In The News: College of Liberal Arts

UNLV kicks off its University Forum lecture series next week with a talk about immigration in El Paso, Texas.

Heading into 2019, Tsai Ing-wen looked at risk of becoming Taiwan’s first one-term president. Then came the unrest in Hong Kong.
The beginning of fall is a perfect time to reflect on how our year has gone so far, and how we want the last few months of it to look. Our mindset is an integral part of how we experience life, and if we’re feeling stuck in a rut or dissatisfied in any way, sometimes giving our mindset a refresh can help.

The iconic Sahara Las Vegas hotel-casino has reappeared on the Strip as a new owner hopes turn the fortunes around for the once Moroccan-themed property that opened in 1952 and hosted a long list of legendary entertainers from Frank Sinatra to Dean Martin.
Clark County commissioners approved an increase in sales tax to pay for social and educational services.
In late August, India-based budget lodging brand Oyo announced that it had acquired the Hooters Casino Hotel, unveiling plans to relaunch it as the Oyo Hotel & Casino, its first flagship U.S. property.
The ubiquitous masturbation device marketed to men was ahead of its time—and became the bellwether for a more fluid, inclusive future.
You probably haven’t spent a lot of time thinking about what you think about, or how you think about it. But there is a fascinating, and growing, body of research about our inner experiences — or, as Kelly Oakes writes for the BBC, “what you were thinking about just before you started trying to figure out what you were thinking about,” and how paying more attention to these thought patterns can actually bring us closer to ourselves.
A UCLA study found that societies in which men are more invested in the care of their children show signs of more jealousy in response to infidelity.

College of Southern Nevada grad Monique Moreno wasn’t afraid to put in the long hours she’d need to pay for college. After all, she’d been working since she was 14 — first alongside her mom in CSN’s computer lab, then scooping ice cream at Baskin-Robbins, before eventually becoming a field technician in a casino on the Strip — juggling jobs in addition to her classes.
Julián Castro cuts a slight figure at 5-foot-8 and 155 pounds. He’s lost 10 pounds in the eight months he has been running for president.

Here’s the 10th and final article in our series on the gender gap in political science.