The Obama administration’s proposal for a military strike on Syria has not swayed students at UNM. A protest held at the UNM Bookstore on Friday demonstrated the University community’s skepticism of Obama’s plan.
Voter registration for the Oct. 8 Albuquerque mayor election ends tomorrow, but incumbent Richard Berry has just fired the starting gun for his campaign.
In 2000, Abby Johnson had a surgical abortion. Still a college student at the time, she was afraid that having a baby would ruin her future. When she became pregnant by the same man in 2003, Johnson had an abortion again.
Based on personal experience, bussing tables for minimum wage can be very frustrating, especially when you’re a college student with big dreams. But before getting that professional desk job, students have to undergo an application process more rigorous than filling out a simple application
A local Sustainable Business Summit recognized UNM with a special Judges’ Award for achievement in sustainability. Mary Clark, sustainability manager at UNM, said there were several categories at the Aug. 29 summit.
Shelled critters have invaded the Duck Pond and questions remain as to where they came from. Turtles have arrived in the Duck Pond to stay, said Mary Vosevich, director of UNM’s Physical Plant Department, which is in charge of maintenance of the pond.
On Aug. 31, a UNMPD officer observed a man lying on a grassy patch near Oñate Hall, according to a police report. The officer suspected the man of stealing from Johnson Center, and police say they had been searching for the suspect of that crime for that entire day.
While UNM’s website still lists 12 designated smoking areas on campus, enforcement of the policy has gone null. Robert Burford, student conduct officer at the office of the dean of students, said a nonsmoking committee “that was formed in the past” created the zones to reduce smoking on campus.
An on-campus team that aims to prevent sexual assaults at UNM shifts into full gear this semester. UNM’s Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) launched at the beginning of this semester
For the ninth year in a row, business-minded UNM students can win up to $25,000 through a campus competition. Students can now register for the annual UNM Business Plan Competition organized by the Anderson School of Management.
Fake chicken corpses rested atop one another in a bin inside a tent near the Student Union Building. Posters of farm animals doused in mud and blood lined the walls, while a baby pig squealed in a documentary playing on a large screen.
The Student Success Center had its official opening celebration Tuesday afternoon. It opened in Mesa Vista Hall in the University Advisement and Enrichment Center.
Last week, the advocacy organization Public Citizen filed a letter of complaint with the Department of Health and Human Services about the National Institutes of Health’s Transfusion of Premature (TOP) trial, in which UNM was a participant.
When Briana Leigh Morfin was 5 years old, she remembers having her eye drawn to a sparkling crown worn by a homecoming queen at a parade. For a brief moment, the homecoming queen made eye contact with Morfin and waved, leaving Morfin with a feeling of special recognition.
Honks echoed in Nob Hill Saturday morning in response to local activists’ “Honk for Peace” signs as they protested the United States’ proposed intervention in the two-year-old civil war in Syria.
As the county clerk starts to mail absentee ballots today, Albuquerque mayoral candidates reacted to the recent legalization of same-sex marriage in Bernalillo County.
A new study reports that employers steal wages from Mexican immigrants in New Mexico. According to the Mexican Immigrants and Wage Theft in New Mexico study, close to 30 percent of immigrants in the state report being the victims of wage theft.
A new campus council aims to make UNM a more tolerant place for everybody. UNM President Robert Frank said the Civil Campus Council, a campus initiative that he spearheaded, seeks to create a more comfortable atmosphere where the University community can freely exchange ideas.
Dave Robertson wasn’t on the first UNM men’s soccer roster when it gained NCAA status in 1983. He spent his first year of college on a soccer scholarship at San Diego State. But deep down, he didn’t feel like an Aztec.
The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico Senate addressed on-campus sustainability initiatives in its first full senate meeting this school year.
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