The opportunity for students, faculty and staff to lobby lawmakers about tuition hikes and other University-related issues is fast approaching.
ASUNM senators will be out in force to lobby against the tuition credit and funding cuts at Monday’s UNM Day at the Legislature.
Under the buildings, walkways and tennis courts of UNM lays a maze of underground tunnels University officials avoid speaking of. Officially known as “the Ford Utilities steam distribution tunnel system,” UNM Utilities spokesperson Jeffrey Zumwalt said the Physical Plant Department keeps the tunnels a secret because they pose a security concern.
Graduate students are taking action against proposed Latin American and Iberian Institute funding cuts that, according to institute representatives, could force the LAII to shut down. Last week, the Provost Review Committee released a recommendation that the institution switch from an internally funded to an externally funded budget, which LAII Director Susan Tiano said would be impossible. The LAII facilitates student research across various departments at UNM through scholarships, fellowships and travel grants. “I wouldn’t have come to UNM for my Ph.D.
Students have the opportunity to contribute to the growth of New Mexico’s local food system. The Sustainability Studies Program at UNM will be offering an interdisciplinary summer field school the next two summers.
One corporation’s request to divert billions of gallons of water away from Socorro and Catron counties and export it, in some cases, to other states, will hang county residents out to dry, opponents say. The application, filed by Augustin Plains Ranch LLC in 2007, asks for permission to drill 37 wells not exceeding 3,000 feet deep “in order to divert and consumptively use 54,000 acre-feet per year in Catron and Socorro counties.” Opponents have until Feb.
Editor, Welcome back Lobos! I hope you had a relaxing break and are ready for a great spring semester.
Editor, As director of Popejoy Hall, I would like to set the record straight concerning some inaccuracies in Tuesdays’s Daily Lobo article, “Popejoy, NMSO out of sync.” Yes, the President’s Strategic Advisory Team recommended that Popejoy concentrate on earning more revenue from touring shows rather than from rent charged to the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, but only “if NMSO ceases to use Popejoy.” We at Popejoy Hall did not ask the symphony to reduce its number of dates.
Editor, What is a college education? A. Means to a lucrative job. B. The minimum requirement for any job — lucrative or not — in this economy. C.
Editor, I have always found it interesting that two polar opposite anniversaries are in January: the life of a man who promoted religion, peace, nonviolence and justice, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the decision of the U.S.
Lose and stay in last place, or win and try to reverse early misfortune. That was the UNM men’s basketball team’s proposition on Wednesday at The Pit.
Eric Rasband leads what you might call a simple life: He is the 27-year-old manager of Rasband Dairy in Belen. “There’s no days off over here.
Russel Taylor sits on a vinyl red couch at Studio Red in Nob Hill. He wears a plain sweater and orange Nike sneakers, and seems unaware of the white face paint that masks his identity.
Did you make a resolution to eat healthier this year? I did. I usually do, after the season of stuffing that just passed.
Editor, I am writing to you in response to a letter written by Philip Lafreniere, concerning the publication of the comic strip, “Lakewood.” I found his letter unsettling, and many other students did, as well.
Editor, Vice President for Enrollment Management Carmen Alvarez Brown is a cancer to the University.
The recent redux of the website Myspace raises the question: Whose space is it, anyway? Like most of the population, I almost forgot about Myspace, or as it goes by these days My ______.
Considered a legal alternative to cannabis, synthetic marijuana is creating controversy surrounding its safety. Fifteen states banned smoke shops from selling K2 Spice, the most popular synthetic marijuana brand, because of reports that users experienced intense nausea, increased heart rate and seizures. Albuquerque user Gabriella Pedregon, 19, said the experience was intense, but nothing she couldn’t handle.
The University is gearing up for UNM Day at the Legislature on Jan. 31, when University representatives will lobby lawmakers not to raise tuition as a means to alleviate budget shortfalls.
Former UNM student Colin Bentley, last seen by his mother Nov. 29, was spotted in Parish Library on Tuesday. A witness said Bentley was sleeping in the library.
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