In 1955, Las Vegas Sun founder Hank Greenspun approached his newspaper’s staff with a concept to gather students and have them debate topics that interested them. More than 50 years later, Greenspun’s mission is still going strong. Many former participants have gone on to be community leaders, including Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Shelley Berkley. Read more…
Las Vegas Sun web content editor Andy Samuelson directed this project, with major contributions from intern Michael Lyle. Other contributors included Tyson Evans, Steve Marcus, Matt Toplikar, Zach Wise, and interns April Corbin and Stephanie Kishi.
