

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Mack Social Science

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1) department of sociology, psychology, political science 2) core humanities are held in there 3) where Washoe the chimp learned sign language

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Mackay School of Mines Building

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1) DeLaMare library 2) Mackay family tiffany silver collection 3) explain water fountains, how they are gold plated because it was too expensive to return them

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John Mackay Statue

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1) sculpted by Gutzon Borglum who sculpted Mount Rushmore 2) faces Virginia City 3) Borglum only had a picture of Mackays face so the body is sculpted after the old Virginia mayor

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Mackay Science

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1) Department of Geography 2) final major gift from the Mackay family 3) writing center for now

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Mackay Stadium

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1) football games 2) student tickets are free 3) seats 30,000

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Manzanita Lake

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1) manmade lake 2) two swans named Athena and Zeus 3) freezes in the winter

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Marguerite Wattis-Petersen Foundation Athletic Academic Center

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1) locker room and training area 2) provides student-athletes with academic and counseling resources 3) has orthopedic sports medicine complex

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Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center

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1) 2) 3)

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Morrill Hall

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1) Alumni building 2) oldest building on campus (1886) 3) graduates signed their names in the bell tower until it was considered graffiti but ASUN student body presidents till sign their names on the wall

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Honor Court

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1) names recognizing students with a 4.0, university presidents, and those who've donated a lot of money

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National Judicial College

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1) SMART classrooms 2) programs offered to train judges throughout the US and other countries too 3) Model classrooms

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Nell J. Redfield Building

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1) department of speech pathology & audiology 2) new student health center 3) Nevada pharmacy

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Sierra Street Parking Complex*

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1) for residence hall students only

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Orvis Building

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1) DHS student center 2) named after the Orvis's who helped to establish Nevada's first university-level school of nursing 3) center for program evaluation

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Palmer Engineering Building

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1) mechanical engineering 2) constructed in 1941 to hold more engineering until scrugham was built 3) named after Stanley G. Palmer who was the dean of engineering from 1915-1957

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Parking and Transportation Services Building*

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1) campus parking is monitored and safe 2) motorist assistance program for drivers needing a battery jump start, unlock service or assistance with gas and flat tires 3) permits can be bought here

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Paul Laxalt Mineral Engineering Building

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1) mineral and chemical engineering 2) Nevada seismological laboratory where visitors can watch the lab's monitors track seismic activity in the Sierra Nevadas and internationally 3) labs, like chemical engineering design lab

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Paul Laxalt Mineral Research Center

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1) reno office of the U.S. Geological survey 2) Materials Science engineering 3) geological society of Nevada

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The William Pennington Student Achievement Center

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1) will bring together vital student centers currently scattered across campus under one roof 2) lots of study space and places to meet with other people 3) expected to open this January 2016

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The Quad

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1) designed by Stanford White who also designed Madison Square Garden 2) spring commencement 3) Friday fest, Wolf it Down opening week

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Reno KNPB Building*

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1) KNPB Channel 5, the local public broadcasting system television affiliate

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Reynolds School of Journalism

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1) communications and journalism departments 2) broadcast studio 3) we've produced six Pulitzer prizes, which is one more than Stanford

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Ross Hall

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1) various administrative offices, including payroll 2) constructed in 1957 3) used to be chemistry and business building

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Sarah Fleischmann Building

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1) Nutrition department 2) college of engineering advisement and tutoring 3) part of the child and family research center including the model childcare program

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Schulich Lecture Hall

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1) Three lecture classrooms 2) all hold 75-150 students 3) stadium-style seating

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Scrugham Engineering and Mines

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1) Civil, Environmental, Computer Science, Electrical, BioMedical engineering 2) engineering courses and labs 3) core humanities lectures

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Thompson Building

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1) counseling services 2) tutoring services 3) career studios

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University of Nevada School of Medicine

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1) big group of buildings all on north campus 2) includes the Nell Redfield building 3) the school was placed in reno at the wish of Howard Hughes who donated large amounts of money for the school

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Virginia Street Gymnasium

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1) Women's volleyball games 2) USAC behind it 3) practice space for several sports

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William Peccole Park

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1) home of the wolf pack baseball team 2) seats 3000 3) expanded 3 times since 1988

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William Raggio Building

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1) college of education, secondary and elementary 2) math center 3) early learning center

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William Pennington Health Sciences Building*

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1) Orvis school of nursing 2) clinical simulation center 3) examination rooms for medical and nursing students

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William Pennington Medical Education Building*

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1) Savitt medical library 2) Nevada school of medicine's offices of admissions and student affairs 3) office of medical education

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Argenta Hall

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1) triple rooms with private bathrooms 2) TV lounge, study room, and laundry room on each floor 3) co-ed floors

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Canada Hall

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1) for only upperclassmen and transfer students 2) suites with three double rooms and two bathrooms for 6 people 3) kitchens

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Juniper Hall

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1) suites with 2 double rooms and a sink 2) community bathrooms 3) female and male floors

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Nevada Living Learning Community

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1) suite style living with two or three bedroom suites 2) 10 living learning communities, Honors, first year, undeclared, science, business, education, engineering, journalism, WISE, pre-nursing 3) 4 classrooms on the first floor

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Nye Hall

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1) two person occupancy with community bathrooms 2) laundry facilities on first floor 3) connected to Argenta

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Peavine Hall

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1) Suite style living with two bedrooms and shared bath 2) wellness-themed residence hall 3) co-ed per floor

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Ponderosa Village*

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1) graduate, professional, or faculty housing

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Sierra Hall

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1) single or double occupancy rooms with private bathrooms 2) co-ed floors 3) used to be the University Inn

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White Pine Hall*

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1) closing in spring 2016

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