Young people growing up in low-income communities are in need of great teachers and role models. And the stakes are higher than ever.
Fire trucks drove onto campus Wednesday around noon as students evacuated the SUB after a false fire alarm.
Six months ago, Leo Rosas walked into the Roswell City Probation office with a confession to make. “I told them that I’m dirty.
UNM Student Health and Counseling is offering free mental health screenings today. Mental health professionals will screen students for depression and related illnesses such as bipolar and eating disorders, generalized anxiety and post-traumatic stress. UNM student Melanie Buck, who attended the event in 2007, said the screening helped her pinpoint and address issues related to the deaths of loved ones. “Mental health is very important for succeeding in life,” she said. “If you are not OK with yourself, how you can expect to be OK with everything else?”
The UNM Spirit Marching Band will not be going with the football team to Las Cruces for Saturday’s rivalry game against New Mexico State because of budget cuts. Chad Simons, director of the Spirit Marching Band, said the marching band’s budget has been cut by about $25,000. “Financially, we have some real challenges.
The UNM Day Planner, given to freshmen at orientation and sold at the UNM Bookstore, has inaccurate information.
A few years ago, a colleague and I were going to write a book about teaching. It was his philosophy that a teacher was nothing more that a “site,” a sort of empty space in the classroom.
Editor, The Daily Lobo piece, “PPD: We are not ‘water wasters,” implies that UNM’s water use need not be scrutinized by environmentally conscious people.
Every day, I walk past the Duck Pond on the way to Dane Smith, and I see the table. There I see students with the marker-drawn signs pumping people up about voting, and the token, sandwich-board-wearing guy inviting people to follow him to the table and register.
It’s the largest North American event of its kind, and more than 25 million photos are shot each year, making it as the most photographed event in the world, according to Kodak.
UNM Human Resources is requiring all employees with department health insurance to complete audits verifying dependents’ eligibility on their plan.
Since 1994, Birdland and has been “Gratefully Deadicated” to providing unique, quality products for anyone nostalgic about the 60s. Store owner Jay Steinberg said he wanted to start a business that embodied the music he grew up with.
Seldom do people meet the authors of books they read. UNM professor Celia Lopez-Chavez teaches an honors class called The Legacy of Writing: Voices, Words and Flavors of New Mexico.
Editor, In recent days, the Associated Press reported that U.S. and European intelligence agencies are worried about a possible terrorist attack somewhere in Europe.
pri·va·cy, [prahy-vuh-see; Brit. also priv-uh-see] –noun, plural -cies. 1. the state of being private; retirement or seclusion. 2.
On Sept. 19, UNMPD responded to a domestic dispute at the 900 block of Buena Vista Drive S.E. A female subject told police that her boyfriend had been verbally and emotionally abusive for several months.
The parking strain for students, faculty and staff may decrease with Monday’s opening of the Yale parking structure. Robert Nelson, associate director for UNM Parking and Transportation Services, said the garage adds 780 parking spaces to campus, which go for about $425 a year for students and can range up to $698 for faculty and staff depending on their salaries.
Our entire city is an illegal, underground art gallery. Whatever you may think of urban graffiti, a huge amount of effort and creativity is involved in plastering the city with stencils, stickers, lettering and random bursts of black spray paint. Downtown Albuquerque’s 516 ARTS gallery, in conjunction with the ACLU-NM and 23 other Albuquerque-based organizations, celebrates the energy of graffiti with “STREET ARTS: A Celebration of Hip Hop Culture & Free Expression.” The event goes on throughout October and November, and it features a two-part exhibit at 516 ARTS, a pair of documentaries running this month at the Guild Cinema, a series of (legal) murals downtown and a string of other events throughout the two months.
“Firebugs” When a play’s got too much metaphorical gasoline, it burns itself down. Such is the case with “Firebugs.” Max Frisch’s script is all over the place.
Bad breaks and bogies made for a frustrating finish for Sam Chavez and the UNM men’s golf team Saturday. The Lobos petered in the final round of the 56th Annual William H.
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