Heather Menzer never knew the importance of organ and tissue donors until she injured her knee in 2004. Menzer, an athlete, was told she needed two tissue transplants if she wanted to continue playing sports. "People don't think about the impact and significance of tissue donation, but they are important," she said.
Experiencing 516 Arts' "20 Years, 20 Artists" exhibit is like taking a trip, the director of Working Classroom said. "You can sort of travel the world while walking through that gallery," Nan Elsasser said. The exhibit is a team effort between 516 Arts and Working Classroom.
Ghostkimo started as a fake band. "It was my BFA project," band member Lindsay Kane said. "I just made tons of fliers I put around town, saying the date of the show was the day prior, so people would feel bad for missing a show, and they would maybe, like, get interested and, like, 'Oh, man.
Acoustic guitarist and one-man band Keller Williams started his career in background music. "It was just a place where people would go to eat, and there would happen to be this dude playing music in the corner - I was that dude," he said. Williams began his solo career performing at small restaurants and bars.
Bricklight District business owners say they look forward to the new Harvard Mall. Louie Torres, owner of Rock 'n' Reels at 105 Harvard Drive. S.E., said he is excited about the prospect of additional customers drawn in by the renovation. "I think it will be good, because a business park will move down here," he said.
Editor, It is said that what is lacking most in the world is justice. This statement suggests that the primary cause of problems among humans is injustice. Justice must be something great if it can bring more peace and harmony to the world. Justice must be a fundamental ingredient to living a truly human life.
Governor's health plan receives mixed reviews SANTA FE (AP) - The governor's health coverage plan, his priority in the current session, debuted before a legislative committee Wednesday to mixed reviews. Some business leaders and health care providers praised it as a big step toward reforming a system under which 400,000 New Mexicans remain uninsured.
Fraud is difficult for any business, but it can devastate a nonprofit, an associate professor of accounting said. "Unfortunately, nonprofit organizations are more susceptible to fraud than for-profit organizations due to the makeup of their workforce - which are typically volunteers or part-time people," Rich Brody said.
Editor, The idea of collective punishment is not only illegal under international law and the Geneva Conventions, but it is a form of evil and brutal oppression that is placed on people who have no control over a certain situation. In January 2006, Hamas was elected by the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
Editor, The Hawaii legislative session is considering House Bill 2680 and Senate Bill 2506 to ban the artificial sweetener and neurotoxin aspartame. This is wonderful news coming from Hawaii. The legislators and their bill drafters saw the merit in keeping almost all of the same language from the 2006 and 2007 New Mexico bills, especially regarding the state's rights and its obligation to protect the citizens' health, which are not "pre-empted by massive failures at the FDA.
Editor, Long before "spin" made its way into the vernacular, we were taught to tell the truth and do what's right. But today where "truthiness," meaning sounding like it could be true, is the standard used by many of our leaders and opinion is as good as fact, it is no wonder that the Albuquerque Journal can write that Mike Collins, David Schmidly's personal spin-meister, was contracted to create a "media plan," which is part of "good communications," which "are essential to transparency.
After the UNM men's basketball team let another big lead slip away, it seemed the Lobos were set up for an all-too-familiar loss. But even after Utah erased a 12-point deficit and took a nine-point lead in the second half, it was UNM's "sixth man" that helped carry the Lobos to a 77-67 overtime victory Tuesday at The Pit.
Though the Pajama Men have practiced improv for more than a decade, they still get stuck. "There's always something," said Mark Chavez, one of the Pajama Men. "That's what improv is, though. Whenever something weird happens, something strange or something you didn't expect happens, you just consider that a gift in improv.
Joshua Triebel Mechanical engineering I spotted Triebel from about one mile away. He had the most interesting hat in the entire SUB. He said one of his friends made him the hat for Christmas, and he didn't know much about where the rest of his apparel came from.
Miriam Brown Music education Brown has a colorful Avirex sweater she got at Mervyns. Brown's older sister gave her the Lucky Brand Jeans. She bought them at the Lucky Brand Store. I'd imagine if Brown bought them herself, they would have cost more than $50.
Editor, It is with brutal ambivalence every year that this nation celebrates the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. The slain king of political ethics, the prophet of justice and the prince of peace is the American version of a Catholic saint. Whom do we celebrate and mourn when we remember King? We must ask this question especially to those whom King's pointed criticism singles out for their stubborn, pathological and systematic perpetration of violence in the name of democracy.
Leandra Holt Music theory Holt has quite a bag. I found its "fuck off" logo endearing. She got her scarf from her grandmother, who got it in southern California. She found her gray, blue and green scarf from the Dollar Store, and she doesn't remember where she bought her Chuck Taylor Converse shoes or how much she paid for them.
Tim Greenli Architecture Greenli knows what he's doing. He knew exactly where he bought all his clothes, and he knew how much they cost. He said he likes to shop online, because it's easier, and there's a bigger selection. And he had the second most interesting hat I had seen all day.
It seems impossible that a region with almost twice the population of Albuquerque should have to suffer a blackout lasting 24 hours, depleting medical and food supplies, and an almost complete scarcity of transportation fuel. This fate befell the Gaza Strip after Israel enforced a hermetic seizure that cut off supply of essential commodities to the region following Hamas' firing of more than 130 rockets, only half of which landed in Israeli territory.
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