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GPSA seeks child care subsidies for graduate students

Graduate and professional students are working to persuade legislators to change a state code that prevents them from getting subsidies for child care. Lissa Knudsen, GPSA council chairwoman, said the Children, Youth and Families Department code offers subsidies only to undergraduate student parents.

Honesty in Obama's speech a political breath of fresh air

Editor, I congratulate President Barack Obama on the content and tone of the speech he gave last week. He told U.S. citizens and the rest of the world exactly where we are financially. He also assured us that we will recover from this, as we have always recovered in the past.

2nd-place finish best in history of UNM

Staff Report The UNM men's track and field team finished second at the Mountain West Conference meet, easily eclipsing its highest finish in school history. Before that, the Lobos had finished no higher than fifth place. The women finished in fifth place. Jarrin Solomon garnered the gold medal in the men's 400-meter run, finishing with a time of 47.

Faculty: No confidence in Schmidly, Koch, Harris

UNM's voting faculty have resolved that they have no confidence in President David Schmidly, Executive Vice President David Harris and Regents President Jamie Koch. According to a document provided by Faculty Governance Committee chairman Richard Wood, about 500 voting faculty members - some 28 percent of UNM's faculty - voted in favor of all five motions presented during the meeting Wednesday.

Obama has already brought change beyond expectations

Editor, This is in response to the letter written on Feb. 4 by Andres Saenz concerning President Obama's "failure to keep promises." First of all, Obama has been in office for about two months. Give him a break. He is only human. As far as the inauguration, I have heard different accounts of how much it cost.

Students may have to pull their own weight, buy bus passes

Editor, Given the dismal state of the economy, it seems unlikely that the University and the State will continue subsidizing free bus rides for staff and students. It was fun while it lasted, but the time may have come for us to once again pull our own weight.

Column: US public service needs support

The chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina illustrated the importance of public service and volunteerism as well as the devastating effects of a poorly prepared and understaffed domestic response team. Yet we still face significant obstacles in the way of building a larger, better qualified and more committed pool of public servants.

Question of the Week

What are you doing to save money during the economic crisis? Tirzah Alva Graduate Student Counseling "Making lists before I go shopping, and I'm not taking as many trips." Katie Odegard Freshman Psychology "I ride a scooter, and I live with my parents, and I'm working - and it's working out.

Corrections

Contrary to what was printed Thursday, Phil May, not John Taylor, was pictured addressing faculty members about one of the ballot items presented at Wednesday's meeting at Popejoy Hall. ---- The quote on page one of Thursday's issue, "If there is disrespect toward faculty, they're not going to respect you," should have been attributed to student Alison Carrillo and not Magdalena Avila.

Lobos hope to keep their focus at CSU

Getting off track happens to every team, especially young ones. Head coach Steve Alford said he is hoping the UNM men's basketball team will stay focused in its trip to Fort Collins, Colo., on Saturday, where the Lobos will take on Colorado State. But UNM won't face the same Rams who suffered a 68-50 thrashing in The Pit on Jan.

Column: Bud Selig needs to learn from his mistakes

Bud Selig claims he had no knowledge about how prevalent steroids were/are in baseball. "I don't want to hear, 'The commissioner turned a blind eye to this,' or 'He didn't care about it,'" Selig told Newsday's Wallace Matthews in a telephone interview. "That annoys the you-know-what out of me.

Search continues for remains (Video)

Every day, the sun's rays beat down on the West Mesa, bleaching every bone they touch. It's not uncommon to find skeletons of cows, dogs and the occasional antelope among patches of dead grass and tumbleweeds on the mesa, just a 30-minute drive from campus.

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Afroflow raises cancer awareness at UNM (Video)

Stimulus package won't help U.S. economy in long run

Editor, God willing, I'll graduate in May with my MBA from the Anderson School of Management. But it doesn't really matter what degree I'll have, because it'll still be hard to find a job given the current economic conditions. Unbelievably, I still retain a decent measure of hope for my future prospects, though it's not coming from where you might expect.

Bill threatens to undermine Electoral College, democracy

Editor, House Bill 383 passed the New Mexico House of Representatives on Friday. As a New Mexico resident and voter, I am disturbed by the blatant attempt to rob New Mexicans of their votes when it comes to choosing our president. This bill would take New Mexico's five Electoral College votes and give them to whomever won the national popular vote.

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Call for accountability (Slideshow)

The faculty appeared split on whether to vote no confidence in President David Schmidly and Executive Vice President David Harris at its meeting in Popejoy Hall on Wednesday. The Faculty Governance Committee said it will announce the results of the vote by noon today.

Run for president if you want to change how Obama lives

Editor, I would like to respond to a letter that was published on Feb. 12 by Daniel Martinez titled "Obama a hypocrite for asking CEOs to reduce their salaries." His complaint is of President Barack Obama asking major corporate CEOs to put limits or caps on their salaries and comparing the position of the presidency to that of a corporate CEO.