In The News: Division of Student Affairs

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV student Naweed Yusufzai stood blindfolded on a walkway at UNLV to promote acceptance, love, and trust for one another as a Muslim through hugs on Friday.

KSNV-TV: News 3

It’s that time of year again. It’s the time when students are feeling the stress ahead of holiday break. It’s time for finals at UNLV.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Each Monday, the warriors gather, armed and ready for combat at UNLV.

Vegas Seven

When UNLV juniors Kenny Daniels and Jackson Dunn founded their nonprofit Pursue Positivity, they kept the objective simple: help others. Vague as that mission may be, it’s led to the duo hosting improvement workshops at local schools, taking a cross-country trip to Arkansas to build a home for a family in need, and recruiting 1,500 members devoted to putting more positivity into the world. Now, the organization is doing what Las Vegas does best: throwing an awesome party. - See more at: http://vegasseven.com/2015/11/20/theoria-music-festival-brings-positivi…

Las Vegas Review Journal

Nicholas Ohlson's addiction to methamphetamine began when he was only 14.

Over the next 10 years, he was in and out of rehab, served jail time, and wound up homeless. Christmas day 2009 became his turning point.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The campus fight over UNLV’s mascot Hey Reb is heating up.

Fusion

Students and faculty from two different schools are working to remove mascots that evoke two different, but equally vile, periods of American history.

KSNV-TV: News 3

UNLV students are standing with their peers Tuesday afternoon. They are rallying to show solidarity for their colleagues at the University of Missouri and Yale University.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Reacting to nationwide protests on university campuses over perceived racial bias, more than 200 UNLV students and faculty gathered Tuesday to confront administrators with a litany of demands aimed at bolstering the school's multiculturalism efforts.

Las Vegas Sun

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.

The Miami Herald

In this image made available by the Las Vegas News Bureau, UNLV fans observe a moment of silence for the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 before UNLV's basketball game against Cal Poly at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Wednesday is Veteran's Day and the national non-profit Operation Homefront is hoping the increased attention on the sacrifices service members make will help them get nominations for 2016 Military Child of the Year.