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Use of Second Life reaching fever pitch

UNM is the first university to create an online, 3-D virtual training program for the H1N1 influenza virus. Adel Saad, who created the program on Second Life, an online, 3-D virtual-world Web site, said it teaches users how to organize a mass preventative clinic.



	A view of UNM’s first-ever waste vegetable oil-powered shuttle, the Veggie Bus. The oil is collected from the SUB, La Posada and the UNM Hospital cafeteria.
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UNM greases the wheels with biofuel

UNM took a step toward reducing its carbon emissions this week by introducing the Veggie Bus, a shuttle powered entirely by waste vegetable oil. The oil comes from the kitchens of La Posada, the SUB and the cafeteria of UNMH.




The Setonian
Opinion

KUNM Radio Board seeks undergraduate students

Editor, I would like to invite our undergraduate student body to explore a unique opportunity for student leadership on campus and within the University community in general. KUNM (89.9 FM and kunm.org) is our community’s local public radio station and one of our community’s most valuable assets.







The Setonian
Opinion

Stay healthy with SHAC's help

Welcome back to school! New students, welcome to UNM! How are you feeling? I hope you stay well and healthy all year, but just in case, I want you to know you can get health care right here on campus.



	Private Investigator Richard Skinner looks over the property at the Castle Apartments on Thursday. A UNM professor and student are seeking University assistance after losing their belongings in the fire.
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Professor and student ask for help after blaze

A UNM student and professor are requesting assistance from the administration and the community at large after their apartments burned down earlier this month. Charles Truxillo, who teaches religious studies, and Robert A. Gutierrez, a pre-med student, lost all of their possessions, including clothes, textbooks and computers, when the Castle Apartments on Central Avenue burned Aug. 4. It appears to have been an electric fire, but the cause of the blaze is still under investigation, Truxillo said.


	David Pritt, an armed services member at Kirtland Air Force Base, asks the last question at the forum Saturday.
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The Heinrich Maneuver

Sign language interpreters had a hard time translating simultaneous applause and jeers at Saturday’s Health Care Town Hall meeting. Congressman Martin Heinrich hosted 600 passionate Albuquerque citizens, many of whom had waited in line for more than five hours, during the forum at UNM’s Continuing Education building.






	Zac Wickstrom tries out for UNM’s marching band in Popejoy Hall on Aug. 16. Popejoy offers students a variety of shows each semester.
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