Editor, No one will be happier than me when the new cell phone ban takes effect on Saturday. There are indeed times when having a cell phone is essential, and they have even saved lives. However, during this same period, I have noticed a huge increase in people talking on their cell phones for no good reason while driving around town.
Poet, author and political activist John Ross is in Albuquerque to make people think about Mexico.
Jessica Griego Sophomore Speech pathology Nothing. I was snowed in at my house. Naomi Martinez Sophomore Psychology I worked, and I didn't have school. Paul Formisano Graduate student English I went out to dinner with my wife. Louie Alvarado Graduate student Anthropology My ...
Editor, One of the questions consistently asked of the presidential finalists was about their qualifications to be the president of UNM, a complex organization of about 30,000 students, 3,000 faculty and quite a large staff. Yet, hardly 20 students and usually less than 100 faculty or staff attended their respective forums.
With the loss of seven seniors, the UNM women's soccer team had some holes to fill. Some of those positions might be taken care of, as head coach Kit Vela announced the signing of 12 players Monday.
ASUNM is busing students to Santa Fe today to lobby the Legislature on issues that affect students. Erin Muffoletto, ASUNM's lobby director, said about 50 people signed up to go to Santa Fe. About 12 students went last year, she said.
David Schmidly was selected by the Board of Regents today as the next president of UNM. The regents made the announcement after a three-hour closed meeting.
In June, 40 years will have passed since Israel began the brutal colonial occupation of the Palestinian territory.
Faculty members voted Tuesday to recommend Meredith Hay and Robert McGrath to the regents for UNM's presidency. About 70 faculty members voted, said professor Richard Wood, who ran the meeting. Hay was the only candidate who received unanimous approval.
Editor, Presidential candidate Robert McGrath provided an unacceptable answer to the ethical question asked by a faculty member on Friday: Is it appropriate for UNM to participate in defense research? McGrath's response, according to the Daily Lobo, was that since this research is happening anyway ".
One hundred million years ago, New Mexico lay nameless and borderless and partially submerged beneath sprawling, shallow seas. Dinosaurs of every size and appetite wandered to the edge of such seas, in search of plants, water or smaller creatures further down the food chain. The air above them hung hot and dense, sagging with humidity, and pterosaurs flapped and glided against it.
It wasn't the cakewalk some people might have expected. After the UNM women's basketball team throttled Colorado State in a 31-point win on the road last month, Wednesday's rematch at The Pit was a battle until the final minutes.
Editor, I am writing to protest any impending plans to obliterate the UNM North Golf Course and replace it with buildings. Development at the expense of a treasured refuge is unacceptable. The UNM North Golf Course is one of the major assets UNM makes available to the community.
UNM broke ground Wednesday on a $6.4 million indoor football practice facility. Although the football team can usually practice outside, it's still important to have the option to play indoors, said Paul Krebs, director of athletics.
Editor, I am writing in response to the letter published Tuesday about the ASUNM Facebook.com group page. As I read the article, I couldn't help but feel responsible for the misunderstanding. The reason I feel responsible is because I was the one who created the page back in 2004.
Artist Michael Olivares invented a method to mesh paintings and frames. Olivares, known as Miko, created what he calls gel emulsions by scanning his paintings or drawings onto archival paper. Then, he brushes an acrylic gel medium recipe onto the print and lets it dry for a few days.
Twenty years ago, Natalie Goldberg broke the paradigm on the way people approach writing with her best-selling book Writing Down the Bones.
Editor, I am committed every day to saving energy resources, saving water and reducing catastrophic worldwide climate change. Imagine if all who write articles on these concerns made permanent, radical personal changes in their daily lives and challenged all of us by their public example.
If UNM wants to increase enrollment, it has to build a better community on campus, not pour money into athletics and marketing ploys, said Joseph Garcia, president of GPSA.
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