As the government shutdown stretches into its 32nd day, 800,000 federal workers, including more than 3,000 people in Nevada, are facing another payless payday on Friday, Jan. 25.

Treating chronic absenteeism and school-refusal behavior is a growing need in many parts of the world. Heck, we even did a whole episode on it! Luckily, we have dedicated psychologists like Dr. Christopher Kearney working to meet these challenges through research and writings for professionals and for parents. Dr. Kearney joins Rob on the show this week to talk about his original research in developing the School-Refusal Assessment Scale and to troubleshoot some tough school-refusal scenarios.

The nucleus of UNLV’s cheering squad and Rebel Girls also were absent from the Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday when the Rebels routed San Jose State. But there was nothing controversial about it. They were at Disney World winning college cheerleading and dance team national championships.

‘Axis Mundo’ Artwork by more than 50 artists — including paintings, print material, photography, video and fashion — showcases artistic and cultural movements from the late 1960s to the 1990s in the traveling exhibition “Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A.” UNLV’s Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. unlv.edu/barrickmuseum