Editor, I read the article in the April 26 issue about the smoking ban as “tobacco totalitarianism.” While I was not surprised by people’s resistance to the ban, it baffles me that smoking is an issue for our generation.
Editor, Now that former CIA agent Osama bin Laden is dead, can we please start hunting down the real masterminds behind 9-11?
The budget is finalized. The regents unanimously passed the budget and finalized tuition-and-fees during Friday’s meeting at the SUB.
Diné activist Louise Benally knows firsthand how corporate takeover can destroy traditional ways of life.
Keep your spare change for the laundromat. Last week, UNM began replacing coin-operated parking meters with machines that exclusively accept credit cards.
Where does cannabis come from? Assistant professor Chris Duvall discussed on Friday the origins of cannabis sativa, or marijuana, during the Student Organization for Latin American Studies’ final Brown Bag Lecture Series. He said the plant originated in Central Asia, spread across the continent to North Africa, and enslaved Africans brought knowledge of marijuana to Brazil.
Dear President David Schmidly: I am a graduate student at UNM. I am writing to ask you to please reject the proposed changes to the makeup of UNM’s Student Fee Review Board — that is, amending the current voting student members from three graduates and four undergrads to two grads and seven undergrads.
Editor, First, I want to clarify that I love the U.S., and that I know our liberties are unprecedented in the history of the modern world. However, should we really still consider our country to be exceptional?
Editor, In Thursday’s Daily Lobo, Opinion Editor Nathan New blasted Donald Trump and conservatives.
The UNM softball team didn’t have an affinity for defense, nor did Colorado State. The Lobos smashed 17 hits — four long balls — en route to Saturday’s 13-7 win against CSU at Lobo Field. Head coach Erica Beach said she expected an offensive battle against the Rams. “That’s how they play the game,” she said.
At 5-feet-4-inches tall, UNM utility player Jessica Garcia isn’t the most daunting player on the softball diamond. But when she steps into the batter’s box, pitchers shake in their cleats.
Six games, six wins. The UNM women’s soccer team shut out Denver and Arizona on Saturday at Robertson Field, capping off a perfect spring season. Head coach Kit Vela said the Lobos approached the exhibition games with more intensity.
Sick of Webmail? IT might have the solution. The IT department sent out requests for proposals this week and hopes to have an executive-level decision on a new email system in August, said Deputy Chief Information Officer Moira Gerety. She said the University’s email system is outdated and not user-friendly. Gerety said the University uses about 25 different email systems, and that she and her team hope to bring this number down to one. She said students should have a new email system within a year. “UNM staff and employees, in particular, were really sort of working around multiple email systems,” she said. “It’s just a pain. They want to be able to bring everybody up, schedule messages and schedule meetings on one email system.” Gerety is co-chairing a committee with Mike Campbell, the director of PC Systems and Support for UNMH. Gerety said this is a collaborative effort, in which departments from across UNM are giving feedback.
The University held a series of public forums this week at the SUB Theater, allowing students, faculty and staff to meet interim provost candidates.
Breakfast Being the most important meal of the day, it is often ignored by us collegiate heroes and heroines.
Down doesn’t mean done for the UNM women’s golf team. After a grueling eight-month season, the Lobos are preparing for their 19th straight trip to the NCAA regionals May 5 in Auburn, Wash., after they received an at-large bid. “It’s a nice ending to a really tough year for us,” head coach Jill Trujillo said.
Residents of Santa Ana dorm bade the dorm farewell Wednesday evening. It will be demolished this summer.
At around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, a sprinkler broke just west of the Communication and Journalism Building, and the resulting trail of water stretched about 470 feet down Central Avenue before falling into the drain near University Avenue.
Some faculty members are reaching their breaking points. English professor James Burbank said that, in his department alone, more than 10 percent of faculty members are retiring — three members out of frustration with the administration.
In the course of celebrity worship, the laughing-stock is a much-examined figure. Whether destitute or tactless, their failings are our greatest entertainment and often a mirror for our own unpublicized shame.
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