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Student regent applications open
Quinton Bara | September 20Students interested in becoming the next student regent can now apply for the position.
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Anderson students work to integrate ex-inmates
Ardee Napolitano | September 19UNM students will help develop a system designed to stop inmates from returning to crime once released from prison.
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Film festival won’t charge students for submissions
Quinton Bara | September 19For the first time, UNM students will have the chance to showcase their films at the University for free. The ASUNM Southwest Film Center will host the UNM Student Film Festival, the first film festival since 2004, in November. However, this year’s festival will include only films made by UNM students, and students won’t have to pay submission costs.
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UNM crime briefs
Alexandra Swanberg | September 18On Aug. 27, Gregory Armenta, a kitchen employee at The Pit, asked his supervisor David Wilson if he could keep his cell phone in Wilson’s office so it wouldn’t get wet while he washed dishes.
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Dreaming Impossible
Junfu Han | September 18Christina Rosado-Maher, an immigration attorney in Albuquerque, said that because she grew up near the Mexican-American border in San Diego, Calif., she understands that people immigrate to the United States to improve their lives.
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‘Lynette’ at event gets mixed reviews
Alexandra Swanberg | September 18Negative feedback followed a performance at UNM that aimed to introduce international students to New Mexico.
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Group rewards sober drivers
Mikayla Griego | September 18Although the Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention was denied state funding last year, the organization introduced a new anti-drunk-driving program with minimal student fee funding.
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UNM flexible on admissions terms
Ardee Napolitano | September 18Despite low high school GPAs, students applying to UNM can still be accepted if they have experienced exceptionally difficult circumstances.
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Cancer Center servers hacked
Svetlana Ozden | September 17UNM Cancer Center patients’ personal information may have been accessed by hackers, who attacked the center’s server in July. Center officials said as many as 2,365 patients’ information, including Social Security numbers, names and addresses, may have been accessed.
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Memorial to be held for former professor
Svetlana Ozden | September 17The life of a former UNM law professor will be celebrated by the UNM School of Law. Ann Scales, 60, was a professor at UNM until 1998, when she left to join the law department at the University of Denver.
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Provost appointed to full term
Svetlana Ozden | September 14Rather than spending about $250,000 to perform a national search to find the University’s next provost, an internal search resulted in the full-term appointment of Chaouki Abdallah to the position.
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OMI rules death a homicide
Svetlana Ozden | September 14The death of a UNM foreign exchange student host parent initially believed to be a suicide is now being investigated as a homicide. In July, Marc Herrera, 37, died at a foreign exchange student party held at his home in Northeast Albuquerque.
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Show Me How to choose a beer
Nicole Storey | September 13There are two main categories of beer, ales and lagers. Ales are generally made with top-fermenting yeast — which means that when the fermentation nears completion, the yeasts rise to the top of the tank — and lagers are made from bottom-fermenting yeast.
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Giant bronze ‘U’ coming back to Hodgin Hall
Hannah Stangebye | September 13Following the re-opening of Hodgin Hall last year, the UNM Alumni Association plans to bring back a former tradition by building a giant, bronze “U” in front of the building.
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Master printers pass on craft
Antonio Sanchez | September 13Beside master printer Bill Lagattuta’s office desk is a wall of whitewashed Polaroid photos, a collection of Andy Warhol-esque snapshots. Lagattuta said he takes photos of the many artists he’s worked with while at Tamarind Institute, after establishing the creative relationship between artist and printer.
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Coeds run, toss parade for charity
Quinton Bara | September 13A four-day fundraiser, which includes a five-legged-monster race and water balloon toss, will help raise money to fight cancer and hunger.
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UNM Crime Briefs
Alexandra Swanberg | September 12Carol Bemis, the mother of UNM student Daniel Bower, reported to UNMPD that her son’s laptop was stolen while he was living at Lobo Village. She reported on Aug. 30 that the laptop was stolen on July 31.
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Marijuana bust near campus
Ardee Napolitano | September 12Two narcotics officers, one in a black mask revealing only his eyes and mouth, while the other spoke on his phone, seized marijuana from an infant’s stroller on the corner of Cornell Drive and Central Avenue on Tuesday.
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Regent barred from Lobo Village: too much security
Svetlana Ozden | September 12Although the UNM administration has increased security measures at Lobo Village, the Board of Regents questioned whether the efforts have gone too far.
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Graduate student fights for scholarship fund
Antonio Sanchez | September 11UNM graduate student Sarah Coffey said she’s always had a knack for winning arguments. “I’ve always been annoyingly argumentative,” Coffey said.
