An on-campus car crash led to the arrest of two men accused of driving under the influence of mind-altering substances Wednesday afternoon. UNM’s Police Department caught and arrested driver Tony Nelson, 24, who operated the vehicle while smoking a synthetic type of marijuana called spice, and passenger Jonathan Zamora, 18, who was also intoxicated.
The number of students enrolled in UNM’s Honors College has been increasing since its founding last academic year. Kate Krause, dean of the Honors and University Colleges, presented an update to the Board of Regents on the growth of the new college at a meeting Tuesday.
For faculty and staff members of UNM’s School of Law, past administrator Peggy Lovato’s family is also their family. So when the hot-air balloon in which Peggy’s husband Danny was riding hit, burned and crashed after entangling itself in an electric power line Wednesday morning, the school rushed to find a way to help the Lovato family.
While other students took time off early last week for fall break, members of the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico Senate stayed late on campus Wednesday to discuss transparency and Freshmen Week.
For the fourth consecutive year, UNM will center its attention on freshmen for one week. ASUNM Emerging Lobo Leaders will host the annual UNM Freshmen Week starting today.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos continues to push legislation that would broaden the country’s military jurisdiction despite determinations by the United Nations that Colombian soldiers killed hundreds of civilians only to boost rebel body counts.
For the first time in at least 30 years, more than half of Albuquerque agreed on who should be the city’s mayor. Republican incumbent Richard Berry was elected for a second term as the city’s executive in Tuesday’s general elections, marking the first time in three decades that a mayoral candidate received more than 50 percent of the total vote and avoided a runoff election.
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.
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