We are led to believe that the technologies of science fiction are impossible to achieve, and are merely outlets of creativity for writers and dreamers. Biochemistry undergraduate Ayse Muniz strives to challenge that assumption by integrating the fields of medicine and engineering, and in turn pushing the realm of possibility to the limit.
AnnaLisa Hightower, a senior nutrition and dietetics major, overcame a lot of personal and social hurdles to pursue her education. She dropped out of high school and then got addicted to drugs.
A little boy came into kindergarten without being able to read or write his name, hitting his classmates and refusing to talk to teachers. But by the end of the year, he had completely changed. The solution? Batman. Nikole Couleur has been a student teacher at Bandelier Elementary School for three semesters. During this time, the UNM senior has worked hard to engage kids and make learning fun for them. To do that, she worked to figure out what each child's individual passion is.
Francisco Cuellar will graduate this spring with a degree in psychology despite insurmountable odds. Born in Albuquerque, the father of three has been hit by a car, served a lengthy stay in prison and been shot in the head.
A UNM student set to graduate this semester is already living out his dream by creating and writing for his own website focused on NASCAR. The nationally accredited website, TheRacingExperts.com, is owned and operated by UNM’s own Dominic Aragon, graduating with a degree in mass communication.
As a first generation college student and the daughter of two factory workers, Taren Smith-Townsend initially struggled to balance the responsibilities of being a single mother and finishing her degree. Born and raised in Flint, Michigan, both of Smith-Townsend’s parents worked for General Motors. Her mother has been in and out of her life due to alcoholism, she said, leaving her father to raise her since the age of three.
The ongoing campaign to abolish the University of New Mexico's official seal accuses it of neglecting indigenous students of New Mexico in the display, but Native Americans students themselves feel neglected as a result of the campaign. Eric DeLorme, a senior majoring in Chicana/ Chicano Studies, said he does not believe every Native American student’s view is represented with the movement, and a majority of the students had no idea it even existed.
The Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) at UNM held an open house Wednesday morning, inviting the UNM community for coffee and breakfast while talking face-to-face with anyone in attendance. After receiving complaints about difficulties locating the office, OEO staff members said they recognized the event as a tremendous opportunity to spread awareness of the its whereabouts.
The ongoing battle between commuter students for parking at UNM has claimed a new victim; nearby businesses. Business owners that used to turn a blind eye to students using their parking lots are finding that policing their grounds may be the only way to keep unlawful motorists from taking parking spaces normally reserved for their customers.
With graduation quickly approaching, some seniors are realizing they have not only met their mark for credit hours, but vastly exceeded it as well. Many students transfer from CNM, a two-year community college located nearby, to UNM in hopes of finishing their degree program.
Editor's Note: This issue is a collection of photo essays that the Daily Lobo photo staff have been working on throughout the Spring 2016 semester.
Since 2009, the number of candidates running for Associated Students of UNM president has been low, with either two or three students competing for the seat in a given cycle. With the highest number of votes for a single election in that time being 2,303, in the same year with three presidential candidates, there could be a correlation when it comes to voter turnout and the options to support on the ballot.
As with previous years, UNM students consistently received LoboAlerts throughout the 2015-2016 academic year. Some of them have prompted discussion regarding safety on campus, and the topic has been a hot button issue, particularly this semester. Since January, there have been 100 crime reports filed by UNMPD, including 93 incidents of larceny and 40 of battery, according to the UNM Police and Security website. Some have questioned whether APD involvement would reduce campus crime.
Alma Rosa Silva-Bañuelos is the founding director of the LGBTQ Resource Center for UNM and the recipient of the Stonewall Achievement Award from the Albuquerque Pride Board for her work and devotion to the LGBTQ community. She said she was “honored and humbled” to be recognized while keeping her emphasis local.
Steve McKee started out just as another University of New Mexico college graduate would: looking for a job and trying to figure out his next move. His first job came when he began working for a Pizza Hut account in southern California at an ad agency. From then on he took on multiple jobs until he opened his own firm nineteen years ago.
University President Bob Frank took to Twitter Monday evening to address UNM's official seal and the campaign demanding it be changed. First, Frank provided some history behind the current depiction of the seal - which portrays a frontiersman and a conquistador - emphasizing that it was a Native American that designed it.
Last Friday, students and faculty associated with Red Nation, Kiva Club as well as other members of the UNM community congregated outside of Scholes Hall on Friday to protest UNM’s seal.
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The Associated Students of New Mexico unanimously passed a resolution on Wednesday encouraging the addition of universal restrooms and altering other plans for Johnson Gym’s soon-to-begin renovations. At its final senate meeting of the semester, Sen. Hallie Brown, who sponsored the legislation, said it was born out of a desire for safety and inclusion.
UNM has been honored the 2015 Defense Security Service Award for Excellence in Counterintelligence, which recognizes defense contractors that have the ability to prevent foreign theft of U.S. defense technology. UNM is only the third university ever to be awarded the honor, something Associate Vice President of Research and Compliance said is overwhelming.
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