On February 20, police arrested a man who assaulted a UNMPD police officer. According to the report, the man was skating when he encountered an officer and threw a bottle at him. The man reportedly fled the area, but police were later able to locate him at 2001 Redondo Drive NW.
Despite a recent robbery, business at Chillz Frozen Custard is heating back up again. Justin Carson, the owner of Chillz, said he decided to reopen his establishment after receiving support for his business on social media.
Ancient rituals combine with hip-hop culture to promote the importance of healthy living. The Native Health Initiative is collaborating with the United Hip-Hop Family to promote wellness through dance.
Veronica Plaza says that although what you don’t know can’t hurt you, it certainly can’t help you either. Plaza, 47, along with her Medical Spanish class, seeks to educate UNM’s student population on the implications of the Affordable Care Act.
Last week, UNM’s undergraduate and graduate student governments expressed their concern about the Comprehensive Fee, a policy that the Board of Regents have been talking about which might take away the Student Fee Review Board’s recommendation power regarding allocating funds for Athletics, Information Technology, University Libraries and Student Health and Counseling.
After nine years, Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip will step down next week from his role as the prime minister of the Baltic nation. Ansip’s resignation follows his announcement in 2012 that he would not run again in the 2014 parliamentary elections, according to the Associated Press.
Every July, part-time UNM student Isolina Viloria flies to Venezuela to see family and friends. The constant presence of political turmoil in her homeland has never proved too severe to deter her from visiting. But this year is different, the mother of two kids said.
Every July, part-time UNM student Isolina Viloria flies to Venezuela to see family and friends. The constant presence of political turmoil in her homeland has never proved too severe to deter her from visiting. But this year is different, the mother of two kids said.
As this year’s state legislative session ended Thursday, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 347 to prevent the Legislative Lottery Scholarship from expiring at the end of this fiscal year. The Daily Lobo spoke with UNM President Robert Frank on Friday about his impression of SB 347 and how it might affect students in the future.
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Despite the last-minute passage of a solution for its solvency issue, student governments statewide feel confident about the compromise that will allow the Legislative Lottery Scholarship to continue.
Beginning this fall semester, UNM West will offer degree programs that can be completed in their entirety at the UNM West campus. This will be the first time UNM West, which opened in 2008, will offer this opportunity to students.
UNM student James Long, a biochemistry major, opened last semester taking 16 credit hours at UNM while working as a server at Applebee’s. By the end of the fall semester, Long’s grades dropped. He quit his job, and he lost his Legislative Lottery Scholarship.
Three minutes before the state Legislature declared sine die, lawmakers were able to pass a solution to the Legislative Lottery Scholarship’s solvency issue.
After an all-nighter on the eve of the state legislative session finale, lawmakers will have to issue a final solution to preserve the Legislative Lottery Scholarship’s future. Legislators will have to pass a lottery bill by noon to prolong the Scholarship’s existence.
The Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners decided to pitch in $1 million to Innovate ABQ last week. Bernalillo County Commissioner Lonnie Talbert said he proposed contributing the money because he wanted to help the people of Albuquerque take advantage of a centralized innovation center.
Tens of thousands of residents have failed to register their guns with state police, according to CBS Local News. The gun owners are in violation of a gun law that requires citizens to have registered their weapons by Dec. 31 of last year.
A national foundation has awarded UNM $800,000 to help some graduate students complete their dissertations. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded the five-year grant to UNM in order to fund 20 dissertation completion fellowships.
Undergraduates will now need to take fewer credit hours in order to graduate. The UNM Faculty Senate cut the minimum number of credit hours required to graduate from 128 to 120 at a meeting at the end of last month.
Starting Thursday, some UNM students may be able to ditch the instant ramen diet at least once a month. The University has cooperated with the Roadrunner Food Bank to launch the Lobo Food Pantry, a mobile food warehouse that would provide free healthy food to UNM students monthly.
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