New Mexico Youth Organized has come to UNM this semester in hopes of creating a statewide environmentally conscious workforce. Bruce Milne is the director of UNM's sustainability studies program and offered to be the faculty adviser for UNM's chapter of NMYO.
The UNM Howl Raisers plan to boost the popularity of under-attended athletic events by rewarding students for going to games. Students who sign up with the Howl Raisers get a T-shirt and earn points for going to any event the Howl Raisers are attending, volunteer Adrian Carver said.
It has all the common elements of a baseball game: pride, blood, sweat, tears, bats and balls. If only cricket had the same faithful followers as baseball. At the grassroots level, cricket is a less celebrated version of baseball, lacking in the pageantry and national attachment that has popularized America's pastime.
How do you think the stock market downturn will affect you? Tommy Poole-Frank Freshman Creative writing and theater "It won't. Not in a big way. I don't have any stock, and my parents don't have any stocks, so it's not going to affect me financially." Nikita Goyal Senior Biology "I am using the stock market to study abroad, and if it keeps going down, then I won't have any money to go and travel.
Editor, I just wanted to respond briefly to David Gonzalez's letter about creationism. I agree with him when he said science and religion exist on entirely different planes: Science is constrained to time; religion is constrained to the spiritual world where there is only a concept of eternity.
For a team that once boasted the likes of stand-up players like Reggie Miller, the Indiana Pacers' organization has spent the last few years searching for an identity. Too often the first and most popular image that comes to mind when somebody mentions the Pacers is the infamous "Malice at the Palace," where members of the Pacers, including Ron Artest and Jermaine O'Neal, leaped into the stands and pounded on Detroit Pistons fans.
Editor, I know I am not writing anything new, but neither was James Burkhard in Tuesday's letter "Evolution, creationism should be taught hand-in-hand." Burkhard makes the same mistake many people make when they try to explain why creationism is just as relevant as the theory of evolution.
UNM was given $2.5 million this semester to start one of the nation's first fetal alcohol research centers. The program is funded by a five-year grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The New Mexico Alcohol Research Center will look at the effects of alcohol on the brain.
Editor, Many have heard the story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood. Some may think it is a fairy tale, while others believe it is a true event. One thing we know for sure is the book of Genesis gives us the size, shape, characteristics and landing place of the ark.
Editor, In response to "Evolution, creationism should be taught hand-in-hand," I say, yes, evolution is a theory. It is a theory because it has withstood the principles of the scientific method since its inception by Charles Darwin and others in the mid-19th century.
UNM women's tennis head coach Kathy Kolankiewicz announced Wednesday that she plans to retire after the 2008-09 season. Roy Canada, assistant coach to Kolankiewicz for 12 seasons, will take over July 1. Kolankiewicz said she has mixed emotions about coaching her last season.
Editor, The theory of evolution should be subject to criticism and Socratic questioning like any other idea. Unfortunately, it often is not. Evolution holds an unprecedented status when it comes to being challenged. The answer is: You must be a great fool not to believe this.
President David Schmidly, who seems only to write for the Albuquerque Journal in response to something negative, claims the huge and expensive expansion of the administration has resulted in big gains, mentioning an increase in National Merit and National Hispanic scholars.
Danny Granger, arguably the most gifted UNM men's basketball player to ever come through Albuquerque, is making the largest financial gift in Lobo Athletics history. Granger, who played for UNM in the 2004 and 2005 seasons, will make a $500,000 donation to the athletics program, Athletics Director Paul Krebs announced Wednesday.
Students are now paying for education outside the classroom. Parking and Transportation Services is using funds from parking permit sales to teach students how to check their tire pressure. PATS has pitched a Tire Pressure Tent on parking lots near campus where students who commute can have their tires checked and filled to the appropriate pressure level.
In Tuesday's story "Engineering center a versatile addition," Tamara Williams should have been identified as the marketing director for the School of Engineering; New Mexico Rep. Larry Larranaga as a proponent of the building; and April Davidson as the administrator for the School of Engineering.
Albuquerque's no Vienna when it comes to busking, but local street musicians say it has its joys. "Vienna is a city that's set to a soundtrack," UNM student and musician Wesley Morton said. "You're never out of earshot of amazing buskers. I'm talking string quartets, cello soloists, violin soloists and less traditional combinations like guitar, accordion and cello.
Editor, If it's a pig with lipstick, it's still a pig. These are lessons I learned from my father, mother and grandparents. If your parents told you "Don't buck the system," whom where they fooling? The problem that existed for their generation isn't the same problem we currently have.
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