Angela Bryan, director of the Health Psychology Department, was recently awarded $3.3 million to research ways to help troubled adolescents change their sexual risk-taking behavior by studying genetics. Daily Lobo: What is the purpose behind your research? Angela Bryan: I'm a health and social psychologist, and so that means that I have a number of different areas that I do research in.
Editor, As graduate students, we are in a precarious position. We have chosen to put faith in our own abilities as scholars and researchers to pursue careers that we genuinely believe will allow us to do what we love while benefiting the world in which we live.
Editor, President David Schmidly's "open letter to the UNM community" leaves me wondering if I am enrolled at an educational institution or a business franchise. In his entire address, education and research are mentioned only once, and they're seemingly obligatory asides.
When the story broke that Alex Rodriguez took steroids in 2003, there was a question that immediately came to my mind. Why did he juice up on stuff that wore off during the playoffs? All kidding aside, A-Rod's now-admitted use of banned substances from 2001-03 was more sad than shocking.
A weeklong celebration beginning today will highlight the work of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution. UNM research professors will kick off a symposium honoring Darwin's 200th birthday today in the SUB. Professors will discuss their work and how it is connected to Darwin's.
President David Schmidly's goal of cutting nonacademic administrative spending by 15 percent over the next three years could total $6 million, the Office of Planning, Budget and Analysis announced yesterday. University spokeswoman Susan McKinsey said the president will begin by reducing administrative spending by 5 percent when framing this year's budget, which will be finalized in April.
Call him Tom. After moving from Jordan to New York City in 1989 at the age of 19, Haytham Khalil applied for a parking attendant job at a fancy restaurant. The manager stared at his application, then looked at him and said his name was too hard to pronounce.
At its four-hour meeting Tuesday, the Board of Regents passed two resolutions supporting President David Schmidly, Regents President Jamie Koch and Executive Vice President David Harris. The resolutions come a week before the faculty will meet to discuss a lack of confidence in Schmidly, Koch and Harris.
There is a simple answer to why the UNM women's basketball team has dropped three straight games: The Lobos pulled a Phil Hellmuth. UNM went on tilt. In poker, someone is said to go on tilt when they get a bad beat and, in turn, adopt a less-optimal strategy, resulting in over-aggressive play.
Staff Report ASUNM will decide whether to issue a vote of confidence in President David Schmidly on Wednesday, one week before faculty members will voice their lack of confidence in the president. "What we are doing is proposing a resolution that is symbolic, in that it's saying we understand that times are difficult and you (Schmidly) have to make difficult decisions, and we believe in you to make good difficult decisions," said Ashley Fate, president of the undergraduate student government.
In 2004, a phenomenon came out of nowhere and swept the entire nation. Women everywhere dropped what they were doing for one sole purpose: to gather invaluable information about the opposite sex. For years, females have been getting together to discuss the strange mating habits of men, consoling each other with nonsensical explanations as to why he didn't call or why he cheated on you with your favorite cousin.
Students are getting involved in the controversy that has been raging for months between faculty, staff and administration. Graduate student Carl Grover started a petition to remove President David Schmidly and posted it on Facebook and PetitionOnline.com.
Daily Lobo: What does it mean to be a family studies major? Jessica Perry: Basically, that's what you go through to be a therapist, and I'm minoring in psychology. DL: Why do you want to be a therapist? JP: Because I really want to help people, and that's one way I can see actually making a difference in people's lives.
In the Senate Judiciary Committee, a domestic partnership bill was halted in a tied vote on Feb. 9. The bill would allow same-sex and opposite-sex unmarried partners to be eligible for many of the same rights as married couples. It needed a majority vote by committee members in order for it to move to the Senate floor but was split in a five-to-five deadlock.
Editor, A few weeks ago, Board of Regents President Jamie Koch said he does not have to respond to faculty concerns. I found this so strange because he is the president of the Board of Regents, the highest administrative body at UNM. Don't they have to look after the interest of the University and therefore everyone that is part of it? Doesn't the president of the Board of Regents have the greatest responsibility? I have been thinking about all these attacks on President David Schmidly, and as much as I agree with the lack of confidence in his administration, I also know that the key players in our beloved University are the regents.
Jeffrey Stanke Sophomore Psychology Hat: Fanz, $30 Headphones: Skullcandy, $30 Hoodie: The Hundreds, price unknown Shirt: Armor for Sleep, price unknown Shoes: Nike, $60 "I have too many pairs for my own good." "I just kind of pick out which shoes I want to wear, and I have a bunch of different hats, and I just kind of try to pull it all together somehow," Stanke said.
I am saddened by the current state of UNM for many reasons, not the least of which is that our upper administration and regents have provided clear evidence in the press that they have no idea what the faculty, staff and students have experienced over the past six years and what our issues are.
The Roundhouse was filled with shouts of "Governor! Governor!" as an exuberant crowd cheered Gov. Bill Richardson's support of their cause. About 150 people gathered on Monday to convince New Mexico legislators to repeal the death penalty in New Mexico. The New Mexico Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty hosted the rally in Santa Fe on Monday.
President David Schmidly said UNM employees who participate in the voluntary furlough program, which he announced this week, will help UNM avoid cutting jobs. "We have got to hold the line on spending. If we don't, we're going to get in a situation where we can't cope with our reduced appropriations without doing something major with our payroll, and I want to try to avoid that," he said.
Solutions by The State News
