UNM Police Department blocked off Yale Park, the former camp site of the (un)Occupy Albuquerque movement, Wednesday afternoon and told protesters they could not hold their general assembly meeting there. The protesters, who hold the meetings at 6 p.m.
Brittany Arneson, a UNM student who has become an increasingly visible face of the (un)Occupy Albuquerque protests, said she experienced both kindness and callousness from law enforcement during her arrest and incarceration at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center on Tuesday night.
During a conference call Wednesday, White House education representatives spoke about the Obama administration’s new efforts to help student loan borrowers manage their debt.
UNM is doomed to constantly raise tuition and student fees in order to survive, according to a global management consulting firm. A report entitled “Winning by degrees: The strategies of highly productive higher-education institutions,” written by McKinsey & Company, said conventional state universities, such as UNM, are “ripe for disruption.” “Due to decreasing state support and increasing costs, higher education tuition and fees rose by 439 percent between 1985 and 2005,” the report said.
State police arrested at least 40 Occupy Albuquerque protesters late Tuesday night after UNM administrators refused to renew the protesters’ permit to occupy Yale Park.
Nearly 30 Occupy Albuquerque protesters converged on UNM President David Schmidly’s office Tuesday morning, demanding to meet with the president after University administration said it wouldn’t renew the protesters’ permit to occupy Yale Park.
State police arrested at least 40 (Un)occupy Albuquerque protesters late Tuesday night after UNM administrators refused to renew the protesters’ permit to occupy Yale Park. Protesters who wanted to risk arrest in an act of civil disobedience sat in a circle holding hands in the middle of Yale Park, while nearly 200 supporters stood around them and on the sidewalk across Central Avenue.
Occupy Albuquerque’s permit to occupy UNM’s Yale Park expires today, and UNM officials denied the protesters’ permit extension.
A woman staying at UNM’s Yale Park, Occupy Albuquerque’s Camp Coyote, died Saturday. Officers were dispatched to the walkway across Redondo Drive from Yale Park Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
A newly developed gambling website, Lobo Poker Club, is exclusive to UNM students and claims “it’s impossible to lose.” Arizona State University student Chandler Bator created the site along with some 200 similar sites for universities across the country.
Students participated in activities like wheelchair basketball and a blindfolded obstacle course to experience what it might be like to live with a disability as a part of UNM’s Disability Awareness Day on Friday.
The Daily Lobo spoke with ASUNM President Jaymie Roybal about ASUNM’s plans for this year. Roybal outlined both long- and short-term goals for the University.
Police arrested a man Friday after he threatened Occupy Albuquerque protesters on UNM campus with a knife. Miguel Aguirre, 48, was charged with four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest at Occupy’s site, Camp Coyote, Albuquerque Police Department Sgt.
Ralph Montoya pled guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, and one count of second-degree kidnapping Tuesday in court in relation to the murders of UNM professor Hector Torres and graduate student Stefania Gray in March 2010.
You’ve seen the commercials and heard President Barack Obama tell Congress “(Some Americans) are living week-to-week, paycheck-to-paycheck, even day-to-day. They need help and they need it now,” but who has time to actually read Obama’s proposed American Jobs Act? Here’s a breakdown of the Act and what it could mean for you.
As the number of college graduates increases and the number of available jobs dwindles, graduates are hard-pressed to connect with potential employers.
South campus staff members are beginning to speak out about what they call mistreatment of employees by a former UNM vice president on a massive scale.
Nurses at UNM Hospital will soon be required to wear all-black uniforms to allow for quick identification of hospital staff, but some nurses say the color conjures associations of death and despair.
Ralph Montoya, the man suspected of killing UNM English professor Hector Torres and his girlfriend, UNM graduate student Stefania Gray, is expected to plea guilty to second degree murder during a court proceeding Thursday, UNM English department officials said.
An electrical fire ignited at the future site of a health club next to the Mint Tulip Vegan Cafe on Central Avenue near Yale Boulevard this morning. Dan Barrera, the health club’s owner, said he opened the building planning to continue readying the club for its upcoming grand opening, but when he turned on the lights, sparks flew.
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