Although Lobo Village is at full capacity, residents claim that they weren’t made aware of this year’s increase in security measures until after they signed lease agreements.
Now that the semester has begun, students might have trouble readjusting to the school year and a new set of classes.
Although UNM has made efforts to hasten and improve student advisement, students continue to argue that advisement practices ignore students’ rights to privacy.
UNM football players Rod Davis and Fatu Ulale were suspended by the NCAA on Wednesday for “impermissible benefit violations.” The UNM football program reported that the violations will cause Davis to be ineligible for the first two games of the season and Ulale the first four.
UNMPD responded to a call from a department administrator who reported that an unknown person forced open a cabinet in the Humanities Building and stole a professor’s books Aug. 18.
Less than a week before the first Lobo football game, a second football player was arrested and suspended from the team this week. Lobo football player David Vega was arrested after an incident in which police were called to the scene early Sunday morning. The Daily Lobo was unable to obtain a copy of the criminal complaint by Tuesday evening.
In an effort to improve high school graduation rates, a new program at UNM will help prepare high school students for college a year before they graduate high school. A partnership between UNM, NMSU and Rosemont Leadership Institute,
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Lobo football player Devonta Tabannah was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated on Sunday and was immediately suspended from the football team.
Annual UNM health care costs have increased by $7 million over the past three years and are estimated to cost the University about $62 million in the current fiscal year.
The Student Health and Counseling Center began a new program Monday to help improve students’ health and physical fitness.
Lobo football player Devonta Tabannah was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated on Sunday and was immediately suspended from the football team. According to APD, the sophomore cornerback was driving a black Chevrolet and ran a red light to make a left turn onto Lomas Boulevard from Second Street.
In response to a congressional decision to deny graduate students subsidized student loans, GPSA raised $49,000 in scholarship money that will be allocated to graduate students this semester. Beginning July 1, graduate students are no longer eligible for federal subsidized loans, which are loans from the government that don’t have an interest rate and don’t have to be paid back until six months after graduation.
The city of Albuquerque is hosting a $30,000 app design contest. At an Aug. 24 press conference, city of Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry announced the beginning of the ABQ Data competition, a city of Albuquerque app-development contest aimed to improve Albuquerque community members’ and visitors’ experiences in Albuquerque.
On Aug. 27, construction will begin on a $9 million collaborative-learning building that studies show will help students better retain information they have learned in class.
The commanding officer of the largest naval station in the world is a former Lobo. Capt. David A. Culler Jr. became commanding officer of Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., on Aug. 2. Culler said the naval station houses 63 warships and about 180 aircraft.
Dean of the UNM School of Law Kevin Washburn has been nominated by President Obama to be the assistant secretary for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Although ASUNM President Caroline Muraida hired 35 people this summer to fill student positions on various University boards and committees, 20 positions have yet to be filled, meaning the student voice is still silent on some aspects of the University. Muraida said that throughout the summer, she held more than 100 hourlong interviews and that as part of her presidential duties, she needs to continue to fill the empty board and committee positions.
Eight UNM students spent the summer preparing to interact directly with national leaders and policymakers at a public-policy conference in Las Cruces.
Actor Kal Penn, best known for his role in “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle,” signed autographs outside the SUB Tuesday.
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