Rio Arriba county declared disaster area SANTA FE - Gov. Bill Richardson has declared Rio Arriba County a disaster area due to heavy snow that has blocked roads and left residents stranded in their homes. Richardson said emergency management, state police and the state Department of Transportation will be available for emergencies and to support local efforts to clear roads.
Editor, Stem cell technologies are going to be in the forefront of medicine in the next three years. State Sen. John Ryan's bill requires that research be done with embryos that are going to be thrown away anyway. Further, there are ways of doing stem cell work without destroying embryos by a kind of genetic tweaking, which has been developed by Advanced Cell Technology of California and Massachusetts.
Editor, It was good to hear one of America's best stump-speech politicians - Bill Clinton - on campus last week. He still takes credit for enormous job creation during his time as president, but he was mainly the benefactor of the tech boom while it lasted.
High school freshman Jordan Shelton can't vote. But Shelton, 14, said he wants to work on Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Obama has the power to make positive changes in the U.S., he said. "He's the first African-American running for president, and this is a historical event for that," he said.
Bill on domestic violence gains approval of Senate SANTA FE - A proposal backed by Gov. Bill Richardson to increase domestic violence penalties won approval in the Senate on Saturday. A third conviction of battery on a household member would become a felony, punishable by up to 18 months in prison.
Mike Chavez has owned a janitorial service in Albuquerque for more than three decades. "I've been in business for 35 years," he said, "and the last eight years have been terrible." Chavez said that if the down cycle in the economy continues, he will have to go out of business.
Senior Dionne Marsh is adjusting to her newfound leadership role on the UNM women's basketball team. Marsh leads the Lobos on the court with a team-high 14.4 points and 5.6 free throws per game. She also averages 5.8 rebounds in 30.9 minutes per game this season.
Editor, While I agree that everyone has the right to believe in what they want to, I am becoming more and more agitated and annoyed by people who claim that something is right or wrong because "God told me so." This argument has no place in any political arena and should never be uttered when debating the legitimacy of a policy, such as the legal right to an abortion.
The much-touted stimulus package that plans to hand more than $500 to $600 to taxpaying Americans is akin to putting a Band-Aid on a severed jugular vein. The package seems to be designed to bail out corporate organizations by boosting their bottom line rather than help the average American.
Career Services will host a job fair in the SUB on Tuesday. This year's job fair will be the largest UNM has hosted, said Jenna Crabb, director of Career Services. More than 120 employers are attending, she said. "It's awesome. I mean, this is our largest event," Crabb said.
During its three-game home losing streak, the UNM women's basketball team's biggest woes came on offense. So naturally, the Lobos ended that skid by threatening the century mark in Saturday's 94-64 win over UNLV at The Pit. UNM head coach Don Flanagan said he spent a good deal of practice tweaking the offense last week.
Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York was in Albuquerque on Saturday to campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. She spoke to a crowd of about 2,800 people at Highland High School for about 30 minutes. "I said at the last debate it took a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush," she said.
Editor, I've read two letters on the topic of abortion: one supporting abortion and the other opposing it. I've never written about the topic but want to do so today. I am an evangelical Christian, but I don't vote Republican. I would like to bring up several points.
Staff Report: The Earth's temperature has risen over the past 100 years. And unless humanity changes its ways, that trend will only continue, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Lee Drake, regional director of College Democrats of America, said global warming cannot be ignored.
Editor, If one student decides to drop a class, should the whole class be cancelled? If somebody runs a traffic light, should everybody in the intersection be ticketed? Finally, if one of your friends or family members commits a crime, should you be punished for being associated with them? According to the letter by Donald Gluck published in the Daily Lobo on Thursday, Palestinians' suffering for years from Israel's use of collective punishment is justifiable.
During practice this week, head coach Don Flanagan stressed one thing to the UNM women's basketball team: offense. After putting up just 38 points in a home loss to BYU last week, Flanagan said he wanted to make it clear that kind of performance can't happen again.
Man pleads guilty to extreme animal cruelty AZTEC - A 24-year-old man has pleaded guilty to gunning down nine sheep or goats and a dog while shooting from a truck last summer. Derek Witt accepted a plea this week for three felonies: extreme cruelty to animals, injury to livestock and shooting from a motor vehicle.
Editor, This is in response to Donald Gluck's letter in Thursday's Daily Lobo wherein he states, "Israel does not believe in collective guilt, nor does she practice collective punishments." Um, sorry to burst your bubble, but the crimes that Israel is committing against the Palestinian people are condemned by the international community as "collective punishment.
Two UNM jumpers are setting the bar high for the track and field team this season. Under the direction of first-year head coach Joe Franklin, senior Tiyana Peters and junior Josh Cosio have established themselves at the top of the Mountain West Conference in the high jump.
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