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In business higher education alliance insists: 'we do not work for the casinos' Regents looking into rule that would prohibit UNLV medical school until 2025 By Andrew Doughman staff writer UNLV might not have a new, independent medical school until 2025. Although the presidents at UNLV and UNR inked an agreement to create a separately accredited medical school at UNLV, they're hamstrung by a past decision of the university system's Board of Regents. In 2005, the board restricted UNR and UNLV to "a single School of Medicine, School of Law, and School of Dentistry for a period of 20 years." UNR operates the University of Nevada School of Medicine. So a UNLV School of Medicine couldn't exist until 2025 under the current rule. The presidents of UNR and UNLV said in November that they would work together to develop a "date certain for the final stage of separately accredited school of medicine," but the regents' rule appears to have already made that decision. So Regent James Dean Leavitt said he's trying to repeal the rule. "How can we now be talking about a UNLV medical school when we have that policy on the books?" he said. "It makes sense that it's now time to remove that policy." Leavitt is the regent who leads a health sciences committee on the board. He was also on the board in 2005 and voted to put the 20-year prohibition in place. "There was thinking at the time that in essence, the institutions needed to concentrate on what they had," he said. "At that time there wasn't a belief then that Southern Nevada was ready to have its own medical school, and I think that has substantially changed." A recent report from Tripp Umbach, a national health consulting firm that specializes in medical school studies, stated that a new medical school in Southern Nevada could be operating independently of the UNR medical school by 2020. The meeting minutes allude to "a specific problem" and "a specific situation about which (Regent Steve Sisolak) currently found rumors circulating," but the minutes contained few specifics about what rumors and problems the regents faced at the time. Leavitt said the regents will vote in December to repeal the rule so that the UNLV medical school proposal can move forward. BUSINESS ELITE - FLEET DEPARTMENT •Wespecializeincommercial,utility,andfleetvehiclesforallindustries •Largestinventoryofcommercial,utility,andfleetvehiclesinNevada •SPECIAL BUSINESS FINANCING AVAILABLE Dan Hart, a political consultant working with the Nevada State Education Association, said the Alliance is a front for corporations who don't want to pay a tax in Nevada. "This is all a very self-serving approach by large corporate extreme right-wing interests that are affiliated with the Tea Party," he said. "We've seen a lot of hustlers in Las Vegas, but these guys take the cake. They won't tell us who their donors are. They won't tell us what their ultimate goal is. This is another group of hustlers." McGowan, however, said that the funding is a distraction from the actual mission, which is supporting workers and small businesses. Moyle acknowledges that others may see the group as anti-union, but said the mission is to support workers, not union officials. "We support the idea of workers being able to unionize if that's what they chose to do," he said. "Our contention is, in doing so, are they represented well or are they not?" Moyle said the media attention based on the videos of Culinary protesters has attracted a lot of attention. But whether that translates to staying power in Nevada is another story. "They're trying to have more of a public campaign, run a media strategy and we'll see if they have staying power," Damore said. "I guess what I question is: What other tricks do they have in their bag here?" SPECIAL HOLIDAY PARTY MENUS UP TO 30% OFF NO HASSLE BUYING PROGRAM Call for an appointment No high-pressure salespeople Work directly with fleet manager Commercial pricing including incentives N S. Jones S. Rainbow • • • • unions, From page 7 Warm Springs Ken Doyle Fleet Sales Manager 702-982-4089 10 20131202_VI07_F.indd 10 Jacob Cannon Fleet Manager 702-982-4089 215 & South Rainbow 702-982-4000 FindlayChevy.com | 2 DECEMBER 2013 | 11/27/13 12:42:22 PM

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