CHIEF INSIGHT: A break from the ordinary
March 16, 2010 by Jorge Labrador · Leave a Comment
There’s only one phrase in the English language that manages to get midterm-traumatized students excited – “spring break.” We’re all excited too. But what’s most exciting about spring break...
CHIEF INSIGHT: Higher ed needs a stronger image
March 1, 2010 by Jorge Labrador · Leave a Comment
In addition to a laundry list of cutbacks and revenue-generating schemes concocted to pull Nevada out of an estimated $887 million budget gap for the fiscal year ending in June 2011, the state’s higher...
CHIEF INSIGHT: We won’t shut them up, but you should speak out too
February 22, 2010 by Jorge Labrador · 14 Comments
As the editor-in-chief of a college newspaper, I get all sorts of questions from curious students. Most are pretty mundane and have a simple response: “Can I have a copy of last week’s issue?” (Yes,...
GEEK BEAT: Where no one has clicked before 
February 22, 2010 by Jorge Labrador · Leave a Comment
“Star Trek Online” sets my phasers to “video game-playing shut-in” Read More →
“An absurd proposition” 
February 5, 2010 by Jorge Labrador · Leave a Comment
Illustration by Tiarra Wantz. The budget cuts facing Nevada’s colleges and universities may lead to “literally destroying the system that has taken decades to build and will take as long or more to...
GEEK BEAT: Multiball madness in Sin City
January 25, 2010 by Jorge Labrador · Leave a Comment
Local hall of fame makes me a wannabe pinball wizard Read More →
TECH CORNER: CES ‘feels’ as good as it looks 
January 11, 2010 by Jorge Labrador · 1 Comment
Interactive touchscreens and touch-capable laptops impress consumer electronics fans Read More →
GEEK BEAT: Gadgets, geeks, the good stuff (oh my)
January 11, 2010 by Jorge Labrador · Leave a Comment
The Consumer Electronic Show promoted all these gizmos Read More →
Gratuitous merchandising: The Final Frontier 
November 20, 2009 by Jorge Labrador · Leave a Comment
Nothing beats collectible swag. Read More →
CHIEF INSIGHT: International Education Week or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love this World
November 16, 2009 by Jorge Labrador · Leave a Comment
The balloon trip in Jules Verne’s famed novel, “Around the World in 80 Days” has nothing on UNLV. For those of us lucky enough to be Rebels, it’s going to take much less than that to go around...
