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Posted on July 12, 2011
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By Matt Appel

 Sometimes crises can end up actually benefitting people. That is exactly what happened to us today when our plan to listen to a representative from the Culinary Workers’ Union backfired. Instead, we got to see first-hand the training of hotel employees at …

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Posted on July 11, 2011
Filed Under: Las Vegas, Summer 2011
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By Evan Rosenthal

We started off the day with a short drive to Las Vegas! After dropping  our bags off at the Orleans Hotel & Casino, we headed over to the  Hoover Dam. It was damn BIG! The tallest damn in the world, as a  matter …

Jul
12
Posted on July 12, 2010
Filed Under: Las Vegas, Summer 2010

By Ariel Fanger

After “waking up in Vegas,” we headed off to the headquarters of the Culinary Union where we discussed the subjects of minimum wage vs. living wage, as well as whether unions are useful or not. I think unions are necessary because they help ensure that each worker …

Jul
11
Posted on July 11, 2010
Filed Under: Las Vegas, Summer 2010

By Zach Lang

Today was one of the days I had been anticipating the most on the trip. Finally we entered the dream land that is Las Vegas. Las Vegas being home of one of the most important films of our time…“The Hangover.”  As we rode into town, I could …

Jul
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Posted on July 13, 2009
Filed Under: Las Vegas, Summer 2009
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By Madison Fishman

Today was our second day in Las Vegas and it was just as amazing as the first. We started the day by waking up late, which put everyone is a great mood. We left the hotel and headed to our first meeting. We met with the Culinary …

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Posted on July 12, 2009
Filed Under: Las Vegas, Summer 2009
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By Michelle Cohen

What a long, but amazing, day! We left Utah in the morning to go on a two hour drive to Las Vegas. We checked in to our hotel called The Orleans. It is by far the best hotel we have stayed in so far. The hotel’s theme …

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Posted on July 14, 2008
Filed Under: Las Vegas, Summer 2008
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By Dan Marcus

Las Vegas. Sin City. The Entertainment Capital of the World. You can describe it any way you choose to, but until you set your eyes on the clichéd and dazzling paradise that is Las Vegas and the strip, you can’t truly understand it. As we saw today, …

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Posted on July 13, 2008
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By Jaclyn Pick

Our day started out by waking up in the most famous spectacular place in the world – Hurricane, Utah! We got on the bus and drove to famous Las Vegas. I was especially excited to be in Las Vegas because I have never been here before. After …

Jul
09
Posted on July 09, 2007
Filed Under: Las Vegas, Summer 2007

By Adam Singer

We pull into Las Vegas where it is 114 degrees. This is the place that Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky and other Jewish gangsters had an idea of turning this piece of desert into an oasis for hedonism.

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Jul
09
Posted on July 09, 2006
Filed Under: Las Vegas, Summer 2006

From Alyssa Rossman:

We woke up groggy and slowly from our drive through the desert to Elvis Presley singing “Viva Las Vegas”. This was a moment that many of us had been waiting for… we were entering into a place where too much is never enough and the brightest time …

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