The controversy about UNLV’s Hey Reb! school mascot heated up anew at a student rally on Nov. 17. The rally—a show of solidarity with students at the University of Missouri and students at campuses all over the country who are using the hashtag #BlackOnCampus to discuss overt and subtle forms of racism—became a public forum for continued debate about the Confederate origin of the Rebel mascot. Students at the rally asked UNLV President Len Jessup to revisit the issue of changing the school’s mascot – something that has been a frequent issue during UNLV’s history.

For weeks, high-profile protests at college campuses across the country have forced schools to have uncomfortable conversations about race and diversity.

The combustible issue of race on college campuses arrived in Las Vegas on a sunny November afternoon. Yesterday, November 18, UNLV administrators, staff, faculty and students spoke their minds at a protest and a town hall discussion.

Ever since racial tensions escalated on the University of Missouri's campus to the point where students protested, the school's football team refused to play a game, and the school president resigned -- race relations have been at in the forefront for many universities across the country.

UNLV President Len Jessup got ready for an anti-racism student rally Tuesday by vowing he'd attend and issuing a carefully worded news release detailing the university’s accomplishments in diversity.

"Demographically, multiracial Americans are younger--and strikingly so--than the country as a whole. According to Pew Research Center analysis of the 2013 American Community Survey, the median age of all multiracial Americans is 19, compared with 38 for single-race Americans," according to Pew Research.

Like many students at the College of Southern Nevada, Brenda Romero goes to class, studies regularly and finds time for extracurricular activities.

UNLV is now in a tie for the second most racially and ethnically diverse campus of its kind in the country.

UNLV has been named the second-most racially and ethnically diverse campus of its kind in the nation.

UNLV was named the second-most racially and ethnically diverse campus in a national ranking.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is now in a tie for the second-most racially and ethnically diverse campus of its kind in the country.

The Clinton Foundation on Thursday night disclosed that it earned $12 million to $26 million for speeches given by Hillary, Bill and Chelsea Clinton. The speeches given by Hillary herself were largely at two types of organizations — universities and financial institutions — and have already created headaches for the candidate in the lead-up to the 2016 race.