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LAS VEGAS – Less than an hour before sundown, the men wrapped UNLV’s bronze Hey Reb! statue in a yellow sling and rigged it to a forklift. It was time for the 1800s-era Westerner with the wide ...
UNLV removed the Hey Reb! statue in front of the Tam Alumni Center after nearly a year of outcry from Native American students on campus. VIEW E-EDITION. 99¢ for 6 mos. Support local journalism.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas removed the Hey Reb! statue on campus Tuesday night in response to criticism that the image is rooted in racist ideology. UNLV president Marta Meana issued a ...
The removal of a Hey Reb! statue from the UNLV campus wasn’t due to a sudden change in public opinion, but rather the culmination of a long process, according to one of the people behind a ...
The Hey Reb! statue stood in front of the Tam Alumni Center. In a letter posted on social media Tuesday, Meana said UNLV officials were returning the statue to its donor.
Students voted to banish Beauregard in the 70s and Hey Reb! is currently in place -- reportedly inspired by the Western Trailblazers of the 1800s. However, some have argued that Hey Reb! doesn’t ...
State Sen. Pat Spearman, D-North Las Vegas, said she believes that Hey Reb! wasn't meant to be a Confederate symbol, but still supports the decision to take the statue down.
Learn: The history of UNLV's Hey Reb! statue Hey Reb! criticized in recent years. The UNLV website says the mascot drew criticism in recent years. "Multiple university administrations wrestled ...
UNLV workers remove the Hey Reb! statue from in front of the Tam Alumni Center on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (Michael Lyle with Nevada Current) Students walk past a statue UNLV mascot Hey Reb! on ...
The bronze statue of a man with a huge mustache and his hands on his waist was in front of the Tam Alumni Center. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has removed a statue of its “Hey Reb ...
UNLV officials removed the Hey Reb! statue from campus Tuesday night, and UNLV president Marta Meana says changes could be coming to the university's mascot in the wake of social justice protests ...
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