For HungerU crew member Mollie Dykes, food is a basic human right. “These kids in school, if they’re hungry, that’s the only thing they’re thinking about,” she said. “It’s affecting their grades, their performance in school. It’s having a long-term effect on them.”
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), foreground, speaks in support of a $10.10 national minimum wage at a news conference at Focus Ink on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, UNM students marched into the offices of both the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico and UNM President Robert Frank to demand transparency, accountability and more student involvement.
The University of New Mexico’s Innovative Design Clinic, has created, a touch screen shower designed to save water. The touch screen shower, the Hydrotouch, recently took first place in the UNM Business Plan Competition, in the Entrepreneurial Ventures Track category.
by Chloe Henson news@dailylobo.com @ChloeHenson5 Hawaii Officials say a boy survived a flight from Santa Clara to Maui in a Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 767’s wheel well, according to the Los Angeles Times. The 15-year-old boy endured frigid temperatures and oxygen deprivation during the 5 1/2-hour ...
Three weeks ago, Celestino Crow advised Mary Hawkes not to trust the Albuquerque Police Department. Little did he know that that would be his final encounter with Hawkes.
The Albuquerque Police Department is still unable to produce video of the 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.
Two UNM student organizations set up in front of Zimmerman Library Wednesday afternoon to protest the National Security Agency. “This is our ‘Exposing the NSA’ event,” said UNM Conservative Republicans President Amber West.
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
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