[misscherrypie]

I feel beyond offended....very much so. Perhaps my offense is misplaced...but to me.

The Wolf Pack is more than just a sports team. Period. The closest school that has a similar (and probably older and more Nationally recognized) culture is probably USC (California).

Okay, I agree that being a member of the Wolf Pack is not a Fraternity....but it's more than just a school or a sports team. The insinuation that being part of Pack Nation is just a sports team is what offended me. Ask any other Nevada student or alumni/a and they'll tell you pretty much the same thing.


To me (and some people who are even more of "Bleed Silver and Blue" than I am and I'm not quite there yet.) we live by the creed "We are NEVADA".

It's hard for me to explain this: UNR students in general don't say "I go to UNR." We say "We're part of the Pack Nation" or "We are Nevada" or "We live in Pack City" and it simply isn't a school or a college or a University....it's beyond that. That's not just me saying that....then again many people in Northern Nevada especially are fiercely proud of the State and its Flagship, some to the point of idolatry, I think. (which isn't cool, in my book)




PackPride could probably explain this better than I could because I haven't lived in Reno all that long and she definitely has. I don't know why the school culture is like this....it's just been that way for as long as I can remember as a child and I heard of it even when living FIVE HUNDRED MILES AWAY. I moved to Nevada from another State for the sole purpose of working long enough to get residency to attend Nevada. I'm from California....which has some of the top schools in the Nation including in my hometown. There was a reason why I chose an Out of State University and left all that I knew in California and put in the year for residency. It was the only place that I felt was MORE than just a school....it's a way of life.

I've thrown the idea of paddles and letters out the window. It's not my place to attempt to use them for any reason.

I'll update the thread if I am invited to membership in a Community GLO in some time in the future....but I'm going to put it on the shelf for now. Just wanted to say that.