High school students gathered at UNM from Thursday to Saturday to try to solve the world's problems. The topics included Darfur, North Korea and climate change. UNM's Model U.N. team hosted the conference to give them a realistic view of the U.N.'s procedures.
Editor, The cell phone driving ban that the City Council recently passed claims that talking while driving is just as dangerous as being drunk behind the wheel. I do not agree with what is being suggested by this bill, our city government and the media. Deciding what "driving with distraction" would encompass is very subjective.
The way head coach Rocky Long sees it, the UNM football team has a chance to be pretty good next season. The Lobos announced the signing of 25 recruits Wednesday, including nine transfers and 16 high school players.
Brandon Rael Senior Art studio It's kind of bullcrap. I think it's terrible. You can't drive around talking on the phone. Sometimes it's hard. There might be an emergency or talking on an important call or something. It's kind of hard to do it when you're not driving - to pull over. It's kind of expensive ...
Editor, I was watching the news the other day when I learned that talking on a handheld cell phone while driving is now illegal in Albuquerque. I agree that measures should be taken to prevent traffic accidents, but with bad drivers everywhere, does a cell phone ban solve any problems? A Washington Post article mentioned a study in which rubbernecking was found to cause more accidents than cell phone use.
Most Americans are buried or cremated after they die. For those who want something less clichÇ, there's the Maxwell Museum's Laboratory of Human Osteology. The lab stores about 250 modern skeletons that were donated. It is also home to historic and prehistoric remains from about 3,000 people. Heather Edgar, curator of the collection, said she has an exciting job. "There are days when people call and say, 'Oh, I found this skull out in the desert,'" she said. "They're freaking out, and then it turns out to be a piece of dog skull or something. When I come to work, I might have a plan, but I never know what's going to happen."
Sony announced its partnership with UNM on Feb. 2 to provide students with the skills they need to be ahead of the game in graphic and animation design. Imageworks, the division of Sony that makes movies, needs graduates with a wide range of skills, said Christopher Mead, dean of the College of Fine Arts. Imageworks started a program called IPAX, the Imageworks Professional Academic Excellence program, to work with colleges.
Editor, In response to Scott Darnell's column in Tuesday's Daily Lobo and the letters that have followed about Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, I would like to add that many on the left support Chávez because of the good things he has done in Venezuela. We do, however, also have reservations about his recent actions.
It has been more than a decade since the UNM volleyball team went to the NCAA Tournament. Newly hired head coach Jeff Nelson plans to change that next season. "Building a program is the foundation on what we are going to do here at UNM," Nelson said. "This is my third time working on re-establishing a program. I enjoy the challenge of rebuilding. I think it's exciting."
Editor, With the impending selection of a new president of UNM, I am apprehensive about the small number of students who attended the student forum with candidate Herman Lujan on Tuesday. Although this meant I had more time to ask Lujan the questions that personally affected me, I was very disappointed in the lack of representation from not only students as individuals, but all student organizations, as well.
It is difficult for graduate teaching assistants to meet with undergraduates outside of scheduled office hours if graduate students are forced to live 10 miles from campus. By allowing graduate students to live on campus, it would give undergraduates greater access to this valuable source of knowledge and improve the retention and performance of both groups of students.
If you walk by the Duck Pond on Fridays at about 3 p.m., you might find the UNM Capoeira Club singing in Portuguese, playing Brazilian instruments, dancing and throwing backflips. Club president Daniel Young, a junior, said capoeira at UNM is taking off.
Black Men in Motion kicked off its first Madden football video game tournament Wednesday in the SUB. Jason Goodman, president of the community outreach organization, said he wanted to have an event that was unique. Most events on campus aren't exciting enough to draw people in, he said.
Editor, We are so blessed to have the privilege, and good reasons, to embark on our nation's annual celebration of Black History Month this February. As I work with businesses throughout our communities and teach adult students who are connected all around the globe, it has become increasingly apparent that knowledge and skill with cultural diversity has become more and more critically important for those who desire to be truly successful managers, organizational executives and good global citizens.
Over the next four days, doctors, nurses and researchers will become movie ushers. The Italian Film Festival, which runs through Sunday, will benefit UNM's Children's Hospital. Twelve Italian films will play at four theaters throughout Albuquerque and Rio Rancho.
There are as many reasons to talk about the strangeness of New Mexico as there are reasons to avoid talking about it altogether.
Condoms, circumcision and sex education have been used in an attempt to prevent the spread of AIDS. The TV station MTVU is trying something different - an online video game. The station is asking college students nationwide to submit ideas for a game that will raise awareness and educate people about HIV.
I don't know how the pioneers crossed the Plains in their covered wagons. They didn't even have cell phones. What if Pa was awaiting an important call from his dentist back in Des Moines, Iowa? Or poor Junior - what if his friend George needed to tell him about a new game for some primitive, 1800s version of the Nintendo?
Editor, Why, in the year 2007, do we still have to justify our celebration of Black History Month? Why should African-Americans have to justify anything we do? Obviously, the need for education is still present. Black History Month is for everyone. Its purpose is for all to recognize that black history is American history and should be woven into the quilt of American history.
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