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UNM students host Relay for Life chile cook-off in the SUB
Svetlana Ozden | December 4UNM student Meghan Maes said the American Cancer Society helped her and her family cope with her liver cancer.
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Decking the halls and hanging the greens
Ardee Napolitano | December 3Students dressed in elf costumes sang with audience members wearing Santa hats as more than 14,000 luminarias illuminated campus Friday night.
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Student regent candidates go to governor
Svetlana Ozden and Ardee Napolitano | December 3UNM Student Regent Jacob Wellman’s term expires this semester, so a new student regent needs to be chosen.
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Fee board stays its course
Megan Underwood | December 3The Student Fee Review Board (SFRB) remained firm in its decision to hold fee request hearings during winter break. At an SFRB meeting Thursday, the board confirmed that the hearings during which organizations will make their cases for funding will take place Thursday, Jan. 10 through Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013.
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Photo Essay: Arts & Crafts Fair
Garrett Goeckner | November 30Geraldine Lyle and her daughter, Jeanette Lyle have a relationship that is strengthened by their mutual love for art.
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Albuquerque Fire Department and Albuquerque Police Department respond to fire south of UNM
Svetlana Ozden and Ardee Napolitano | November 30Dark brown smoke billowed into the sky from a fire at an Albuquerque home south of the University on Thursday afternoon.
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Restaurants and retail locations may open near Lobo Village and UNM south campus area
Ardee Napolitano | November 30Lobo Village residents may see more commercial spaces around UNM’s south campus by 2013, as the University is in the process of negotiating with a number of restaurants and retail stores about developing the area.
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Show Me How to change a tire
Ross Kelbley | November 29If you own a car, then it’s a safe bet that at some point you’ll experience the predicament of a flat tire. Fortunately, this problem is relatively simple to solve.
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ABQ RIDE hosts public meeting, requests public input for proposed Bus Rapid Transit system concept for Central Avenue
Svetlana Ozden | November 29ABQ RIDE is requesting public input for a proposed concept to implement a rapid transit service along Central Avenue.
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Student Fee Review Board will hold SFRB hearings during winter break, University organizations oppose decision
Megan Underwood | November 29Student groups expressed concerns to the Student Fee Review Board (SFRB) about the dates for the board’s funding hearings after the board decided to hold those meetings during winter break.
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UNM Crime Briefs
Alexandra Swanberg | November 28UNM staff member Isabella Oms drove away from the east parking lot at Woodward Center on Nov. 15 and noticed her car was driving “weird.” According to the UNMPD report, Oms discovered both tires on the right side of the vehicle were cut and flat.
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UNM students, staff, and faculty members weigh in at town hall about proposed changes to eligibility requirements for the New Mexico Legislative Lottery Success Scholarship
Svetlana Ozden | November 28The New Mexico Legislative Lottery Success Scholarship is expected to run out by Fiscal Year 2014, and members of the University said changes should be made to the program to ensure scholarship funding remains available.
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Student Union Building regulations require that any food provided in SUB conference rooms be catered by Chartwells
Ardee Napolitano | November 28Student organizations that host events in the SUB cannot bring in their own food. According to the SUB’s Room Reservation Policy for chartered on-campus organizations, only Chartwells Catering and Campus Dining Services can provide food for events held in the building’s meeting rooms.
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UNM Student Regent Jacob Wellman and UNM student Kandis Wright were the first finalists for the Rhodes Scholarship from the University since 2009
Megan Underwood | November 27For the first time since 2009, two UNM students were selected as finalists for the Rhodes scholarship. Kandis Wright and Student Regent Jacob Wellman had their final interviews a week ago in Colorado Springs, Colo., where award recipients were announced.
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Undergraduate student government ASUNM President Caroline Muraida and UNM Student Regent Jacob Wellman hold Legislative Lottery Success Scholarship town hall for student input on changes to scholarship requirements
Svetlana Ozden | November 27Today, UNM students will have an opportunity to weigh in on the University’s proposal to address the solvency issue of the New Mexico Legislative Lottery Success Scholarship.
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UNM Crime briefs week of Nov. 19, 2012
Alexandra Swanberg | November 21UNMPD was dispatched to George Pearl Hall on Nov. 6 in response to a theft in the drafting department. According to the police report, UNM student Samuel Escoto left his laptop locked in a desk at 3:15 p.m. that day, and when he returned for it at 4 p.m., he discovered the lock had been pried open and the laptop was stolen.
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UNM President Robert Frank discusses proposed new budget system “Responsibility Center Management,” Faculty
Svetlana Ozden | November 21UNM President Robert Frank looks to change the University’s budget model to a system that would require each department to depend on the money it generates.
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UNM President Robert Frank calls for the first College of Public Health in New Mexico
Ardee Napolitano | November 21As part of his goals as the new president, UNM President Robert Frank plans to establish a College of Public Health that will offer undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees to students.
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UNM honors professor Chris Holden takes education from classroom to students’ smartphones, starts with Spanish courses
Antonio Sanchez | November 20UNM honors professor Chris Holden said he looks to video games as a teaching tool. Holden is an advocate for education through video games and mobile games and has held discussions with students and faculty members throughout the semester about games in the classroom.
