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The Howl: Sept. 27, 2014 episode
September 28Check out this week's episode of The Howl, the Daily Lobo's online newscast.
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Albuquerque to host socialism event
Matthew Reisen | September 26Albuquerque will host the inaugural Southwest Regional Socialism Conference this weekend, presented by The Party for Socialism and Liberation.
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App aims to protect drone flyers
Liam Cary-Eaves | September 26Talk of drones can conjure concerns about privacy, safety and ethics for many, but one man has a different worry.
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Davie, Lobos prep for fast-paced offense
Thomas Romero-Salas | September 26No, Bob Davie hasn’t forgotten about last year’s 69-28 beatdown at Fresno State.
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Homecoming incoming
Staff Report | September 25Due to the ongoing construction on Avenida Cesar Chavez Avenue, UNM fans attending Friday night’s football game against Fresno State are advised to take different routes to University Stadium.UNM’s T Lot, located on University and Lomas Boulevards, will be used for shuttle transportation, according to a release from the Athletics Department.
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Cancer treatment may make use of magnets
Lauren Topper | September 25The magnet is perhaps best known for its role in sticking things to the fridge, but scientists at UNM believe they may have a better use: treating cancer. At the Health Sciences Center, the laboratory of Dr. Pavan Muttil is making strides in developing a new method to target tumor growth within the lungs by using the simple power of magnets.Muttil and his students have developed a magnetic vest that, when worn by a cancer patient, may help direct cancer drugs to their intended target without damaging the rest of the body, he said.
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Martinez enjoys greater resources as incumbant
J.R. Oppenheim , Priscilla Banuelos and Marcus Jaramillo | September 25With strong poll ratings and loads of money, first-term Gov. Susana Martinez seems poised to withstand a challenge from the well-known but not-as-well-funded politician hoping to unseat her. The Republican governor holds a 54 to 36 percent advantage over Democrat Gary King in the latest Research and Polling, Inc., poll published in a copyrighted Albuquerque Journal article on Sept. 14.
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Disease database to be funded by NIH
Sayyed Shah | September 25A UNM professor of medicine has received a $4.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop tools to link information about drugs, diseases and genes. Dr. Tudor Oprea, chief of the Division of Translational Informatics in the Department of Internal Medicine at UNM’s School of Medicine, said the award is a part of the NIH Common Fund initiative called Illuminating the Druggable Genome.“Our aim is to try and make sense of all this information and put it together in an organized fashion in order to establish new relationships between medicines, drugs and drug targets,” he said.
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King's campaign afloat approaching election day
J.R. Oppenheim , Priscilla Banuelos and Marcus Jaramillo | September 24New Mexico political figure Gary King could be facing the toughest task of his 24-year career as he lags in the polls and trails in fundraising for the gubernatorial race. King, the state’s attorney general since 2006, is running as the Democratic challenger to Republican incumbent Martinez.Though King’s campaign is struggling, a UNM political science professor said it is too soon to make a prediction for the Nov. 4 election.
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Fine Arts proposing tuition increase
Matthew Reisen | September 24The College of Fine Arts is struggling to fund its programs and may be looking to students for help. Kymberly Pinder, dean at the College of Fine Arts, is promoting a universal fee for the arts to help foster growth within the program and University as a whole.
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Campaign for decriminalizing pot registers new voters
Jonathan Baca | September 24Tuesday was National Voter Registration Day, and volunteers were on campus, registering new voters and campaigning for the decriminalization of marijuana.
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New Mexico newspapers going digital
Marielle Dent | September 24The College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences, and the Center for Southwest Research have received a $220,000 grant to digitize 100,000 New Mexico newspaper pages.
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Crime briefs
September 23UNMPD has recorded quite a few instances of graffiti around campus. According to the reports, the graffiti included at least 16 depictions of a square and rectangular face drawn with black marker. The phrases “Don’t investigate your surroundings,” “Capitalism, your fucking life” and “SCAR” with a swastika symbol underneath it, were also found around campus. UNMPD believe different people were involved in the vandalism.
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2014 Homecoming court to be chosen
September 23Homecoming has descended upon UNM once again, and this week a new homecoming king and queen will be crowned.
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Project ECHO resounds across ocean
Sayyed Shah | September 23By Sayyed ShahUNM’s Project ECHO has expanded its global reach by inaugurating its first clinic in Asia for HIV and AIDs treatment.
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High times in Bernalillo, Sandoval counties
Jonathan Baca | September 22The battle of the ballots has been settled by the New Mexico Supreme Court, and voter’s voices will be heard.Citizens of Bernalillo and Sandoval counties will get the chance to have their opinions heard on whether marijuana should be decriminalized, and Bernalillo County voters will also weigh in on a proposed tax to fund mental health services.The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled after only a 30 minute deliberation on Friday that nonbinding advisory questions can be placed on statewide ballots, and ordered Secretary of State Dianna Duran to place the poll questions on the November election ballot.
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Professor: Killer brains wired differently
Lauren Topper | September 22For most, the thought of committing murder is repulsive; yet some people might be hard-wired for it. A professor at UNM’s Mind Research Network is using MRI to view the brains of violent criminals, particularly subjects devoid of empathy or remorse, more commonly known as psychopaths.“(Psychopathy is) clinically one of the most interesting disorders that one could study,” Dr. Kent Kiehl said. “They’re just so completely and utterly different, and they have this complete inability to understand things that we do, like feelings toward your kids or family.”
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Daily Lobo to hold general election debates
Priscilla Bañuelos/NM News Port | September 21Members of the UNM community will hear from candidates running for statewide offices Oct. 13-17 at the New Mexico Daily Lobo’s inaugural General Election Debates series.Confirmed candidates include Democratic Land Commissioner Ray Powell; Democratic State Sen. Tim Keller, who is running for state auditor; and Bernalillo County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver, who is running for Secretary of State. Democratic candidate for state treasurer Tim Eichenberg and Republican candidate for state auditor Robert Aragon have tentatively agreed.
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The Howl: Sept. 20, 2014, episode
September 20Check out this week's episode of The Howl, the Daily Lobo's weekly news webcast.
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'Burque ranks in top fifty
Jonathan Baca | September 19A website ranked Albuquerque number 32 out of the country’s 100 largest cities for highest quality of life, beating out Denver, Phoenix, and Austin, Texas.The list was compiled by NerdWallet.com, and considered things like work-life balance, affordability, unemployment and poverty, and health benefits.Lifestyle was the main consideration for the study, based on research from Cornell University that found that stress stemming from income instability affected one’s overall wellbeing.
