UNM's creative writing program will be taking in two College of Santa Fe professors who lost their jobs when CSF closed in May. Professors Dana Levin and Mark Behr will begin teaching in the fall. CSF racked up nearly $40 million in debt between 2000 and 2008.
Demonstrators gathered in front of the UNM Bookstore Friday, June 19 to protest the results of the Iranian Presidential Election. After President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected over Mir-Hossein Mousavi on June 12, protests - incited primarily by university students - exploded throughout Iran.
The Obama Administration appears increasingly devoted to covering up the worst crimes of the Bush era. CIA chief Leon Panetta objected to Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who was considering releasing detailed information on 92 videotaped CIA torture sessions of detainees.
Two current UNM football players, Byron Bell, 20, and Quintell Solomon, 19, were arrested early Sunday morning in Downtown Albuquerque, according to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court Web site. The two were charged with disorderly conduct and participating in a public affray.
Megumi Yamamoto, a UNM graduate student, died in a helicopter crash June 9 after she was rescued from a hike on Mt. Baldy near Santa Fe. Sgt. Andy Tingwall, the helicopter pilot, was also killed. New Mexico State Police spokesman Peter Olson said the bodies of Yamamoto and Tingwall were recovered from the crash site June 11.
The Board of Regents gave President Schmidly a stamp of approval on May 29 for his second year at UNM. The regents formulated a progress report, which was then evaluated by vice presidents, provosts and directors. The goals provided by the regents included efforts towards accountability, academics and research.
Don't call it beginner's luck. UNM javelin thrower Anthony Fairbanks has been competing for years. But in his first NCAA appearance, Fairbanks did something that hasn't been accomplished by a men's javelin thrower in more than 30 years. Fairbanks became the first Lobo to earn All-American honors since Frank Burgasser accomplished the feat in 1967.
Former UNM student Richard Goyette was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison on June 4 after sending 64 threatening letters containing a white powdery substance to financial institutions. In October 2008 Goyette mailed the threatening letters to financial institutions using addresses he obtained while using a Zimmerman library computer.
He's listed as 5-feet-10-inches, but Mike Brownstein played with more stature than his frame suggests. And it's why the Milwaukee Brewers took the former Lobo in the 14th round of the 2009 MLB Draft. Brownstein was one of six UNM players taken in this year's amateur draft.
Lately, it takes me three hours to watch a 48-minute NBA game. In this year's postseason, we saw 10 overtime periods, with one game in the Bulls-Celtics series going to triple-OT. Compare that to the playoffs in baseball and football, and it appears that, in basketball, games are far more likely to end regulation in a tie than in other sports.
"Words are going to unfold tonight like a child opens his arms in the morning." Organizer Zach Kluckman opened the Slam Poet Laureate finals with this image, prefacing a beautiful, artistic and profound presentation of poetry. After two preliminary competitions, 12 finalists performed Saturday in a competition to become the world's first Slam Poet Laureate.
Folksy entertainment and cultural learning will abound in the 11th annual Albuquerque Folk Festival this Friday night and Saturday. Jimmy Abraham, head of the festival's board of directors, said this year's fair will be better than ever because of the new two-day format.
Danny Solis, Albuquerque Slam Poet Laureate Champion Daily Lobo: How did you become interested in poetry? Danny Solis: I always loved poetry since I was really small. I had two older sisters that would read poetry to me when I was a baby, before I could walk or talk or anything.
UNM cancer researchers have discovered a genetic mutation underlying one of the most common childhood cancers, acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Daily Lobo: Could you give me a brief overview of your findings? Richard Harvey: Sure. The paper was in PNAS, which is Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and it describes JAK mutations in leukemia.
Editor, Aimee Schafer, in common with most NRA supporters, is quick to cite part of the Second Amendment in her letter in the June 8 Daily Lobo. She says the amendment is clear, when in fact it is anything but. The full amendment reads: "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Flying through the air on a trapeze is no longer confined to an outdoor arena. In fact, you can see it at Popejoy Hall this weekend. Dennis Schussel, founder and producer of Cirque Le Masque, said his circus will present this and other exciting acts. Schussel said he and his brother Bernie started an entertainment company 30 years ago and they conceived the idea for Cirque Le Masque 14 years ago.
Albion W. Tourgee, a pioneer civil-rights activist in the late 1800s, once said, "Jesus Christ was a carpetbagger." If only he could have met Terrell Eldorado Owens. Owens is the ultimate carpetbagger. Much like the people of the Reconstruction Era that the term was used to describe, Owens invades teams as an outsider, infiltrates the organization and then tries to assume authority.
It has become the president's trademark, perhaps, to engage himself inside the comforting realm of The World That Should Be. In that world, the answers to America's conflicts with the Islamic world become easily resolvable, because we are one people with a shared destiny.
Megumi Yamamoto, a UNM graduate student, died in a helicopter crash Tuesday after she was rescued from a hike on Mt. Baldy near Santa Fe. The helicopter pilot was also killed in the crash. New Mexico State Police Spokesman Peter Olson said the bodies of Yamamoto and Sgt. Andy Tingwall were recovered from the crash site on Thursday.
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