In the special interest war over health care, the White House and congressional Democrats have the nation’s drug makers and hospitals generally on their side; the insurance industry, not so much. Now the bill’s supporters are making a play to lock in the American Medical Association, the organization that says it represents 250,000 doctors and medical students in every state and congressional district.
The UNM class ring is available after five years of careful design. The ring is available from Jostens, a nationwide college ring manufacturer, for $511 to $630, depending on the type of metal used and ring size. The same company makes Eastern New Mexico University’s ring for $408 and New Mexico Tech’s ring for $388 to $494.
The worldwide non-profit organization Invisible Children has reached the UNM campus. In early 2003, three young filmmakers from southern California embarked on a journey to Africa in search of a story they could share with the world. When Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey and Laren Poole reached Uganda, they learned of an epic tragedy that shocked them and motivated them to make several documentaries displaying the hardships faced by Ugandans. The documentaries expose the plight of northern Ugandan child soldiers in the hands of Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army since 1989. The documentaries had a powerful and inspiring impact on two UNM students, Carol Payne and Kristin Sandine, who created Invisible Children UNM this semester. The Invisible Children UNM group had a free viewing of two of the documentary films, “The Rescue of Joseph Kony’s Child Soldiers” and “Together We Are,” on Monday in the SUB Movie Theater. Payne, vice president of Invisible Children UNM, said the organization aims at grassroots activism to fix a problem thousands of miles away.
The empty space at Lomas and Yale boulevards is going from a lot of dirt to a lot of concrete. UNM began construction Monday to convert the Bureau of Business and Economic Research parking lot, or J lot, to a parking structure for 800 vehicles.
Daily Lobo: How long have you been doing flips? Zackery Wright: I have been doing it for three years. DL: How did you learn? ZW: I taught myself very carefully.
While the 2009 New Mexico Legislature special session has yet to bear budgetary fruit, one thing is pretty much guaranteed: University presidents will have discretion in making the cuts handed down to them from the state. For UNM, this means that the University’s ethnic centers — including El Centro de la Raza, African American Student Services and American Indian Student Services — are going to be protected from any budget cuts, according to a statement from President David Schmidly. “We’ve asked for flexibility in dealing with the proposed budget cuts so that we can do what’s best for the institution as a whole,” Schmidly said. “UNM’s ethnic centers are vital to the success of our students and it is always our priority to preserve the programs that deal directly with student success.” Before the special session, the Council of University Presidents wrote a letter to legislators requesting flexibility in implementing the cuts the Legislature recommended. “Institutions want to control their own budget decisions,” the letter stated.
Congressman Martin Heinrich was on campus Monday to meet with UNM health officials, visit the flu vaccination clinic in the SUB and discuss UNM’s preparation for the H1N1 virus. “I wanted to see the clinic here and see how they are handling the coordination between UNM-H, UNM and the entire campus community,” Heinrich said.
Classical-music lovers may not see much of Popejoy Hall auditorium in the weekends ahead. The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra often performs at Popejoy, but since Aug.
Combine one part slasher-flick-style plot and suspense, another part probing meta commentary on violence in modern society, add some nonsensical humor and a dash of nudity, and voilà, “The Scare Game” is served. “The Scare Game,” written and directed by Phillip Hughes, is a new Web series in the same vein as popular series like “The Guild” and “The Legend of Neil.” Each episode of “The Scare Game” runs about eight minutes.
Brother Ali wants to hear what’s on your mind. His new album, Us, looks into social themes, such as racism, homophobia and immigration.
Swine flu is here. It is all over New Mexico, including here at UNM. Have you had it yet? How about your friends and classmates?
Editor, I’m constantly amazed at how the Albuquerque Journal consistently misses the boat on great news stories.
Editor, Coach Locksley is being locked out of work for 10 days for his attack on a fellow coach, and his paycheck will be docked about $29,000.
Homecoming week has arrived, filled with festivities for the UNM community. The celebration will kick off Tuesday with a department-decorating contest.
UNM alumni have donated their time, money and cooking skills to kick off community service projects for Homecoming week.
UNM professor Shaung Luan has received the first-ever Qforma Lectureship award for making technological advances in radiology treatment that reduce the amount of time cancer patients spend in the hospital. Luan, an assistant professor of radiology and computer science, assisted in the development of two software programs to improve linear-accelerator-based cancer treatment, minimizing patient time in radiology machines.
It took 89 minutes to tie the game — and nine more to win it. But the UNM men’s soccer team remains undefeated in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play, moving to 2-0 after a thrilling 2-1 overtime win Sunday over conference foe Cal State Bakersfield.
Not surprisingly, Steve Alford didn’t have any preseason premonitions when he was asked to estimate how many wins the UNM men’s basketball team needs to get into the NCAA Tournament this year.
Ten of the 12 UNM men’s basketball players have one year or less of experience in Division I college basketball.
RIO RANCHO — Jamal Fenton isn’t Joe Namath — he came about two inches short of delivering on a promise. At Media Day for UNM men’s basketball on Thursday at the Davalos Center, the 5-foot-8-inch point guard had fighting words for his teammates.
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