In The News: Department of Communication Studies
A quiz: What daily activity did you hate doing as a kid but would love to do more of as an adult?
Politicians often speak of taking campaigns to the grass-roots level, but Dr. Jacob Thompson and his UNLV students are digging even deeper, planting the seeds of election education across the Clark County School District.
“Challenging, invigorating and inspiring” is how Sara Beth Brooks, a 2016 graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, describes her time spent at the university.
Students at UNLV are not sitting on the sidelines when it comes to politics; they're getting involved in the process through a series of watch parties and interactive discussions.
Tuesday night may not have been an evening in paradise for the nine Republican presidential candidates who took the national debate stage at the Venetian Hotel-Casino on the Strip. Hosted by CNN and moderated by Wolf Blitzer, this was the last debate of 2015 before the election year begins.
The most important of the four states conducting early caucus and primary elections leading to the White House is Nevada. We reflect such a cross section of America — despite what most outsiders might think of us — that we are a genuine swing state politically, and demographically so balanced that the state is a popular test market for many products.
About 70 people clad in various shades of orange braved brisk winds and chilly temperatures Sunday night to participate in a downtown Las Vegas walk commemorating the third anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Conn., and honoring survivors and victims of gun violence.
More than 15 million people tuned in to watch Tuesday night's debate.
The alphabet soup of sexuality and gender identity doesn’t end at LGBT. A more inclusive acronym extends the group of four communities to 10 with LGBTQQIAAP (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, allies, asexual, pansexual). And while the gay and lesbian segments are quite visible—in news headlines and popular culture—some other parts of the spectrum are less noticed and more misunderstood.
