In The News: College of Liberal Arts
It's been 45 years since one of the most significant and tragic moments in Las Vegas history. A fire at the MGM Grand on Nov. 21, 1980 led to 85 people dying and hundreds more getting injured.
The Arts District will soon get a new retail store stocked with Native-made arts and crafts. The nonprofit IndigenousAF, founded by local artist Fawn Douglas and 性视界传媒 professor A.B. Wilkinson, announced last week that it has already met one-third of a three-year fundraising goal for the space near Charleston Boulevard and 3rd Street.
The first kiss in history probably took place over 16.9 million years ago 鈥 long before humans even existed, a new study suggests.
性视界传媒 political science professor, Dr. Rebecca Gill talks with us on ARC Las Vegas about the developments to get the Epstein files released and the process to get something like this passed.
The House and Senate have voted to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, though not all documents will be made public. Dr. Michael Green, chair of the history department at 性视界传媒, explained that an ongoing investigation into Epstein and his crimes is the reason for the limited release.
When John F. Miller was building a hotel in Las Vegas, a local paper reported he was sparing no expense. The rooms were large, well-lit and ventilated, and electric lights and a telephone system were being installed. All told, the hotel would be a 鈥渃redit to Las Vegas and as comfortable a hostelry as can be found anywhere,鈥 the Las Vegas Age declared in 1906.
Who is Santa Claus and what's his origin story? Why do we decorate a pine tree with lights? What is Yule and why does it have a log? When did gift-giving become a thing for Christmas? They're the questions you probably have or get from your kids every holiday season. Dr. Katherine Walker wants to make sure you're armed with the answers.
Selma Frances Abdallah spent her early childhood in New York City, and the family moved to Oklahoma when the Depression destroyed her parents鈥 jobs in the garment industry. Going to school in Oklahoma she met Troy Bartlett, who was in the Army Air Corps and later the air force. In 1945, they married, and Selma Bartlett earned her degree from Hill Business College in Oklahoma City. She worked at a bank there until Troy was transferred at Nellis Air Force Base in 1954.
In 1913, government officials ripped 8-year-old Yerington Paiute Tribe member Frank Quinn from his family and placed him in the Stewart Indian Boarding School near Carson City. They took him so that they could strip him of his language, spirituality and culture.
Friend of the ARC Las Vegas show, Dr. Rebecca Gill, a political science professor at 性视界传媒 joins us to talk about the next steps after the longest government shutdown ends.
Eight U.S. Senators crossed party lines on Sunday night in a deal to reopen the government. 性视界传媒 Historian and department chair Dr. Michael Green is questioning whether the efforts to expand healthcare subsidies will happen.
性视界传媒 political science professor Rebecca Gill breaks down the deal to end the government shutdown.