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(04/23/10 5:23am)
The opening ceremony for White History Week was not what you would expect, even if you already knew the event’s name was misleading.
White History Week promotes understanding across racial barriers by encouraging discussion of white privilege. The opening ceremony was a Wicca ritual to “honor the spirit of the season and call in blessings for the event,” said Cedar Love, who presided over the ceremony.
(04/20/10 4:37am)
Ken Stewart wants to change the way UNM students think about war.
Stewart is a poet, Vietnam veteran and physician working at UNM Hospital. He will give a reading from his book of poetry, The Smell of Blood, as part of the Bookstore’s Wednesdays at Noon poetry series.
(04/20/10 4:33am)
A new UNM program is hosting a national security event on campus today to discuss “challenges and opportunities” in the field of national security.
The National Security Colloquium takes place in the Southwest Film Center in the lower SUB today. Frank Gilfeather, director of UNM’s National Securities Studies Program, said students shouldn’t approach the colloquium like they might other career fairs.
(04/19/10 6:08am)
Thanks to the efforts of Project Share, Inc. hundreds of people that would otherwise go hungry can eat every week.
Paul Eichhorn, food box coordinator, said Project Share serves 40,000 hot meals every year, in addition to providing food boxes, clothing and other needed items such as diapers.
(04/16/10 5:06am)
The Kappa Sigma colony is applying to regain its charter as a fraternity at UNM after losing it two years ago in an incident involving alcohol and a gun.
Greek Life Adviser Jonathan Gayer said the group will have to pass an application process and get approval from UNM’s Greek Life Department.
(04/14/10 5:34am)
The United States government is the largest terrorist organization operating today.
(04/13/10 4:55am)
GPSA elections are coming up, and Danny Hernandez has a challenger for the council chair seat.
Community and Regional Planning student Megan McRobert is also running for the council chair seat. The elections will be held from April 19-22.
McRobert said she will bring the experience she gained as a volunteer with GPSA to the council chair position if she wins.
(04/07/10 3:23am)
In the Wild West of UNM journalism, there’s a new gunslinger in town — albeit a friendly one.
U News, a Web-based TV station, has been broadcasting once a week starting this semester, said founder and news director Dan Martinez.
Martinez said U News is available only on the group’s Facebook page, which is linked to Unews.unm.edu. He said U News plans to start broadcasting on televisions in the SUB as early as next week.
(04/05/10 7:51am)
Poets paced in the Outpost Performance Space courtyard on Saturday night reciting poems one last time before the competition.
It was a contest between 10 of Albuquerque’s top slam poets to determine the four that would make the national team.
(03/31/10 4:32am)
When Marc Smith’s name is mentioned at a poetry slam, the audience is supposed to shout, “Who cares!”
So who cares that Smith, said to be the originator of the slam poetry art form, is coming to Albuquerque on Thursday?
Albuquerque cares, said Danny Solis, Albuquerque Slam Poet Laureate.
(03/31/10 4:31am)
The Daily Lobo sat in on a conference call with the head of the Democratic National Committee and the head of the College Democrats of America.
(03/30/10 5:26am)
by Andrew Beale/Daily Lobo
(03/29/10 7:22am)
Students at the UNM School of Law voted last week to secede from GPSA.
Three-fourths of those who voted agreed with the statement, “I vote to withdraw the law school’s affiliation with GPSA.” The number of voters was not readily available this weekend.
(03/25/10 6:32am)
Students danced and practiced yoga for peace in the SUB Wednesday.
The fifth annual UNM Peace Fair, held in the SUB, featured performances and about 25 Albuquerque organizations presented ideas about peace.
“As part of the Peace Studies program, students do an internship,” said Les Field, director of the Peace Studies program. “This was their internship project this semester. We got the ball rolling, and then the students organized it.”
(03/24/10 4:59am)
The Graduate and Professional Student Association may lose about 345 members depending on the results of a vote today.
(03/11/10 8:43am)
UNM students will soon have the chance to influence how the federal government doles out billions of dollars.
The U.S. Census is being sent out across the country and determines how federal money is allocated, said Veronica Reyes, New Mexico media specialist for the Census Bureau. The Census is conducted once every 10 years.
(03/08/10 8:21am)
*“Sometimes I feel like I’m paying for a degree, not earning it.”
~Student Melissa Gonzales*
(03/05/10 6:49am)
On March 15, the Westside Shelter and Hunger Coalition will close until November, taking with it about 200 available beds for the homeless. Continuing the “Roofless” series about homeless problems in Albuquerque, I spoke with homeless services throughout the city to discover how this closure will affect them, as well as to learn what kinds of services they provide and what UNM students can do to help.
(03/03/10 6:20am)
If you can’t get a Subway sandwich after dark, blame the city’s crime rate.
The Subway at the corner of Girard Boulevard and Central Avenue has stopped accepting cash after 8 p.m., because it has been robbed twice since the beginning of the year, store owner Leticia Bernal said. Sandwiches can still be purchased by credit card at night.
(02/26/10 7:53am)
In response to the Feb. 15 stabbing, about 70 students, faculty and staff traipsed about campus Thursday looking for safety hazards.