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Prom, Wind and Other Vegas Spring Pleasures
May 14th, 2013
Much is made about how fancified the ritual of school dances has become, but Vegas prom in the 1980s wasn’t much different than it is now, except that today’s attendees seem to spring for limos more often than we did. That’s likely a byproduct of fewer teenagers with drivers licenses—a good thing considering the shenanigans that often take place on prom night. Read more »
Editor's Note
The Green Hour
May 13th, 2013
At a time when—politically, economically, culturally—so much seems so wrong to so many of us, it’s easy to forget about the environment. It’s the ultimate peace-and-prosperity issue, the thing we think about when everything else isn’t on our mind. Read more »
Ad Champs Add Triumph After Firefly Fiasco
UNLV communications team wins regional competition, despite food poisoning
May 10th, 2013
UNLV communications students, dubbed Team Rebelation, won a regional competition, despite food poisoning. Read more »
Firefly Fiasco Doesn't Slow UNLV Ad Team
May 8th, 2013
Lisa Coruzzi was fighting cold sweats, noodly legs and stabbing abdominal pain when she and four fellow UNLV students took the stage April 24 at the University of California Fullerton’s Titan Student Pavilions. Read more »
The Deal
Mother's Day Bargains
May 8th, 2013
Special meals will be available everywhere this weekend, including at the buffets, where most will add a special Mother’s Day touch to their brunches. Read more »
Green Felt Journal
One Game’s Wild Ride
Caribbean Stud's slow disappearance from casinos is nearly complete
May 8th, 2013
The gambling urge is pretty much universal and just about timeless. But the ways people gamble—those change quite a bit. For a while, faro was the Game That Won the West, surpassing all others in popularity. Then, fueled by the return of servicemen who’d played it during World War II, craps had its day, followed by the ascendance of blackjack after players learned they could “beat the dealer.” Read more »
Going for Broke
Action Aplenty
Recapping a busy week at the books (and a cloudy one for our columnist)
May 8th, 2013
With the sixth pick in the second round of the 2013 NFL draft, the San Diego Chargers select … Manti Te’o, linebacker, Notre Dame. And that’s when I blacked out. Read more »
Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
May 7th, 2013
Let’s start off the week with a little theater, shall we? In this case, the Las Vegas Little Theatre, which is a little more than a week into its run of Good People, a show set in South Boston where everyone is scrambling to catch a break. Read more »
