Editor, An Israeli army officer who shot a 13-year-old Palestinian girl 17 times was recently acquitted on all charges by an Israeli court.
Research done by the Mind Research Network is having such an impact that it now has to be published online more than once a year.
The room was packed, as a large contingent of architecture and planning students, along with others not attending UNM, listened intently to Duane Blue Spruce speak Monday evening in the Pearl Hall Auditorium. People sat on the descending stair walkways, notebooks in hand, hoping to learn about a relatively unexplored subject: modern Native American architecture.
GPSA held an appeal review meeting Tuesday to determine several applicants’ futures for summer 2010 grant applications that were denied. Three graduate students who applied for the Student Research Allocation Committee grants and Specialized Training grants presented their cases in front of a four-member graduate panel.
Darnell Daniels, Mass Communications, Sophomore Darnell Daniels believes fashion is the most fluid art form of all.
A new production company is in town, and they’ve got the basement all ready for you. Firehydrant Records was founded last year by local music fan Sean Smock with help from The Big Spank singer/guitarist Mike Garcia.
I have decided that Hanna-Barbera’s “Super Friends” cartoon series is really a portrayal of the United Nations for kids and people who need a dumb-it-down approach to politics.
Editor, So a student wants to take a so-called “alternative medicine” course (known as “Traditional Medicine Without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico”) through UNM, so he or she can learn how to keep the “evil eye” away from his or her child? Driving away evil is more rightly considered a religious, spiritual concern, not a medical concern.
Editor, I have always had an insatiable curiosity. Today, that insatiable curiosity prompts me to ask this question: Is it possible that the people in this country who demonstrate against constructing an Islamic building near the World Trade Center site and/or commit violent acts aimed at impeding construction of the building are unaware that their actions are being used by Al-Qaeda and the Taliban as conclusive proof that Christians in this country are an enemy force that must be opposed at all costs?
Across from Johnson Center, one can observe a process that can only be seen at few places around the world. That little-known process? Lithography, a craft that involves the chemical process of transferring a printed image to a metal plate, is taught at the Tamarind Institute, a renowned school for print-making.
After a long silence, peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine will take place this week in an effort to find a solution to the long-felt conflict between the two states.
At a Lobo Development Corporation meeting Monday, board members unveiled plans that detailed future dormitories and Athletics facilities construction at UNM. Paul Krebs, vice president of Athletics, said Athletics needs new tennis courts, a renovation of UNM’s baseball field and improvements to the existing parking lots. Krebs said the baseball field renovation carries a price tag of $4 million.
The Provost’s Office is reviewing the viability of a part of UNM that may come as a surprise to many: University College.
More than 200 people showed up last week for the grand opening of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender and Questioning Resource Center. The center, which operates under the Office of Equity and Inclusion, opened Friday.
At a somber service Aug. 27, former UNM professor Ferenc “Frank” Szasz’s life and achievements were honored. The ceremony featured a bagpiper and a recitation of “Auld Lang Syne.” Szasz, 70, died June 20.
UNM is always bustling with students during the first week of classes, but this year the campus may seem more crowded than usual. UNM’s enrollment grew nearly 6 percent, from 26,187 students to 27,700 students, since last fall, said Carmen Alvarez Brown, vice president of Enrollment Management.
Editor, I am currently a graduate student, and my daughter is a freshman. She recently had a disheartening experience with the Spanish department when she went to talk to someone about whether she had enrolled in an appropriate class level.
Editor, It is high time to de-politicize our regents’ appointment. A statewide, nonpartisan election, with staggered terms, will bring out some of our best scientists, academicians and business and economics leaders.
Welcome to the new school year! I expect you have been busy settling into your dorm or new apartment, working out your schedule, finding all your classes and figuring out parking.
A record 3,831 fans jammed into Johnson Center to watch the UNM volleyball team take on Stanford on Sunday. But not even the loud cheers of the seventh largest crowd in program history could throw off the fourth-ranked Cardinal, who rolled over the Lobos in three sets 25-14, 25-18, 25-20. With the loss, UNM fell to 2-1 on the season and finished in second place at the MCM Elegante Lobo Classic.
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