UNM Hospital employees have filed a complaint against UNMH administration about its decision to make flu vaccines mandatory for all staff. On Thursday, UNMH union members released their “Prohibitive Practices Complaint” against the hospital in order to negotiate the terms of the mandate and how employees will be affected.
UNM celebrated its guardians of diversity in Student Union Building ballrooms Friday morning. In the fourth annual Presidential Luminaria Awards, University administrators recognized students, faculty, staff and organizations who exemplify equity and inclusion on campus. Nine awardees got one of the coveted trophies.
A former abortionist came to Albuquerque Friday night to talk about the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance. Anthony Levatino, a former abortionist who practices gynecology in Las Cruces, encouraged anti-abortion activists to campaign in favor of the initiative at Glory Fellowship Hall.
The UNM Conservative Republicans has found a film to back up their stance on undocumented immigration. The group will host a screening of the movie titled “They Come to America: The Cost of Illegal Immigration” in the Student Union Building today. The movie is directed by Dennis Michael Lynch.
As election day approaches, two more candidates have placed their bids for a seat on the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico senate. And they’re both running on their own.
Student organizations across UNM are mobilizing to help spread the word on the proposed abortion ban which Albuquerque voters will decide on in less than two weeks. Shaya Rogers, a member of the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, a pro-abortion rights group on campus, said her organization started to advocate against the measure about a month ago.
UNM students can go global next week. The University’s Global Education Offices, with the help of various other organizations, will launch this year’s International Education Week on Monday. Danielle Gilliam, administrative officer for GEO, said this year’s international week will be a big one.
Absentee voting for undergraduate senator spots begins today and the Team You slate hopes to outwit the other candidates for the sought-after Associated Students of New Mexico seats. Ten student politicians will run with the Team You for ASUNM for this semester’s senate elections.
Contract renegotiations between insurance provider Presbyterian Health Plan and UNM’s Health Sciences Center have left some patients looking for a new primary care provider. PHP members who use UNMH as their primary care, which includes family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics, can continue to see their UNMH providers until Dec. 31.
A year after legalizing recreational marijuana, Colorado voters have approved an excise tax of 15 percent on the drug, with a 10 percent sales tax that will be imposed starting next year.
A Bernalillo court ruled Wednesday morning that former UNM President F. Chris Garcia, who faced charges of prostitution in 2011, should be allowed access to property seized by authorities during investigations relating to the case. Second District Judicial Court Judge Stan Whitaker approved a court order after the confidential hearing that morning. The request for the order was filed by Garcia’s lawyers Robert Gorence and Andrea Harris in October.
On Oct. 31, a UNMPD officer was dispatched to the Student Union Building in response to a reported battery. According to the police report, the female victim was at the southern end of the SUB when an unfamiliar man touched her “from her shoulders down her back” without her permission.
Growing up with a television set in his room, Vic Strasburger said he knows how powerfully media can influence children and adolescents. “They are what you make out of it,” he said. “They can be incredibly, extremely bad if you’re talking about violent Internet pornography. They can be intrinsically good if you’re talking about ‘Sesame Street.’
As student government elections near, some candidates are already geared up to snag a Senate seat. The Aspire for Associated Students of the University of New Mexico slate has started its campaign to be elected to the undergraduate student council’s Senate.
For members of (un)Occupy Albuquerque, the Marigold Parade is something deeper than an annual Mexican tradition. Armed with signs and fake money, (un)Occupy members marched along Isleta Boulevard on Sunday, to protest against the U.S.’s Mexican border policies as part of this year’s Día de Los Muertos celebrations.
A celebration usually full of rejoice and remembrance of loved ones was riddled with politically influenced floats this weekend. Floats in this year’s Marigold Parade, which took place Sunday, included those from schools such as Del Norte High School, Erne Pyle Middle School and New Mexico International School.
Months after UNM’s student governments passed resolutions to make education cheaper for undocumented students, the UNM administration has expressed further support. UNM President Robert Frank said Friday he personally supports providing in-state tuition to DACA-qualified undocumented students.
With funds for the Lottery Scholarship dwindling to near exhaustion, the New Mexico Legislature and various universities in the state, including UNM, have been working to find a long-term solution to preserve it.
Australia’s High Court will hear arguments for and against legalizing same-sex marriage this week. The Australian Capital Territory, which includes the capital city of Canberra, became the first jurisdiction in the country to legalize same-sex marriage late last month, and the law is expected to come into effect in early December.
As Kyle Stepp hiked up one of his legs during an interview with the Daily Lobo Wednesday, his pants revealed what appeared to be a regular, working leg. “My whole left leg is fake on the inside,” he said. “They removed all my bone. My femur, my knee and my tibia is fake.
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