The UNM Theatre Department will be presenting “The Seagull” from Friday to Sunday Nov. 15 in the Rodney Theatre at UNM’s Center for the Arts at 203 Cornell Ave. NE, according to a UNM press release.
Katarina Pacheco, a UNM biochemistry student, will be traveling to the University of Utah to participate in the finalist interview for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, according to a University press release. The scholarship was created by the will of Cecil John Rhodes for the purpose of educating future leaders of the world who will be committed to serving the public good, according to the Rhodes Trust website.
The Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention at UNM has a new program geared toward supporting students who are in recovery. Tiffany Martinez, COSAP health educator, said the Students in Recovery program is focused on “trying to get students who are in recovery, specifically at UNM, to kind of bond together and start a collegiate recovery group.” Michele Cruz, a marketing assistant for COSAP and project coordinator for Students in Recovery said the program really encourages students in recovery to get involved, as the whole program is formed around what they want.
Nonprofit businesses are a major economic force in New Mexico, employing one in 20 paid workers and generating an estimated $1.2 billion in wages in 2003, according to the UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research. But Leslie Oakes, chair of the accounting department at the Anderson School of Business, says that many nonprofits fail due to poor bookkeeping. To help prevent these issues, Anderson faculty members Oakes, Craig White and Janice Moen have founded NonProfit Back Office Resources, a nonprofit accounting agency that aims to assist New Mexico nonprofits with proper bookkeeping. “One of the things when you start looking at nonprofits is you recognize how many problems they have,” Oakes said.
Undergraduate marketing students recently launched a global education and advocacy campaign to mobilize and encourage networks of youth to counter the social media presence and effectiveness of violent extremists' online messaging. The campaign is a part of the Peer to Peer: Challenging Extremism initiative. UNM is one of 45 schools worldwide participating in the program. Sponsored by the U.S. State Department and facilitated by EdVenture Partners with other interagency governmental support, the program tasks student teams to create digital media content through tools that empower youth networks to counter the social media presence and effectiveness of violent extremists’ online messaging, the campaign organizers said.
Not speaking up after a hard hit, often times leaving an individual dazed and weary, used to mark strength and durability in football culture. Yet what was once taken as a sign of toughness is now taken as a sign of danger. Although far from being a new concept, the effects of multiple concussions can no longer be ignored. The situation has convinced the NFL to change football culture with respect to concussions, in order to take the issue more seriously.
Green Jeans Farmery, Albuquerque’s new uniquely-styled shipping container development, was supposed to celebrate its grand opening last Tuesday, but permit complications have caused a delay. Located off of Carlisle Boulevard and I-40, the establishment will be home to 12 tenants, all of which are locally owned businesses. However, only Santa Fe Brewing, which opened in September, has an occupancy permit from the city. City Planning Director Suzanne Lubar said the delay has been caused by unapproved, unrevised changes to the development’s original design, called a “shell drawing”.
On Wednesday, the Israel Public Diplomacy Forum stopped at UNM to give a talk on the problems with western media coverage of conflicts and issues in the Middle East. Dr. Eytan Gilboa, chair and academic director of the organization that seeks to educate and advance understanding of Middle Eastern and Israeli issues, presented on the subject during the group’s New Mexico leg of its three-state trip. His presentation focused on ways that coverage of Middle Eastern affairs is being blurred through specific techniques that western media utilize.
Officials of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees have accused UNMH management of disrespecting nurses working in the hospital and devising policies that are leading to a large turnover of senior nurses to other areas of healthcare work. The officials said that they believed the turnover of senior nurses to be on track for 17 percent in 2015, far “above the national average of about 12 percent.”
UNM fraternity Pi Kappa Phi will host a haunted house benefit raising money for their philanthropy foundation, The Ability Experience, at the Cottages of New Mexico’s clubhouse on Friday. All of the profit made from the event will be donated to The Ability Experience, a foundation that provides “support and advocacy for those affected by mental and/or physical disabilities,” as stated by Pi Kappa Phi’s Lawrence Rael on their Facebook page.
The UNM Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, in collaboration with Kappa Kappa Gamma, arranged a fundraiser in Zimmerman Plaza on Wednesday to create awareness about breast cancer and to raise money for breast cancer research. The event consisted of a Bra Pong competition and Hershey’s Kisses sale.
On Wednesday, visiting economics lecturer Dr. David Dixon spoke in Parish Library on "Game Theory", a concept that addresses decision-making patterns on individuals, and how it can be applied in the real world. Game theory is defined by the Library of Economics and Liberty as "the science of strategy" which "attempts to determine mathematically and logically the actions that 'players' should take to secure the best outcomes for themselves" in situations called "games".
In a decade full of remakes, moviegoers have seen many classic supernatural creatures evolve. Vampires now sparkle. Werewolves suddenly control their transformations. Perhaps the latest popular evolution, however, is that of the zombie. Zombies are a lot older than some might think, first appearing in film about 80 years ago, and maintaining a screen presence ever since.
While trick-or-treaters may be dressing up as ghosts this Halloween, the Duke City Paranormal Research Society will be hunting for actual ghosts. The trio has investigated local businesses and homes believed to be haunted since February 2014. This is the time of year the team reflects on past experiences and plans for future trips in and out of New Mexico. Team cameraman Ed Sather and his wife, Sara, moved to Albuquerque from Seabrook, Texas in 2009. With a shared interest in the paranormal, they met lead investigator Phillip Ray, who has conducted investigations for 14 years. Together they formed The Duke City Paranormal Research Society.
Violins repeat the same sequence of notes while basses create dark undertones and the chorus chants eerily as the collective ensemble grows faster and louder until exploding in a clangorous climax of the percussion section. A suspenseful soundtrack typifies any great thriller, horror or Halloween film, and it is to be expected of the New Mexico Philharmonic this Halloween at their annual “Halloween Spooktacular.” The New Mexico Philharmonic will perform at Popejoy Hall on Saturday at 6 p.m. in partnership with the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus and the New Mexico Women’s Chorus.
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There are many people who hold Halloween recollections and traditions close to their hearts. From wearing costumes and watching Halloween classics with family, to making festive foods and decorating for parties, there is something for everyone. Perhaps one of the biggest highlights of Halloween, however, is pumpkin picking. Ezrah Jaramillo, a freshman nursing major, said when she goes pumpkin picking, she tends to choose large pumpkins with a curved stem. Afterward, she usually carves funny faces into the pumpkin, uses it as a decorative Jack o’ lantern and bakes the pumpkin seeds with oil for snacks, she said. “Picking pumpkins is fun for me, because it’s something I’ve done with my mom since I was a child. It’s a great memory to relive each year,” Jaramillo said.
Studies have shown that Halloween celebrations in major cities can lead to spikes in crimes such as vandalism, homicide and robbery. However, in Albuquerque, keeping an eye open might be all it takes in a city where the only real terror lies in houses and businesses being draped in toilet paper. “There’s sometimes kids playing pranks, and I shouldn’t say kids, but maybe teenagers playing pranks, and they’re toilet-papering houses, doing different things like that. Other than that, we haven’t seen a real big increase in crime (on Halloween),” said Capt. Ray Chavez of the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department.
Every year, the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity presents an award to a student that writes on a topic he or she feels strongly about. The winner this year was Alexandra Stewart, a 2015 UNM graduate, according to wdrb.com. Stewart’s essay was titled “The Ethics of Transcendence,” and it focused on personal encounters she faced dealing with sexual violence. “This experience changed her perceptions of cross-cultural interactions, leading her to believe that ethics must transcend cultural traditions,” KSLA news stated in a release.
A UNM professor is developing a hybrid engine, combining the advantages of chemical rocket and electric propulsion to make travel in space less time consuming and more energy efficient. Peter Vorobieff, a professor of mechanical engineering, is working on this project in collaboration with Dark Sea Industries, a local aerospace company targeted at introducing new propulsion technologies to access space. “This is a prototype of a hybrid propulsion system. Right now, there are two ways to go to space: one of them is through chemical rocket that for example is how cruise gets to the international space station; the other way is mostly deep space travel through Ion propulsion,” Vorobieff said.
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