UNM is investigating the Student Bar Association chapter for creating an unauthorized, off-campus bank account and misuse of the money therein, which came from University funds and from law student fees. According to a statement issued by UNM Tuesday afternoon, the University has notified various campus departments, including police, about the incident.
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month kicks in, UNM scientist Eric Prossnitz and NMSU scientist Jeffrey Arterburn continue their ongoing fight against the disease. Prossnitz and Arterburn have been working together for about 10 years studying a new type of estrogen receptor, which would show potential ways to treat and diagnose breast cancer.
Even if you’re not a screaming Goth girl or if you somehow missed the Tim Burton adaptation, you can still walk into “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and probably know what you’re in for. The Musical Theater Southwest’s production is mercilessly long, totaling around three hours. Maybe it’s heresy, but can’t we cut some of these songs?
Editor, My life has been dedicated to the practice of medicine and working to ensure the health of my community. I have been a physician since 1978, completing my residency in 1981 at Bernalillo County Medical Center, now University of New Mexico Hospital.
Editor, In his column on Monday, Joe Wagner stands courageously on his moral high ground, criticizes name calling, and declares he won’t be “bullied into compliance with… boogey-man idioms.”
Editor, For the sake of the people of Albuquerque, who deserve to know the truth about the upcoming election to ban late term abortion, let’s set the record straight.
There are so many Vietnamese food joints in town that one wonders what it takes to differentiate and make a name in the genre. The answer is simple: superior food at reasonable prices. And the food at Pho 79 is indeed superior.
Every year since she first started teaching same-sex marriage law at UNM 18 years ago, Antoinette Sedillo Lopez said something new has happened in the area. This year, one of the developments is taking place very close to home.
New Mexico’s two biggest universities are teaming up to develop a unique program for bilingual students. Barbara Rodriguez, a UNM chairperson for the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, and Deborah Rhein, an associate professor for Communication Disorders Program at New Mexico State University, will share a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish a bilingual speech-language pathology program.
The Associated Students of the University New Mexico moves one step closer to establishing a fund to fuel sustainability initiatives on campus. In a meeting held Friday, representatives from ASUNM, UNM’s Office of Sustainability, Lobo Energy, Residence Life and Student Housing, and the Sustainability Studies Program discussed the proposed establishment of a Green Fund at UNM.
Now it’s my turn to ask a question. Do you tell your doctor the truth about everything? When you go see a medical provider there are certain standard questions you are likely to be asked. These include questions about whether you have chronic health conditions, take medications, use tobacco, alcohol or drugs and whether and with whom you have sex.
Editor, In Joe Wagner’s column, printed in Monday’s Daily Lobo, the author’s gratuitous use of the word “one” left me wondering which “one” he was talking about. Also, the author has another troubling, but expected issue: the meaning of redistribution of wealth.
Editor, No matter how long since I have had sex with anyone, no matter how horny I am, I have no right to rape anyone ever. It is far better for me never to have sex with anyone for the rest of my life than for me to force anyone to have sex with me.
Editor, As a graduate of the University of New Mexico, I feel impelled to write my feelings regarding the Bridge to Success Scholarship, whose prospective changes are being challenged by some within and outside the University community.
Weeks after the series finale of “Breaking Bad,” local fans laid to rest the memory of Walter White. The Saturday-evening funeral, held at Sunset Memorial Park, charged attendees $20 to remember and mourn the lead character of AMC’s TV show and to raise money for Albuquerque Health Care for Homeless (AHCH).
Walter White’s final resting place isn’t so final after all. Fans who pushed for a burial site for the fictional “Breaking Bad” protagonist at Sunset Memorial Park are withdrawing their plans after a petition against the burial site was started by residents, according to a press release from the funeral organizers.
Nuclear physicist and UFO-ologist Stanton Friedman cannot get enough of New Mexico, which is why he will be speaking on campus this week for the fourth year.
There are lots of fun and free things to do this week, and plenty of them will help you gear up for Halloween. If you need more to get into the spirit, don’t forget that Friday is National Chucky The Notorious Killer Doll Day.
I do not wish to call anyone out, and will attempt to write with respect, regardless of my strong feelings. I understand that a lot of people are upset with the government and they are entitled to their opinions, but there are a couple of glaring problems in last Friday’s guest column by Damian Erasmus.
Martin Luther King once said, “All life is interrelated,” meaning that what affects some of us will eventually affect us all. Recent events regarding possible changes to the UNM Retiree Health Benefits brought this to mind.
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