The status quo ruled the day Tuesday as Albuquerque kept its mayor seated on the 11th floor and all bonds on the ballot passed. Re-elected Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry said the bonds’ passage is very advantageous for the city.
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For over a decade, Linda McCormick has led the University through trash pickups and segregation of recyclables. With her retirement at the end of 2013, the recycling manager of UNM will leave a more sustainable, environmentally friendly campus for future generations.
Nine months and eight days of campaigning has led to this. Albuquerque residents will vote for a new mayor today, as polls opened for the city’s general elections at 7 a.m. The three candidates include incumbent Richard Berry and challengers Pete Dinelli and Paul Heh.
In an attempt to battle unemployment in New Mexico, a nonpartisan organization has proposed providing a more affordable education for international students. Local tax-exempt organization Think New Mexico printed a report titled “Addressing New Mexico’s Job Crisis”
A city lawman accuses UNM of being “anti-solar energy.” Jason Marks, an Albuquerque attorney who has served with the state’s Public Regulation Commission, said the University is a member of the New Mexico Industrial Energy Consumers (NMIEC), a lobbying group in Santa Fe.
Albuquerque voters will be able to elect a mayor in the city’s general elections Tuesday. Are you planning to vote, and if so, who are you voting for?
Albuquerque’s mayoral elections are tomorrow, but not everybody is caught up with the recent mayoral debates. The Daily Lobo gave the three mayoral candidates a final chance to reach out to UNM’s voters and to speak about their stances on some of the city’s key issues.
The Graduate and Professional Student Association continues to push for restructuring the UNM Bursar’s website. At a Board of Regents’ Finance and Facilities Committee meeting Friday, GPSA members discussed problems with the website and suggestions on how to make it more comprehensive for students.
Associated Students of the University of New Mexico Vice President Brandon Meyers had reddish eyes as he reminisced about the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Despite the good memories he had from being a brother, he said the fraternity’s misconducts have disadvantaged him
Rolling Stone may have ranked UNM’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter as one of the nation’s “most out-of-control fraternities,” but students at UNM remain indifferent to the disbanded organization. In May the administration decided to revoke the fraternity’s charter because of its student code of conduct violations
Students will be able to tackle hunger in Albuquerque this weekend at the football tailgate. Student United Way will host “Stack the Tailgate,” a canned food drive event from 2 to 5 p.m. before UNM’s football match against New Mexico State University on Saturday night.
Amid the brouhaha of mayoral debates on water wars and higher education, Albuquerque’s city elections on Tuesday will cover more than who’s going to sit on the city’s 11th floor office.
Congress ground to a halt Tuesday morning, but a UNM official said campus life should carry on as usual. UNM Interim Vice President of Human Resources Jewel Washington said the effect of the shutdown on the University is dependent upon how long it lasts.
Students will not be able to cast their ballots on campus in this year’s mayoral election on Tuesday. Walter Miller, associate vice president for Student Life, said students can usually vote during elections in the Student Union Building.
UNM’s Graduate and Professional Student Association is working to make applying for the grants it offers easier for Spanish-speaking students. GPSA has been working on a project to translate grant-related documents into Spanish and may eventually enable graduate students to apply for grants in the language.
On Sept. 20, a UNMPD officer was dispatched to Coronado Hall regarding students smoking marijuana. According to the report, a resident adviser told the officer upon arrival that during a hallway check, she smelled the odor of marijuana outside a certain room.
Having cycled through powerful wind gusts for one week now, Davis Tucker says he’s learned that men should not be too afraid to seek aid from others. “The last three days I’ve spent three feet off the back of the mechanic’s van,” he said.
Shortly before presenting Innovate ABQ to the University’s Board of Regents, UNM President Robert Frank traveled out of state to gather inspiration for the proposed business and research hub. On Sept. 3, Frank took a day trip to Scottsdale, Ariz. to examine Arizona State University’s innovation center, SkySong.
UNM alumnus and former Lobo basketball player Michael Cooper received the Living Legend award from the University’s Black Alumni Chapter Friday night at the Centennial Engineering Auditorium. After playing for UNM from 1976 to 1978, Cooper was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers where he started his path to become a legend.
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