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Protest turns violent

A talk hosted by the UNM Israel Alliance on Thursday turned violent, and footage from the incident has gone viral on YouTube. In the video, a group of protesters stand up and start chanting in the back of the anthropology lecture hall, where pro-Israel activist Nonie Darwish was in the middle of giving a talk. FEB 27

Community mourns loss of pre-med student

Friends of Wolfgang Scott-Cohen said they’ll remember the late UNM student as a kind-hearted individual with whom they could crack jokes, discuss current events and engage in spirited political debate. FEB 23

Career Paths

Andrew Wice is a novelist and poet who can be found waiting tables in Madrid, NM, where he lives. FEB 15

Chunk of student fees go to repay debts

The Student Fee Review Board held its second round of deliberations Monday night, but the SFRB controls less than half the total fees students pay to attend UNM. FEB 14

Noteworthy Student Fee Review Board requests

Hazardous electrical work, dangerous projection equipment and outdated furniture are among the problems Pam Castaldi, director of the Language Learning Center, said could be fixed with student fee money. FEB 7

Cops remove protesters at midnight

At least 20 UNM and state police officers showed up at midnight Sunday with plastic zip handcuffs and canine units and informed the 30-40 Occupy Albuquerque protesters on campus they would have to leave the University. OCT 11

Prosecution puts F. Chris Garcia case on hold

Charges of promoting prostitution, conspiracy and tampering with evidence, brought against former UNM president and professor emeritus F. Chris Garcia in July, were dropped until further notice. SEP 29

‘Burque pops’ helped recruit talent, police say

Former UNM President F. Chris Garcia was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center June 23 on charges of promoting prostitution, tampering with evidence and conspiracy, according to Bernalillo County Detention Center records. Garcia, 71, was arrested for his alleged ties to a 1,400-member, multistate online prostitution ring called Southwest Companions. JUN 27

Adopt ‘till employees drop

In a city where nothing save for the occasional convenience store stays open all night, at the end of last week it was never too late, or too early, to adopt a dog or cat from Animal Humane New Mexico. From June 22-24, Animal Humane NM hosted its 24/7 adoption event, the first event of its kind in New Mexico. JUN 27

Daily Lobo holds workshops to train prospective writers

If you’ve always wanted to write for the Daily Lobo but never knew how to get your foot in the door, here’s your chance. The Daily Lobo began its first series of summer writing workshops two weeks ago, and so far they have been a great success. JUN 20

Students: Political cartoon is ‘racial propaganda’

African American Student Services gathered outside Mesa Vista Hall on Wednesday to protest what it said was a racist depiction of President Barack Obama in the Opinion section of Tuesday’s Daily Lobo. AASS student employees Christina Foster and Kyran Worrell spoke to a crowd of about 30 people about the illustration, which parodied a scene in “The Lion King.” The original scene showed a monkey, Rafiki, holding baby lion Simba over a cliff. MAY 5

Film explores waste, cancer

Julia Roberts may never play him in a movie, but considering the work one UNM employee did to try to uncover the truth about a cancer cluster in Ohio, it’s hard not to compare him to Erin Brockovich. MAY 4

Sprinkler breaks ‘almost every day’

At around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, a sprinkler broke just west of the Communication and Journalism Building, and the resulting trail of water stretched about 470 feet down Central Avenue before falling into the drain near University Avenue. APR 28

Six-figure System Still Offline

In fall 2008 UNM Housing spent $206,000 of student rent money to install a card-swiping system at Redondo Village, but it remains offline nearly three years later. APR 27

Former surgeon claims retaliation

A former UNM Hospital surgeon filed a lawsuit against the University for an alleged breach of contract and violation of the NM Whistleblower Act. APR 13

Richardson new GPSA president

Katie Richardson will be the next GPSA president. Richardson received a little more than 50 percent of the votes. APR 8

A case of retaliation?

Michael Thorning announced Monday that he is dropping out of the ASUNM presidential race, three weeks after resigning from his high-ranking position in the president’s cabinet. The former chief-of-staff declared March 8 he’d run against Attorney General Jaymie Roybal, and he said ASUNM president Laz Cardenas cut his chief-of-staff duties in half three days later. “I think I got the sense that it was either going to become a hostile work environment or I wasn’t going to be working there,” Thorning said. APR 5

UNM’s Japanese fundraise and cope with devastation

A magnitude 9.0 earthquake and 30-foot tsunami hit the northeast coast of Japan on March 11 — and the aftershocks are affecting people as far away as UNM. MAR 25

Styrofoam can fizzles trash campaign

The oversized soda can in the SUB is meant to demonstrate how small pieces of trash can turn into big problems, but the soda can is made of material that isn’t environmentally friendly. The soda can, which stands about 10 feet high, is made of Fiberglass and Styrofoam, said Adam Greenhood, the creative director of the Albuquerque-based Esparza Advertising firm. MAR 24

Sharpton to talk about labor, civil rights

Famed racial justice and human rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton will give a free and open-to-the-public speech today at the SUB to advocate for the labor movement. Sharpton’s speech, “The Role of Government,” is sponsored by African-American Student Services and serves as the kick-off event for New Mexico’s African-American Day on Friday. FEB 10

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