Pornography.
The word might conjure images of coin-operated movies in closet-sized rooms. And the one movie theater Travis Bickle should NOT have taken his date to in “Taxi Driver.” Or that stack of forbidden magazines under your parents’ bed.

The coaches have gotten the job done.
So have the quarterbacks.

UNLV’s New Era has arrived and it kicks off at 4:34 p.m. Las Vegas time Saturday at Northern Illinois on CBS Sports Network. First-year coach Tony Sanchez begins his tenure as a 23-point underdog, bigger odds even than last year’s season opener at Arizona, which UNLV lost by 45 as 21-point underdogs.

You never know when you’re going to get a Slip ’N Slide question, even when you’re the president of a university. UNLV’s Len Jessup took it in stride, answering diverse queries cultivated from UNLV brass and alumni, a TV star and a city leader, Weekly staffers and our creative friends on social media.

Fans of space and science could be in for a treat today. Today, former astronaut Sandra Magnus will stop by UNLV.

A recent $2 million donation to the UNLV School of Medicine will help hire faculty for a critical new surgery program, school officials announced this week.

Brittany Bronson’s résumé is admirable by any standard: She’s a monthly op-ed contributor to The New York Times and an adjunct English instructor at UNLV; she has a master’s degree in creative writing and—like more academics than you might realize—she’s a cocktail server on the Strip. One of these gigs is not like the others, but the combination is what keeps the Las Vegan of four years financially afloat, feeding her literary passion in the classroom and enjoying a more fast-paced restaurant job. The Weekly caught up with Bronson to talk about the state of education and how rude customers react when they find out the women in the aprons are more educated than they are.

Tony Sanchez watched UNLV’s final 2014 home game from the stands at Sam Boyd Stadium in possession of the town’s worst-kept secret: The Rebels wanted him to leave his safe home to scramble up the sheer face of the state’s highest football mountain.

Maybe it's financially-motivated, or maybe it's just a personal decision. Whatever it is, more people are making the decision to not have children than ever before.