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Print edition for September 29, 2007

Editorial: Taking responsibility
The state has a problem hiring and keeping psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses, especially in rural Nevada, largely because of problems with pay and location.
Anywhere but Nevada, top students say
By Charlotte Hsu
They're the type of student colleges court - driven and diligent, earning near-perfect grades in high school.
O.J. Simpson got all the hoopla. But for the police, it was just a day ...
By Abigail Goldman
Click here for a printable graphic.
Stressed public lands need volunteers more than ever
By Phoebe Sweet
Last year more than 1 million people visited Red Rock Canyon, a national conservation area near Las Vegas, and each one left a little something behind.
Letter: President supports insurance for kids
President Bush strongly supports SCHIP as a way to help children whose families cannot afford private health insurance but do not qualify for Medicaid. In fact, since February he has been calling for a 20 percent increase in funding for the program.
Editorial: A bid against openness
As noted in a story by the Las Vegas Sun on Thursday, electronic disclosure is required for every federal race except for those in the Senate, where senators have been allowed to continue using regular U.S. Postal Service mail to submit the disclosure form.
Letter: Salmon aid costs little compared with return
It seems legislators think Western families care more about low-cost energy and holding onto a few dams than protecting our rivers for future generations. But thank you, Sen. Harry Reid, for taking a stand for Northwest salmon and communities. I suggest fellow decision-makers follow his lead.
THE READERS SOMETIMES E-MAIL
Readers have opinions and fill my e-mail box, letting me know when mine are right (sometimes) and wrong (often). From time to time,I'll share their comments.
So someone who lives in the mansion ordered state workers...
By Jon Ralston
So someone who lives in the mansion ordered state workers to paint over philanthropist Larry Ruvo's name, which had been emblazoned over a stateroom there. I was told by one Gibbonsite that the governor had nothing to do with it, as if some state workers with some extra paint had decided to take it upon themselves to try to erase Ruvo's name. Smashmouth activist Chuck Muth sent out an alert saying: "I'm not sure who's responsible for the paint job, or the reasoning behind this unfortunate decision, but at this point it doesn't matter. Gov. Gibbons should take immediate action ...
Scholarly diplomat's mind, with a Mideast focus
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might have been in New York City this week to speak to students at Columbia University and to address delegates at the United Nations, but the real audience he was trying to reach was in the Middle East.
HEARD ELSEWHERE
The first thing to remember is that Columbia University says "no" all the time. It says "no" in its admissions decisions, hiring decisions, tenure decisions - and, more to the point, its decisions on who'll be invited to speak.
Letter: War with Iran could be beginning of the end
People forget that the United States armed and trained the mujahedeen in Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation. I'm sure the Soviets considered the mujahedeen terrorists. If the Soviet Union had done to us what we want to do to Iran, we would either be speaking Russian today or we'd be piles of radioactive cinders.
When winning is too big
Brian Hilderbrand, Las Vegas Sun
San Diego State blows out Portland State 52-17 Saturday and PSU head coach Jerry Glanville - yes, that Jerry Glanville - reportedly refuses to shake Aztecs coach Chuck Long's hand after the game because the former NFL head coach thinks Long was running up the score.
Ron Kantowski offers a pop quiz to prepare football fans for today's intrastate matchup at Mackay Stadium
The following questions might not constitute the Biggest Little Quiz on the UNLV-UNR Football Game. But it might give you something to do after you're through touring the National Bowling Stadium.
Editorial: Veterans' care still deficient
The Post also wrote about the delays and confusion that Iraq and Afghanistan veterans encountered as they sought care for their war-related injuries.

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