1996
The
1996 Grateful Deadhead and Chia Butthead Awards
Originally
published 12/29/96
Shadowboxing
Jello, yahoo kangaroos & Downsize This!
Originally
published 12/22/96
EXTRA! Barbano
endorses environmental jockocracy
Originally
published 12/15/96
The Empire
Strikes Back
Originally
published 12/8/96
Howard Rosenberg:
the most powerful man in Nevada
Originally
published 12/1/96
Howard Rosenberg:
unlikely David vs. Philistine Elite
Originally
published 11/24/96
Clark Santini:
still watching over his university
Originally
published 11/17/96
Protected
pianists at the Casablanca College Casino
Originally
published 11/10/96
Ghost Professors,
Gold Mines and Shell Games at UNR
Originally
published 11/3/96
Slam-dunks
with Ma Bell & Mary Ellen McMullen
Originally
published 10/27/96
The Oct. 27, 1996,
Barbwire began a six-month investigation into the labyrinthine
intrigues of the University and Community College System of Nevada
(UCCSN). Most of the 1996 installments, as well as several of
those involving university issues in the following year, were
entered by the Sparks Tribune
in the 1997 Pulitzer Prize competition. That ongoing interest
in the affairs of higher education has never waned. You may use
the NevadaLabor.com search engine
to do a keyword search on the occasional treatment of university
issues. You will also enjoy the ongoing comments
of longtime University of Nevada-Reno journalism Prof. Jake Highton.
[UPDATED
ON LABOR DAY, 2006]
Unemployment
debris and J.G. phone home
July 7, 1996
Spitbugs,
prophets and male chauvinist pigs
June 30,
1996
Eating
shoes & guzzling gas? Who you gonna call?
June 23,
1996
Smoking
guns, lone wolves and gaseous greed
May 19, 1996
Darth
Vader & ARCO's Empire strike back at Rebels
May
12, 1996
Big
oil, false choices and Pat McCarran's oranges
May 5, 1996
Gas
pedals and peddlers: BOHICA at the pump
April 28,
1996
Merle
Brennan —The Last American Sportsman
January 7, 1996
