It’s 100 degrees, possibly hotter, on the ground, but Daniel Richmond is on his knees pouring fine sand over searing hot metal stencils at the Downtown Civic Plaza.
The 48-Hour Film Project challenges average people to do in two days what professional film makers take months to do: complete a film from screenplay to editing.
by Andrew Beale Daily Lobo C, a member of band Cobra Moonshine, is into mashups. Popularized by the artist “Girltalk,” mashups sample different parts from different songs and mix them together to create an entirely new song.
Editor, I urge you and your parishioners to denounce violent resistance. As I’m sure you have heard, Israeli soldiers seized a flotilla carrying international activists and relief supplies from Turkey to Palestine.
Editor, Best Buddies wishes to thank the members of all the Greek organizations at the University of New Mexico for their commitment to the community.
There is a website, NewspaperDeathWatch.com, that is monitoring the decline of the printed newspaper.
New Mexico’s next governor will be a woman. Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez won 51 percent of the vote in a five-candidate primary.
UNM’s Student Family Housing facility is undergoing some major renovations and management restructuring.
Parking and Transportation Services is allowing students, faculty and staff to jump on a waiting list for permits to the new parking structure on Yale Boulevard and Lomas Boulevard. The Yale Parking Structure will add approximately 790 spaces for student use, said Bob Nelson, PATS associate director.
About 20 protesters braved the 100-degree heat June 5 to voice concerns about the government’s handling of the April 20 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Seize BP, a national organization that calls for the U.S.
Is it really worth it to pay a little more for fresh local food? Ann Simon thinks so. Simon is the economic development planner for the Agriculture Collaborative, a branch of the Mid-Region Council of Governments of New Mexico. She also helped coordinate the third annual Local Food Festival and Field Day, on Sunday. “We’re trying to raise the value of agriculture in peoples’ minds,” Simon said.
UNM senior Renée Hemsing, a violin-performance major, said violinists are more romantic than the general population because of their zest for lush, sad strings.
To ride the train and see the works of Shakespeare or to stay home alone — that’s a question that doesn’t even need asking. On Saturday, a local group of actors from UNM will perform scenes from the bard’s famous plays for the amusement of all those who happen to be riding the Railrunner.
On the continuum of sport and dramatized exhibition, there’s a difference between Deion “Primetime” Sanders and “Hollywood” Hogan. With all due respect to the entertainers, Ultimate Fighting Championship is boxing and World Wrestling Entertainment’s bastard offspring. After watching Rashad Evans tactically obliterate hulking brute Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, I was temporarily considering rescinding my stalwart belief that UFC is not a sport, but rather neatly crafted spectacle masquerading as legitimate sporting competition. In full disclosure, I must admit that Evans-Jackson and the preceding undercards were the first UFC bouts I’ve seen since the MMA has been popularized.
The Internet’s latest fit is focused on Facebook privacy concerns. Seems the company was a bit unscrupulous and didn’t completely bow down to the every whim of its users.
The Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center (HSLIC) is undergoing a technological makeover. Student fees for the library have been raised to $260 annually to finance new exam preparation materials, expand the number of e-books, provide access to more library resources and maintain quality computer equipment in heavily used, student-oriented areas.
After 38 years at UNM as a student and staff member, and 13 years in his current position, Randy Boeglin, dean of Student Affairs, has decided it is time for retirement. In the interim, Boeglin will be replaced by Kimmerly Kloeppel, who is currently acting as the Division of Student Affair’s Fiscal and Planning officer, while a search goes on for a new dean.
The people have voted, the printer is running and the new Lobo cards are ready for students to pick up. The University is printing new ID cards for students and staff in the spring semester, said Carolyn Hartley, manager of ID services. The Lobo card office is printing new cards for returning students.
Avoiding the freshman 15 or the extra pounds put on during mid-terms could soon be easier thanks to a group of students opening a student run co-op store on campus. Co-op organizer Jake Wellman said the store will be a place for students to get experience running a business while providing healthy food options for students. “We see this as the type of place you can go and get fresh cauliflower,” he said.
The Duck Pond became a grave site to 45 fish that dehydrated during a routine cleaning that went horribly wrong. On May 20 the UNM Physical Plant Department began its annual operation to clean the sludge from the pipe that maintains the Duck Pond water flow.
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