The University administration and faculty will try again to address proposed policy revisions designed to comply with the Inspection of Public Records Act at the regents meeting on Aug. 12. President David Schmidly sent an open letter to the UNM community July 24, after the IPRA Compliance Working Group proposed revisions to three policies concerning the Act.
UNM engineering graduates are impressing international automotive companies with their competition-winning race car designs. In this year's Formula Society of Automotive Engineers competition, the UNM team placed eighth in acceleration, 17th in design and 24th overall out of more than 80 teams from across the globe.
"The X-Files: I Want To Believe" is not a waste of 100 minutes, nor is it a waste of $10. But it isn't a compelling use of time or money either. The movie is not particularly outstanding, but it's not a bottom-dwelling waste either. It's worth watching for any fan of the series, but it is exactly what series creator Chris Carter billed it as: a long episode of the "Monster of the Week" variety.
Taste the blendsation of Keva Juice, a smoothie shop now located across the street from the UNM campus. Nestled in the Brick Light District, next to Satellite Coffee and Brickyard Pizza, the new shop offers an array of smoothies, such as the Hawaiian Holiday and the Razmanian Devil.
Sept. 17 Turan O'Henry Johnson, a 34-year-old transient from Chicago, is charged with battery and held without bond in a mental health unit at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center. Johnson was charged in the case of attacks on more than 20 male Indian students on and around campus.
Editor, Please, President David Schmidly, no more Web conferences and weekly e-mails. They are nice and all, but they don't help me pay the bills. Instead, talk to your good friend, the market, on behalf of the University's staff, and ask him to give us more than a 2 percent raise.
Congress approved a new GI Bill in July, which will take effect in August 2009. The bill includes changes that will add more benefits for veterans who want to go to college. Darrin Kowitz, a graduate student who established a support group for veterans at the University last year, said the new GI Bill is long overdue and has almost double the funding of the previous one.
Rewind to 2004. Team USA wasn't going to win gold. I predicted it back then. I told my friends, guys whose lives revolved around basketball. I told them. They didn't believe. With Allen "The Answer" Iverson showing up late for team practice, he provided more head-scratching questions than answers.
You may hear a constant pounding sound when you return to campus this fall. Don't worry - it's not all in your head. UNM is working to upgrade its water system and give the campus a face-lift by the end of this semester. Two large construction projects will upgrade the campus water infrastructure and Castetter Hall in the coming months.
Editor, As a member of a community that has been adversely affected by uranium mill tailings and a citizen of New Mexico, I recently attended a meeting of the Legislative Finance Committee on July 10 in Chama, N.M. Along with members of Navajo, Laguna and Acoma communities, Post 71 committee members and others affected by uranium mining in New Mexico, we traveled long distances for a chance to say a few words to the committee.
Starting Aug. 25, students will have a place to study 24 hours a day, five days a week. The Parish Memorial Business and Economics Library, located north of Zimmerman Library, next to the Anderson School of Management, is extending its hours at the start of the fall semester.
Summer didn't officially begin until June 20, but we've been feeling it since well before then. The days are long, the afternoons hot. Swamp coolers gurgle and whir. Runners and walkers take advantage of the early morning cool. As the day rises, so does the temperature, with the mercury pushing toward triple digits.
10 Years Division Available Now 4.5/5 Shame on the person who says he likes music and doesn't own this album. Since its May 13 release, Division has sold less than 100,000 copies. In other words, less than 100,000 people know what an awesome album everyone else is missing.
Changes will be made to the New Mexico Lottery Scholarship this fall - some of which will make it available to a wider range of students. Reed Dasenbrock, state secretary of higher education, said there are four major changes to the Lottery Scholarship criteria.
Sen. Pete Domenici has long been an advocate for mental health, and the Mind Research Network considers him a pioneer for its cause. "We wouldn't be here if it weren't for Pete," laboratory manager Marilee Morgan said. Domenici and a few researchers from Los Alamos National Labs founded the MRN a decade ago.
Electronics plant could stimulate NM growth LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A Taiwanese electronics manufacturing plant just south of the Mexican border could be a major catalyst for economic growth in southern New Mexico, state officials say. Construction began this past week in San Jeronimo on the first phase of the sprawling complex, that, when completed in three to four years, will employ 20,000 people.
Christopher Nolan has completely surpassed "Batman Begins" with his latest outing of the masked vigilante. This is no mean feat, as "Batman Begins" was widely hailed as the best Batman movie ever made when it came out in 2005. Now, the torch has been passed to "The Dark Knight.
Paul Pierce should be thanking his lucky four-leafed clovers he's a basketball player. After being fined $25,000 by the NBA for making "menacing gestures" at Atlanta Hawks' power forward Al Horford during last season's NBA playoffs, Pierce's explanation was it was a sign for "blood, sweat and tears.
Solutions by The State News
