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Campus News | October 1, 2014
New UNLV signage at McCarran Airport welcoming visitors.
Las Vegas grocery store, 1964
Business and Community | September 18, 2014

This section of the city was integrated and flourished in days of overt segregation along the Las Vegas Strip. Oral historian Claytee White takes a look at the businesses that formed the backbone for this community.

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Arts and Culture | September 16, 2014

With the help of clothing connoisseur Corinne Sidney, UNLV graduate students get a lesson in fashion and history. Take a peek inside her legendary closet.

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Business and Community | September 11, 2014

Professor Lynn Comella hits on the highlights of the city's brothel history — from the rise of Block 16 to the raid on Roxie's.

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Business and Community | September 3, 2014

Here's how McCarran went from a dusty stop on the Transcontinental Airmail Route to a major international airport.

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Campus News | August 22, 2014

A flashback of students moving to campus from the past to present.

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Business and Community | August 20, 2014

Free classes have helped more than 50,000 community members address custody, small claims court, bankruptcy, and immigration.