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Min. wage increase passes by comfortable margin
November 7People who earn minimum wage in Albuquerque will make $1 more every hour beginning January 2013.
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Poll volunteers: Some registration forms not delivered to county clerk
Ardee Napolitano | November 6by Ardee Napolitano news@dailylobo.com Some voter registration forms gathered on campus didn’t make it to the County Clerk’s office. Volunteers at the polling station in the Student Union Building on Tuesday said some voter registration organizations that gathered registration forms from students forgot to turn them in. County Clerk Public Information Officer Liz Hamm said people whose registration forms were not delivered to the office before the Oct.
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Election Day 2012 live blog
Staff Report | November 6The Daily Lobo’s live blog of Election Night 2012.
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Campus cocaine bust
Ardee Napolitano | November 6An undercover drug bust near the Duck Pond ended in the arrest of a dozen people, five of whom are UNM students. According to an article in the Albuquerque Journal, the Albuquerque Police Department was undercover on campus beginning on Thursday. One student reportedly sold drugs to an undercover police officer, and the other four tried to purchase drugs from an officer who was pretending to be a drug distributor.
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New Mexico follows the leader
John Tyczkowski | November 6Forget “The Land of Enchantment,” a more exact state motto for New Mexico would be “The Land of Steady Voting Habits.”
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Photo Essay: Día de los Muertos
November 5Over the years, the Marigold Parade has grown from just a neighborhood event to one with citywide draw.
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American Indian Heritage Month honored
Antonio Sanchez | November 5A group of children shook maracas and held feathers and flowers as they danced to the beat of a drum in honor of American Indian Heritage Month.
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‘Please, not in this neighborhood’
Ardee Napolitano | November 5UNM’s Addiction and Substance Abuse Program will have to find a new home by next fall, but the residents of the program’s prospective new location object to the move.
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2012 Election Voter Guide: Final Installment
Alexandra Swanberg | November 5For the last installment of the 2012 Election Voter Guide, the Daily Lobo covered the write-in candidates for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives for District 1, followed by the state House of Representatives candidates for districts 19, 23, 27, 30 and 31.
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Bond C may provide much-needed repairs
Megan Underwood | November 2If it passes, General Obligations Bond C would provide the University of New Mexico with about $19 million, which would be used for building renovations.
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ASUNM facilitates professor feedback
Ardee Napolitano | November 2ASUNM Sen. Holly Marquez thought the teacher evaluation process at UNM needed work. The University keeps students in the dark when it comes to teacher evaluation results, Marquez said
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Show Me How to plant a garden
Emma Cohnheim | November 1Dorm rooms and apartments may be small and leave little room for personal touches, but one way to add flair to your space is by planting an indoor garden.
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Congressman talks grants, NM poverty
Ardee Napolitano | November 1Congressman Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) said the Pell Grant is especially crucial to students in New Mexico.
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Contest solicits ugly photos
Ardee Napolitano and Zuzanna Kajzer | November 1Students who want to see improvements made to unsightly areas of campus can submit a photo to the UNM Staff Council Environs Committee, which will select a winning location to be improved.
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2012 Election Voter Guide
Alexandra Swanberg | October 31This week’s installment of the 2012 Election Voter Guide is the second of two installments of the candidates for the state House of Representatives for the Albuquerque area. This week includes districts 17, 18, 24 and 68.****************
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UNM Crime Briefs
Alexandra Swanberg | October 31UNM staff member Chris Duran reported to UNMPD on Oct. 17 that some of his prescription medications were removed from his lunch bag, which he left in the maintenance shop on the east side of Hokona Hall earlier that day.
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WRC celebrates 40th anniversary
Megan Underwood | October 31Feminist activist Gloria Steinem said patriarchal religious institutions use baptisms to take the miracle of birth away from women.
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City mulls adding bus-only lanes to Central
Ardee Napolitano | October 30Plans to improve the quality of public transportation near the University area may include designating one lane each way on Central Avenue as bus-only lanes.
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Free mental-health tests today
Svetlana Ozden and Laura Meurer | October 30A free mental health screening offered at the Student Health and Counseling center can examine patients for one of five disorders in five minutes.
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Student-regent candidates discuss priorities
Ardee Napolitano | October 29Prospective candidates for student regent said graduate-student employment would be a priority if they are selected for the position.
