In The News: College of Liberal Arts
When news broke that Francine Pascal, creator of the “Sweet Valley High” universe, died last weekend at the age of 92, appreciations began rolling across the internet like a certain red Spider through a high school parking lot. “Wildly popular,” “staple of my girlhood,” “G.O.A.T. of publishing,” readers proclaimed. Nostalgic and bereaved, I drove to the library to check out a few, only to discover they had been removed from the catalog.
With Professor David G. Schwartz, we take a historical excursus on the “birth” of Nevada as the main point of reference in the world for gambling.
When President John F. Kennedy addressed crowds of well-wishers in Ireland during his June 1963 visit to the country, he employed a rhetorical device that served both him and his audiences well. “I would like to ask how many people here have relatives in the United States,” Kennedy would grin from behind the lectern. “Perhaps they could hold up their hands?”
Republicans smell blood in the water in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District, and they’re pouring resources into the race in an effort to pick up a seat that’s been held by a Democrat for five of the past six election cycles.
ҳ| 鶹ýӳ a mile down the rocky Pine Creek Canyon Trail that begins near the end of the Red Rock Canyon scenic loop, there’s a tranquil spot where the leaves of gnarled apple trees rustle in the breeze, birds twitter and a meadow is surrounded by towering mountains.
Every year, the U.S. Open Tennis Championships sparks a frenzy that goes beyond its sport. We tune into matches, watch the stands closely, and get inspired to sign up for tennis lessons—even if we've never swung a racket before. And it's not just us.
It's no exaggeration to say the control of the U.S. Senate — and the White House — could be decided by "the biggest little city in the world." Centered in Truckee River Valley, the desert town of Reno, Nevada, also sits at the center of the national debate over inflation, immigration and federal abortion bans.
It used to be a Las Vegas hot tip: Go off the Strip to Chinatown for the city’s best food. Now there’s not just one Chinatown in Nevada’s biggest metropolis, but two. And the prevailing wisdom counsels late night oxtail soup at the California Hotel, an off-Strip spot catering to Hawaiians, who are so populous in the city that they call it the Ninth Island. Or a sushi roll called the “Japanese Lasagna,” Korean corn dogs and affordable izakayas in the city’s more suburban Chinatown area in Spring Valley.
It’s no exaggeration to say the control of the U.S. Senate — and the White House — could be decided by “the biggest little city in the world.” Centered in Truckee River Valley, the desert town of Reno, Nevada, also sits at the center of the national debate over inflation, immigration and federal abortion bans.
Time is a variable that has been studied on countless occasions. In this regard, a study discovered how our brain measures the passage of time.
The 2024 presidential election is just around the corner, and many Americans are wondering how a potential Kamala Harris presidency might affect their wallets. For the lower middle class, changes in administration could bring shifts in tax policy and economic outlook that hit close to home.
The primary standoff between Sen. Dina Neal (D-North Las Vegas) and longtime city officials was even more expensive than previously thought. North Las Vegas Mayor Pamela Goynes-Brown and City Council members Isaac Barron and Scott Black all have ties to a new PAC behind the mailers that described Neal as “‘Dirty Deal’ Neal” and alleged that she has been “soft-on-crime for decades [and] has tried to destroy our police department and community.” The trio of officials — who feuded with Neal in the 2023 Legislature and publicly backed her state Senate primary opponent — collectively donated $16,000 that eventually went to the PAC.