After two years as a senator at the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico, Colt Balok will take a shot at the undergraduate student government’s presidential seat in this semester’s election.
California Sen. Leland Yee was arrested Wednesday after a series of raids by officials to crack down on public corruption, according to the Los Angeles Times. Also arrested was Raymond Chow, a San Francisco criminal known as “Shrimp Boy.”
UNM President Robert Frank shifted oversight of the Office of Equal Opportunity from Academic Affairs to University Counsel early last month. Frank said he decided to move the OEO out of Academic Affairs because Provost Chaouki Abdallah was concerned that the office in its current location does not serve UNM’s north and south campuses.
Police are investigating an incident in the Santa Clara dormitory in which someone carved a swastika on a resident’s door over spring break. According to the report from the UNM Police Department, the resident of the vandalized room discovered the offensive icon on Sunday upon returning to the dorm from spring break. He had left the dorm on March 14.
UNM students on Saturday will party for 13.1 hours straight to benefit sick kids. LoboTHON will host the University’s first ever LoboTHON Dance Marathon event on Saturday in the Johnson Recreational Center, with the goal of raising $14,000 for UNM Children’s Hospital.
Seven pairs of hands held up a black plywood coffin Tuesday night at the intersection of Central Avenue and First Street. The coffin had a white wooden cross on its top cover. One of its sides was covered with amateur, almost blurry home photos of various men. Another side read “APD KILLED US” in blue marker.
After four hours of presentations and discussion, the UNM Board of Regents decided to postpone the decision on next year’s tuition and fee rates.
On March 17, UNMPD dispatched an officer to the GR parking lot at 1800 Mesa Vista Drive on report of a stolen truck. The victim alleged that his red 2000 Ford Ranger pickup was stolen between the hours of 7:15 a.m. and 5:15 p.m.
The UNM Police Department has boosted patrol at south campus parking lots to combat theft in the area. UNMPD public information officer Tim Stump said the department is warning the public of an increase in criminal activity in the area.
The UNM Police Department on Friday arrested a woman who threatened to shoot a Lobo Village security officer after a heated argument. Amber McDonald, wife of Kenneth McDonald, who is also a Lobo Village security officer, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly pulling a handgun on a female officer.
Growing up, Heidi Hopkins used to eye cockroaches as they stuck their long, thread-like antennae out from beneath her furniture. Wondering why these critters get so much disdain, she decided to study them. “I’ve always been a fan of the underdog,” she said.
After UNM announced last week a planned relocation of its Center for Reproductive Health, anti-abortion activists continue to protest the facility. On Tuesday, the University announced that the center, currently located at 1701 Moon NE, will move to 2301 Yale SE.
New satellite data provided by French officials on Sunday could have helped discover debris from Flight 370, the Malaysia Airlines jet that went missing midflight, according to the Associated Press.
After a month-long internal search, UNM President Robert Frank’s office has found a new chief of staff. Frank appointed Amy Wohlert to the position on March 12. Wohlert, who holds a doctorate in speech-language pathology from Northwestern University
LOS RANCHOS, N.M. – Anti-abortion protesters swarmed the neighborhood in which the CEO of UNM Hospital lives to demand the closure of the University’s Center for Reproductive Health.
Albuquerque Fire Department firefighters respond to a fire at Lambda Chi Alpha, a closed fraternity on 1805 Sigma Chi Road, on Wednesday morning. The department received a call at 9:33 a.m. saying that smoke was going out of a window of a house, according to an Albuquerque Police Department officer at the scene.
Members of the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico Senate saw further review of three proposals for the proposed creation of the new Wellness Center.
The deadline for Gov. Susana Martinez to sign and veto bills that passed during this year’s legislative session has come and gone, and the New Mexico Legislative Lottery Scholarship will remain funded for the next two years.
Despite signs at Zimmerman Library warning students about the possibility of property thefts, numbers of such incidents in the area have been stable for the past year.
The future of a bill that would temporarily save the Legislative Lottery Scholarship might come down to the wire again. As Gov. Susana Martinez’s deadline to sign bills from this year’s state legislative session approaches today, Senate Bill 347 still remains unsigned.
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