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GEEK BEAT: Go wiki-free: Essential reference materials alt text

April 27, 2010 by · 4 Comments 

You thought summer reading lists were only for high school students? Ha!  Read More →

Gruesome lessons in vigilante justice alt text

April 19, 2010 by · 3 Comments 

“Kick-Ass” shows why you shouldn’t take the law into your own hands  Read More →

GEEK BEAT: State-of-the-art graphics, old-fashioned prejudices

April 12, 2010 by · 10 Comments 

I’ve been playing a little bit of “Mass Effect 2” lately and it suddenly hit me: This is a fairly progressive video game. After all, unlike so many other games, this one has a strong, hispanic protagonist. OK.... 

Rebel Yell Tune Town Podcast: Episode #1 – An Interview with a Wall Street Vampire

April 10, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

Jorge Labrador talks with the UNLV-alumni-fronted local band Wall Street Vampire  Read More →

GEEK BEAT: Second Life is a social science – for credit! alt text

March 23, 2010 by · 3 Comments 

So, I’m taking a course that’s somewhere between “Facebook” and “The Matrix” trilogy…  Read More →

CHIEF INSIGHT: A break from the ordinary

March 16, 2010 by · 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 · 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 · 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 alt text

February 22, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

“Star Trek Online” sets my phasers to “video game-playing shut-in”  Read More →

“An absurd proposition” alt text

February 5, 2010 by · 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... 

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