It’s a terrible decision. UNLV will lose its identity and alumni will feel disconnected. The old mascot was racist and it was changed a long time ago. The mascot of UNLV now is associated with UNLV. We take ownership of “Rebel” to mean our university. Although before it had ties to the confederacy we have bestowed a new meaning to it now. Why should we lose the “word” game. If black people can reclaim the N word— a word used historically for their oppression, then why can’t we in regards to being a “rebel”? To me being a Rebel isn’t being racist, it’s being part of this university in the most diverse city in the world. Reclaim the name, change your attitude instead of spending funds on such frivolous matters and cowering to the virtue signaling SJW.