Editor, Ten years ago was the last time I rode in any car. I have owned no car since 1979. I had a driver’s license for 36 years, but I did not renew it when it expired in 2000.
Just like the real thing, synthetic marijuana is now illegal. Gov. Susana Martinez signed a bill at a news conference inside a Farmington Boys and Girls Club banning the possession and sale of synthetic marijuana.
The Student Fee Review Board spent six hours this semester trying to find a way to reduce student fees, and it did, by 31 cents. But Regent Jack Fortner said at the March 28 budget summit that the board might jack up student fees by about $30 in order to give more funding to Athletics, IT Services and UNM Libraries. He said University parties don’t want Instruction and General funds to go to Athletics, even if it’s for utility costs. “I know some people have heartburn about that, but I don’t,” he said. Fortner said the board is looking to offset a proposed $380,000 cut to Athletics by possibly raising student fees. The Finance and Facilities Committee will meet Monday to discuss the fee increase. Regents will make a decision Tuesday. SFRB chair and ASUNM President Laz Cardenas said students should expect an increase in student fees. “My reaction to it was that I wasn’t surprised, and at the same time, I was a little disappointed,” he said.
Katie Richardson will be the next GPSA president. Richardson received a little more than 50 percent of the votes.
At least 17,000 New Mexicans are homeless, and for one night UNM students can experience what that might be like. Six graduating communication and journalism students, The Happy Campers, organized the event as part of a service-learning assignment, student Bryan Wilcox said. “We hope people leave with a better personal understanding of what is like to be homeless,” he said.
Yjastros, derived from the word for “stepchild,” is anything but flamenco’s red-headed stepchild.
Even in the 21st century, Africa is perceived as exotic and dangerous. That’s one of the misperceptions that this weekend’s Cultural Studies Conference will try to correct.
Right now, in a trailer above Castetter Hall, flesh-eating bugs are feasting on rotting meat. But don’t worry, it’s purely scientific.
It resembles a mad scientist’s lair. The Museum of Southwestern Biology has wall-to-wall filing cabinets, each shelf containing rows upon rows of stuffed animals.
Editor, I am a teacher’s assistant for a large lecture class. One of my responsibilities as a TA is to help the lecturer maintain a degree of classroom decorum that at this point should be second nature for students.
“Spring is here, oh spring is here, life is Skittles, and life is beer,” sings Tom Lehrer in his ballad, “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.” Before you throw down your paper in disgust (or maybe, if you’re not a fan of pigeons, pump your fist in the air as you run off to the nearest Lowe’s for a bottle of cyanide), wait — this letter is in no way advocating pigeon genocide.
Editor, In response to “Flanagan leaves after almost two decades,” the Daily Lobo did a great job in showing the University who Don Flanagan is and continues to be.
Most of UNM’s peer institutions don’t consider the University their equal, and soon UNM might give in to peer pressure. UNM’s peer institutions haven’t changed since at least the 1990s, and of UNM’s 16 peer institutions, only two schools, University of Utah and University of Washington, count UNM among their peer institutions. The University of Washington had UNM on only one of three lists it uses for self-evaluation, according the University of Washington website. In 2008, Mark Chisholm, director of UNM’s Office of Institutional Research, said then-provost Viola Florez asked UNM to re-evaluate its peers. Chisholm said he compared student body characteristics, such as ethnic profile and number of commuter students, but the project lost steam when Florez left the University, and it’s been on the backburner since. “I don’t know whether or not we’re going to go through the energy of going to the state and requesting a whole bunch of new peers right now,” Chisholm said. “You really need someone at a high-executive level that thinks it’s really important.” Chisholm said it’s hard for UNM to find comparable institutions that are similar across the board.
Gov. Susana Martinez signed an expansion of Katie’s Law into legislation Wednesday at a Rotary Club meeting in Carlsbad.
New regent Bradley Hosmer said UNM can lead the country in changing the education system. Hosmer was the superintendent of the Air Force Academy and the president of the National Defense University before retiring in 1994.
To his former players, Don Flanagan was stoic, detail-oriented, stubbornly obsessed with fundamentals and occasionally humorous — but he was unquestionably a great coach. Former UNM point guard Amy Beggin said Flanagan was like “a little kid on the basketball court,” always smiling and enjoying every second.
As Don Flanagan put it, he was just tired of basketball. So, too, were five freshmen players who pushed the UNM women’s head coach to resign.
Tim Mousseau, Junior, New Day slate Editor’s Note: Tim Mousseau is the new presidential candidate for the New Day slate after Michael Thorning dropped out of the race Monday. Daily Lobo: Tell me about your slate and some of the platforms you guys are promoting. Tim Mousseau: When we selected senators, we chose individuals for their passion for students and the platforms we’re running on.
Albuquerque is taking steps to make the city more bike-friendly. Construction workers broke ground Monday on a four-week project to widen El Pueblo Road between Second Street and Edith Boulevard, near the Los Ranchos/Journal Center Rail Runner station.
Students have a chance to elect UNM’s future undergraduate and graduate student leaders during the ASUNM and GPSA elections, but few actually vote. Since 2008, no more than 11 percent of main campus undergraduate students voted in ASUNM spring elections, according to data from ASUNM Elections Adviser Debbie Morris.
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