Chris Riley

Review of Nevada Industry Excellence

Like every place UNLV has its positives and negati...

Like every place UNLV has its positives and negatives. Some people on here have already chronicled the negatives. Yes the parking is a nightmare. Yes some of the departments seem like they don't know each others phone number. Yes it is a commuter school that doesn't have the hoppingest campus life. Yes there are some lousy professors. And yes it is 100 degrees 6 months a year. But I say show me the perfect university in a review and I will call it a lie.

My son had a lot of choices in college living in Southern California. We explored universities across the southwest and at the end of the day you won't find many places that offer what UNLV does for the price. The universities hotel and hospitality college is #1 in the world. Their nursing school is in the top 100 in the nation which ranks it in the top 20%. Their debate team is in the top 10 and shares this ranking beside schools like Harvard, Yale, and Stanford.

While the football team is terrible, UNLV is a premier basketball school and is becoming a premier baseball school. If you want some campus life go the Thomas and Mack Center and see what UNLV is all about during basketball season. Las Vegas is like no other city in the world. That alone will be attractive or be a detractor. Personally, I am proud that my son is a Rebel.

U.....N.....L.....V! UNLV! GO! FIGHT! WIN!