The Free Stuff Guys, who have been out on Smith Plaza every Thursday for 2 1/2 years, might stop serving students. On April 2, about 40 students showed up to an event called Save the Free Stuff Guys at First Baptist Church on Broadway and Central avenues.
Editor, I am writing in response to Joseph Garcia's column in Tuesday's Daily Lobo. Garcia closed his remarks with the proposal that GPSA as a group and GPSA as a movement are two different things. This horribly flawed logic has persisted in GPSA for far too long and is perhaps the most prominent legacy of both Garcia's administration and his successor's.
When the UNM football team's defense is pitted against the Lobo offense, it is tough for there to be two winners. But that was head coach Mike Locksley's goal in Saturday's scrimmage at the UNM Indoor Practice Facility. "I want them to create turnovers on defense," Locksley said.
Digital media artist Andrea Polli focuses her attention on the climate changes occurring around the world. Polli recently spent two months in Antarctica learning more about the situation. She began this semester as the director of the Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media Program.
A conference win over Utah on Thursday was what the UNM softball team needed to get the rudders going, right? Nope. Thursday's win did little for UNM as far as building momentum, and the Lobos were swept in a two-game series against BYU. UNM lost 13-4 on Friday and 10-3 on Saturday.
Editor, Why does the administration find it so easy to criticize UNM Press for its deficit, resort to firing dedicated staff and threaten to outsource the whole operation? Let's keep in mind that the press is completely self-supported, has to pay rent for its offices and warehouse, and has had to endure two moves of its offices that were dictated by the University and had a negative effect on its operations and sales.
Staff Report The Higher Learning Commission has arrived at UNM to begin evaluating the University for re-accreditation. Students, faculty, staff and community members can meet with the HLC team for discussion in open forums today. The HLC is hosting the forums to hear from the UNM community, which should help it in its assessment of how UNM is meeting the five criteria for re-accreditation.
Wednesday's GPSA presidential debate between Lissa Knudsen and B. Lee Drake centered on issues from undergraduate relations to community outreach. About a dozen people crowded into the lounge at El Centro de la Raza in Mesa Vista Hall for the NMPIRG-sponsored debate, but only one voting member of the graduate student population stayed for the entire dialogue.
Willy Kesler doesn't have a shaman or a hyperbaric chamber. But he has modern medicine. And modern medicine has given the resilient right-hander an 0-2 count. Kesler, who made his first start in a 15-7 win over Texas Tech on Wednesday, has quickly healed from what doctors call ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction.
Editor, The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution endows the power of eminent domain - the use of power by a government or an institution authorized by that government to acquire private property from citizens without their consent. Whoever is taking this property is required by this amendment to provide "just compensation.
Editor, In my letter published in Tuesday's Daily Lobo, I stated "I am especially interested in finding ways to reduce the cost of secondary education, encouraging student lobbying in Santa Fe and strengthening the ties between ASUNM, GPSA, Staff Council and Faculty Senate.
Should there be more collaboration between ASUNM and GPSA? How would this benefit you? Colleen Massari Sophomore Art studio "I think the graduates are free to do their own thing even if it is a student body. I think they're a completely different level. I don't think they need to be involved with the underclassmen.
Anne-Elisabeth Rae said it felt like any other day when she and her service dog Scooter went to class in Dane Smith Hall on Tuesday. Rae, who has permanent neurological damage, said she arrived to class early, sat down and poured water for Scooter to drink.
World, meet Tony Danridge. Danridge was on top of college basketball - even if it was just for one night. On Thursday at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, Danridge claimed the College Slam Dunk Championship belt with a double-windmill on ESPN, giving him a one-point victory over Charlotte's Charlie Coley III.
Editor, In March, we were again graced with the presence of another right-wing columnist. Dixon Duval was angry (even by right-wing standards), and can one blame him? With the conservatives' last president an embarrassment, Barack Obama's victory definitive, if not overwhelming, and Republicans' stances in the polls at an all-time low, it's clearly not a fun time to be a conservative.
Editor, B. Lee Drake should take some classes in the Social Sciences building. He said, "GPSA is like the House." Should we call him Mr. Speaker if he is elected president? What would the speaker do to address the issue below? There is a proposed plan to build a weight room for students at a total cost of $120 million, and the administration wants to tack an additional $200 in fees (taxes) to our tuition bill every year for 30 years.
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