The Albuquerque Police Department is still unable to produce video of the Mary Hawkes’ officer-involved fatal shooting of Mary Hawkes earlier this week. At a press conference Wednesday morning, APD Chief Gorden Eden said the city and state police, the District Attorney’s Office and an independent review officer are conducting an active investigation on Hawkes’ shooting.
UNM running back Crusoe Gongbay posted bail and was released from jail early Tuesday morning. On Monday, Gongbay, a 20-year-old UNM student, turned himself in to police shortly before 5 p.m. He faces two counts of sexual penetration, one count of kidnapping and one count of conspiracy. Gongbay’s bail was set at $50,000.
UNM President Robert Frank has taken away the Student Fee Review Board’s ability to make student fee recommendations for the Athletics Department and University Libraries. Frank made the decision to rewrite the SFRB policy in late March to take Athletics and Libraries outside of the jurisdiction of the SFRB.
There were plenty of emotions at the New Mexico football team’s meeting on Tuesday. Head coach Bob Davie called a meeting with his team to talk about the situation of running back Crusoe Gongbay, who turned himself in to UNMPD on Monday and faces two charges of sexual penetration and one count of kidnapping.
Jyllian Roach has been working on the same investigative piece for about eight months. Once she starts a story, Roach said it is unlikely she will let it go. “When I’m working on a story, it’s not going to fall off the priority list,”
Students from UNM and other members of the Albuquerque community gathered Tuesday in the Student Union Building to target problems regarding police, mental illness and homelessness. Six panelists answered questions and presented their opinions on the various topics.
After the third fatal shooting in five weeks committed by the Albuquerque Police Department, speakers packed Albuquerque’s City Council chambers yesterday evening to express their disapproval of the department and the Police Oversight Commission.
by J.R. Oppenheim and Thomas Romero-Salas sports@dailylobo.com The UNM Police Department arrested a Lobo football player yesterday on charges of kidnapping and rape. Crusoe Gongbay, a 20-year-old junior running back, turned himself over to the police shortly after 5 p.m. and faces two counts of criminal ...
The UNM Police Department arrested a football player Monday on rape and kidnapping charges. Crusoe Gongbay, a 20-year-old junior who plays running back for the Lobos, turned himself over to the police at 5 p.m. Monday and faces two counts of criminal sexual penetration and one count of kidnapping. His bond is set at $50,000.
During her campaign for president of the Graduate and Professional Student Association, Texanna Martin said she would focus on funding, transparency, equity and inclusion if she were to be elected.
For many UNM students, last week’s leaked recordings of Gov. Susana Martinez were considered shocking. Oscar Gamboa, a sophomore studying music, said he was amazed when he first heard the comments by Martinez, which were recently leaked by Mother Jones.
Australia will have to decide whether to “regroup and reconsider” its continuing search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australian ambassador Kim Beazley announced Sunday. Beazley said that if search teams fail to find a trace of the plane in a portion of the Indian Ocean
As they prepare to pack Monday’s City Council meeting for the second time, protesters on Thursday organized their thoughts for further action against the Albuquerque Police Department’s excessive use of force in a community forum.
The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico will get about $750,000 for its budget for next school year. ASUNM’s budget bill passed the undergraduate student government’s senate in a meeting Wednesday night. The bill will allot nearly three-quarters of a million dollars to ASUNM and the student organizations it represents.
The UNM Biology Undergraduate Society hosted Wolf Fest 2014, an educational event regarding wildlife, on Friday. The event aimed to raise awareness of the endangered New Mexico Grey Wolf, according to a news release from the UNM Newsroom.
Washington-based online news outlet Mother Jones released audio Wednesday morning of Gov. Susana Martinez speaking with her aides during her gubernatorial campaign in 2010, and her comments have drawn criticism.
The PHI Air Medical helicopter that crashed on the roof of UNM Hospital last week has been removed, but authorities have not yet identified the cause of the crash.
Over 20 nationalities will gather Thursday to give UNM an international flare. Annette Mares-Duran and Mavel Marina, both advisers in UNM’s Global Education Office, are the two masterminds behind this year’s International Festival, an annual event that has been going on for over 30 years.
On Wednesday, Rachel Williams, who served as the president pro-tempore of the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico, was elected as the new president of the undergraduate student organization. Williams snagged the position from incumbent Isaac Romero and ASUNM Sen. Colt Balok.
Talking about the protagonist of the Albuquerque-set “Breaking Bad” brings a little chuckle to quantum physicists like Ivan Deutsch. “One of the funny things is that in ‘Breaking Bad,’ Walter White’s pseudonym was Heisenberg,” he said. “Heisenberg is actually a quantum physicist.
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