UNM's Sustainability Studies program might not be around in the fall. Last year, the program received $207,000 from the state Legislature. But this year, Sustainability Studies only got $15,000, Interim Provost Viola Florez said Florez said the program is not part of UNM's budget and is not guaranteed money from the College of Arts and Sciences.
If the UNM men's basketball team's credentials aren't impressive enough, it will get to add another impressive number to its résumé this weekend. The Lobos play their final regular season game Saturday at Colorado State and will tie a school record with eight road wins if they beat the Rams.
The Office of the President announced Thursday that Tito Guerrero III is a finalist for UNM's provost position. Guerrero is the vice president and associate provost for diversity at Texas A&M University. Guerrero will be on campus Monday and Tuesday for interviews, during which faculty, staff, students and the Board of Regents will meet with him, said Julia Fulghum, chairwoman of the provost search committee.
Editor, This is an open letter to all bicyclists who lock their bikes to handrails, especially my peers at the School of Architecture and Planning. As a long-time bicyclist and bicycling advocate, I completely understand the frustration of not having a bike rack near your destination.
Editor, I am disappointed that students at an academic institution would organize a protest against an educational exhibit. To paraphrase Saul Bellow, it is our business to keep open the channels of education. Amanda Lo, Jennifer Hunt and Gabriel Palley, mentioned in an article published in the Daily Lobo on Wednesday, seem intent on keeping those channels closed for an obviously shifting set of reasons.
Daily Lobo columnist Ali Mazrui says in his book Cultural Forces in World Politics that the gender revolution was intended in Islam but never took off. According to Mazrui, it got aborted for two reasons: Mainstream Islam turned royalist from the Ummayids onwards as a result of which the harem developed and because the doors of Ijtihad, or intellectual effort, closed.
Judge asked to reconsider former Marine's sentence (AP) - An attorney for an Iraq war veteran who was sentenced to two years in prison for fatally shooting a would-be burglar has asked a judge to reconsider his client's sentence. Elton John Richard II, 30, was sentenced last month by state District Judge Pat Murdoch after pleading no contest to a charge of voluntary manslaughter.
Two UNM organizations will celebrate International Women's Day on Saturday. Monica Garcia, president of the Women's Law Caucus, said that instead of having a one-day celebration, the caucus will have events all month. "This year, we chose to focus on ending violence against women," she said.
Editor, David Martinez, in his letter published in the Daily Lobo on Tuesday, said we should take responsibility for our choices. My response is we should have a choice. Why do we not have the option to eat at La Posada only if we want to eat at La Posada? Why are we forced to buy a meal plan when I can find cheaper alternatives? We are being forced to give money to a University-imposed monopoly.
In the final moments of a big game, a star athlete falls to the ground with an injury. The game stops. The crowd becomes silent. An athletic trainer rushes to the scene. In the world of sports, athletes stand at the forefront of recognition. Their every performance is analyzed.
Staff report Dionne Marsh can have a historic night in the final regular-season home game of her career on Senior Night. When the UNM women's basketball team hosts Colorado State on Saturday at The Pit, Marsh will have a chance to become the Lobos' all-time leading scorer.
Jason Trambley Junior Communication and Journalism I think it is, actually. I went to go check it out, and I think that those people are dead and that everybody has the natural curiosity to see the human body in its true form. Jaime Hilyard Senior Anthropology I think there definitely needs to be more research into where the bodies actually come from.
Editor, This is in response to Brandon Curtis's letter published on Tuesday regarding how Mayor Martin Chavez's "gestapo" tactics have sent many people out of Albuquerque, and how the Albuquerque Police Department routinely harasses people. Some of you may have seen or heard me playing trombone along Central Avenue near the Kimo Theatre during the last year or so.
Rodney Parker & Fifty Peso Reward: The Lonesome Dirge Flogging Molly: Float Minmae: True Love/¿Ya Te Vas?
At the end of every semester, students evaluate their professors and courses by filling out the ICES evalutation. The deputy provost uses the evaluations to help determine whether a professor gets a raise, promotion or even tenure. But the results aren't public, so students don't get to see them before signing up for a class.
Sex offenders banned from libraries ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Albuquerque has banned people on the state's sex offender registry from city libraries to keep them from using city computers to track down victims, a city official said. Navy sailor convicted of leaking info NEW HAVEN, Conn.
Global DanceFest is here to teach us about Africa. Marjorie Neset, director of North Fourth Art Center, picks a theme every year for the traveling international dance festival. Friday's event will be held at South Broadway Cultural Center, at 1025 Broadway Blvd.
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