Wow... real classy nednougat. Unbelievable.

"UNLV is listed as nearly a four-touchdown favorite"

....Awesome!!!! I'm about to make some money.

Gibbons [gib-uhnz]
--noun

-An Enlish appellation historically and inextricably bound to imbecility, feeble-mindedness and fallaciousness.

(For current examples, see Carson City and/or LVSun comment sections)

When someone cuts off your right arm, you don't sit down with that person and discuss the most painless way to allow him to cut off your left.... You fight like hell to keep your left arm, and maybe even seek some damages from the first assault.

Nevada ranks #1 in deaths from child abuse and has more than 10,000 cases of child abuse and neglect reported annually

Nevada also has the highest teen-pregnancy rate in the U.S.

Nevada has one of the highest abortion rates in the U.S.

Nevada has the highest rate of completed adult suicides

Nevada's rape rate is twice that of New York and 25% higher than the United States average

Nevada consistently ranks in the top 10 states in the country for female homicides, with 77% of women murdered by their husbands or intimate others

Nevada has the highest divorce rate in the U.S.

Nevada has the highest national rate for female suicide and very high rates of prostitution and trafficking, which often result in extreme mental distress and/or trauma, and

Nevada already has a documented grossly inadequate mental health system with an overall grade of D- on a national report on America's Health Care System for Serious Mental Health,

A conservative estimate is that more than 650,000 Nevadans or about 25% of our population need mental health care, and

Nevada has the highest drug abuse in the nation ranking #1 in the use of methamphetamine and other drugs over the age of 12 (including marijuana, cocaine, alcohol, and "any illicit drug")

At least 20% of prison inmates in Nevada suffer from serious mental illness

Nevada has far fewer than the national average and the lowest number of mental health providers per 100,000 in the region (CA 87; CO 77; AZ 41; UT 36; and NV 29)

UNLV's Marriage and Family Therapy program is the ONLY program in the state and one of only 70 in the U.S. with top tier accreditation, and the Department's Clinic already has about a six-month waiting list and provided more than 4,000 hours of therapy in 2009 to a diverse population that could not afford services elsewhere

.... SO CLEARLY, WE DO NOT NEED A MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY PROGRAM IN SOUTHERN NEVADA, RIGHT???

Maybe ya'll shoulda become fire fighters. Nearly every comment on here reeks of self-loathing and bitter jealousy because you have a crappy job and a miserable existence, while other folks are getting paid more to do an exciting job that actually helps the public. In other words, don't hate what you wish you could have been.... Hate yourselves for the failures that you are.

Cheers.

Speaking of $500,000.... each student who goes through the Marriage and Family Therapy program at UNLV contributes that much money's worth of FREE mental health care to members of our community who would otherwise be out of luck... with no one to turn to but our elected officials, telling them that maybe they should worry about their mental health in more comfortable financial times. This young program has been extremely efficient and productive. For once, I wish the people in charge of this state would learn what it means to invest in one's self.

There are less than 100 accredited MFT programs in the nation and UNLV has one of them... so by all means... let's get rid of it.

Stupid and short-sighted.

SAVE MFT!!!!!

so where can I find this supposed "live coverage of the press conference on lasvegassun.com"

The leadership of this University has officially reached the required level of dysfunctionality to qualify for a reality show on E!