I have mixed feelings about digital textbooks. I can see it being very cost effective in the long run but the intial investment can be pricy. I still prefer old fashioned books to digital books or e-books but the future is digital. Look at the camera and MP3's. I would never go back to use using a film camera and I think many of us wouldn't either. When digital cameras first came out many of us were resistant to it but one can hardly buy film anymore.

@ lvfacts101

You're obviously some dumb and young kid or some newcomer to Vegas. UNLV had it's glory days in the late 70's, all of the 80's and even won a national championship in 1990 (crushed Duke by 30 points). Along the way, UNLV had some pretty good b-ball players come here. A guy named Larry Johnson (McDonald's All-American), and some other guys named Armon Gilliam, Greg Anthony and Stacy Augmon came to UNLV to play b-ball. Do your homework and check your facts before making dumb comments.

For some people, good news coming from Las Vegas obviously equals wasted tax payer dollars.

Just as the MWC started to gain respect, this news happens. The MWC is set to become as irrelevant as the Sun Belt Conference. This is why UNLV has to get serious about football and commit to it. Building a new football stadium is a step towards commiting to football. Either UNLV gets serious about football or commit 200% to basketball, dump football and and then get out of the MWC. If people think this news is is irrelevant to UNLV, think again. UNLV is set to lose millions because Boise State would've helped in bringing BCS money to the MWC and UNLV.

@ petef
Whatever their motives are, why can't you at least see the postives of this donation? What if they're really just donatoting the money to UNLV because they believe in investing in the community...? At least give the Lee family the benefit of the doubt and see it as something good happening at an otherwise finacially struggling university. We should at least see past all the gloom and doom of the world and see the bright side of it.

Looks like an exciting upcoming season in MWC hoops. Too bad I can't say the same about MWC football. MWC basketball is about the only thing going for the league right now.

Here comes the negative people and the same usual comments...

@ all you Limbaughist
Whatever I'm done. Get a life dudes! Quit wasting your time trolling these comment boards. I'm done. You will belive what you will.

@ stephenrblv
I see you hate the governement because all your comments are directed towards it. If you want to make a change quit commenting on these boards and run for public office instead of being an armchair politcal wannbe jock.

@Mikegino and stephenrblv:
Dude, didn't you read any of the previous comments this isn't a part of Obama's stimulus. It is federal highway dollars that were allocated for Nevada long before Obama. Dude, again the project isn't about aesthetics it's about improving the highway between Silverado and Trop.

As far as improving the roads it has to be done. If Las Vegas had never widened 1-15 20 years ago and even to the present imagine how congested the highway would be! As far as work be done on Trop it's a part of this project. Do you expect to work for free...that's why people have to get paid to do stuff.

Stop listening to Rush Limbaugh and look at the facts and form you own opinion. I'm no liberal but in fact pretty conservative myself but I don't listen to that garbage.

FYI:
Only 3 million was allocated towards aesthetics. It's a small amount compared to the total of the entire 1-15 highway improvements which is somewhere like 250-300 million.

I guess many of you still even think improving the roads and highways (widening, adding offramps etc.) are still a waste of money even though it benefits both you and I.

Whatever! I'm done trying to prove my point to all of you smart Alecs that think you have the solution to every problem and think everything government does is a waste of money. Get a life!

@LasVegas2011

It just didn'tsave my job but it saved at least a thousand other jobs directly related to this project.

I understand your point but how else are these dollars going to get spent when it's been allocated for this. It's been paid for already by YOUR gas taxes. The state of county didn't have to get a building bond for this.