Meeting an online friend in person can be nerve-wracking, but it'll be less so with this practical, affirming advice.

Even if a first meeting feels a bit awkward, it may be worth meeting up again.

UNLV is hoping to bring the community together as they remember the lives affected by the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The university will hold a candlelight vigil to honor the victims on Wednesday, February 15, at 5 p.m. in front of the UNLV Hospitality Hall.

A recent UNLV grad is behind a film now streaming on Hulu. The movie “Take Out Girl” was filmed while Melissa Del Rosario was still a student. Del Rosario produced the movie selling the feature film when she was a senior in 2021. That was a first for a UNLV film student. There’s even a scene shot on UNLV’s campus.

According to data from short-term rental analytics firm AirDNA, Arizona’s Phoenix and Scottsdale area, the home of the 2023 Super Bowl, has seen a huge increase in booking demand, up 41% year-over-year, as of December 2022. This Sonoran Desert location has also seen an uptick in rental supply, with 23,249 listings in December 2022, up 47% year-over-year. These dynamics have pushed the area’s occupancy rate down 6%. A similar trend has been playing out in other desert destinations such as California’s Coachella Valley, where the Sonoran eventually meets the Mojave Desert, and in Marfa, Texas, in the Chihuahuan Desert.

Discrimination based on someone's hair. It's a very real and common story for many people of color.

The biggest question many in Las Vegas have: How do you find it? Do you do the checklist method, or do you believe it has to be a gut feeling, love at first sight? Is Las Vegas really that much more difficult than other cities to meet someone? And if you lost someone, how do you get past it — is it really just time that heals; is it hopping in the sack with the first likely suitor who comes along?

Elizabeth Nelson, an associate professor of history at University of Nevada Las Vegas, has examined the "hidden history of Valentine’s Day." Beyond the pressures of consumer culture, or any outsized emphasis on romantic love, she says there's been a yearning for something more sincere "from the very beginning."

Valentine's Day falls on February 14—a day when lovers show their appreciation for each other, through romantic poems, letters, cards, chocolates, roses, or other gifts.