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Students to address Lottery Scholarship, other UNM concerns in Santa Fe this Tuesday
John Tyczkowski | January 28UNM students are taking the future of the Lottery Scholarship into their own hands.
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Math Learning Lab to help lower failure rate in UNM math courses
Ardee Napolitano | January 28Thirty-two percent of high school graduates are not proficient in math when they enter UNM as freshmen, said UNM President Robert Frank.
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Exposing the Occult
January 25Rachel Cox is a third year graduate student in photography at UNM with an upcoming thesis exhibition scheduled for April.
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Second week of the 2013 New Mexico Legislative Session closes with evidence tampering bill controversy, successful passage of UNM HCS funding bill through Senate Public Affairs Committee
John Tyczkowski | January 25New Mexico State Rep. Cathrynn Brown (R-Carlsbad) is backing down from her bill introduced Wednesday that would make an abortion after rape or incest an instance of tampering with evidence.
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Show Me How To: Extreme Coupon
January 24Groceries are expensive. That’s the reason ramen noodles are considered the cornerstone of the college diet — they’re cheap, vaguely nutritious, and can be bought in bulk.
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Albuquerque residents stump for cut-down Nob Hill tree in the face of a budding controversy and plant the seeds of a grassroots movement via social media
Ardee Napolitano | January 24Apparently, chopping down an almost 10-year-old tree in front of your store is a bad business move.
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UNMPD and UNM Emergency Management discuss preparedness measures for on-campus shooters
John Tyczkowski | January 24UNM can assure its students that its police department and University staff have comprehensive plans to deal with an active shooter on campus.
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UNM Crime Briefs
Alexandra Swanberg | January 23At some point between Dec. 21 and Jan. 1, an unknown suspect entered a locked room in Travelstead Hall and stole UNM property. According to the UNMPD report, UNM staff is still working on the full inventory
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UNM switches to a new lobbying firm to represent its interests in Washington, D.C., at nearly twice the cost of the previous firm
Ardee Napolitano | January 23The new lobbying group UNM hired this year will cost the University twice as much as the lobbying group it used in previous years.
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New Mexico Legislature bills tackle the future of UNM Gallup, a possible expansion of Lottery Scholarship student eligibility, and faculty and staff retirement funds
John Tyczkowski | January 23This week, representatives of the New Mexico Legislature proposed major changes for UNM as well as for higher education in the state in general
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Bernalillo County may follow Albuquerque’s lead in increasing minimum wage if county commissioners vote in favor
Ardee Napolitano | January 22After the minimum wage in Albuquerque increased by $1 earlier this month, Bernalillo County is considering a similar move.
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Student Fee Review Board reviews annual funding requests for 29 organizations as well as 7 one-time funding requests this weekend
Staff Report | January 22The deliberations over what student fees should fund and by how much are underway, and recommendations show an overall decrease of $16.56 per full-time student
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GPSA works with the Legislature to push for incentives to keep graduate and professional students in New Mexico after graduation
Antonio Sanchez | January 22The Graduate and Professional Student Association is lobbying for legislation that would grant local businesses tax credits for hiring New Mexico graduates.
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Student Fee Review Board holds forums to discuss student organization funding before deliberations this weekend
Megan Underwood | January 18UNM student and El Centro de la Raza employee Laura Ordonez said that without her employer, she wouldn’t have been able to continue with school after having a child.
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Associated Students of the University of New Mexico President Caroline Muraida looks forward to spring semester
Antonio Sanchez | January 18While many students hibernated over winter break, ASUNM President Caroline Muraida was looking for ways to secure a future for the New Mexico Lottery Legislative Success Scholarship.
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Show Me How To: Increase my Wi-Fi signal for free
John Tyczkowski | January 17Have you ever wondered why it’s called “wireless Internet” when the moment you leave the room with your router in it, your signal connection strength drops to one bar or disappears entirely?
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Future of Vagabond Inn uncertain; UNM files another appeal to block residential development of the space
Ardee Napolitano | January 17Plans to renovate the rundown Vagabond Inn near Lobo Village may be delayed yet again. On Dec. 21, UNM filed another appeal with the City Council against an Albuquerque Zoning Enforcement Office ruling.
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Larceny named the most commonly reported campus crime for the past semester; criminal damage and battery follow second and third
Alexandra Swanberg | January 17Locking up your bicycle does not mean it won’t be stolen. At least 32 people figured this out the hard way when their bicycles were stolen from campus during the fall semester.
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Fall Crime Stats
Alexandra Swanberg | January 17During the fall semester, the Daily Lobo collected UNMPD incident reports, compiling a selection every week for the crime briefs segment.
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Discovery at UNM of high levels of water in Martian meteorite may lend substantial support to the idea of life on Mars
Ardee Napolitano | January 16Alien life may not be just a filmmaker’s fantasy anymore, as UNM scientists have discovered rich water content in a Martian meteorite.
