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Activist: Corporations harm land, climate
May 2Diné activist Louise Benally knows firsthand how corporate takeover can destroy traditional ways of life.
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Credit card meters offer convenience
Diego Gomez | May 2Keep your spare change for the laundromat. Last week, UNM began replacing coin-operated parking meters with machines that exclusively accept credit cards.
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Prof. recounts cannabis history
Kallie Red-Horse | May 2Where does cannabis come from? Assistant professor Chris Duvall discussed on Friday the origins of cannabis sativa, or marijuana, during the Student Organization for Latin American Studies’ final Brown Bag Lecture Series. He said the plant originated in Central Asia, spread across the continent to North Africa, and enslaved Africans brought knowledge of marijuana to Brazil.
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IT focuses on improving email
Kevin Forte | April 29Sick of Webmail? IT might have the solution. The IT department sent out requests for proposals this week and hopes to have an executive-level decision on a new email system in August, said Deputy Chief Information Officer Moira Gerety. She said the University’s email system is outdated and not user-friendly. Gerety said the University uses about 25 different email systems, and that she and her team hope to bring this number down to one. She said students should have a new email system within a year. “UNM staff and employees, in particular, were really sort of working around multiple email systems,” she said. “It’s just a pain. They want to be able to bring everybody up, schedule messages and schedule meetings on one email system.” Gerety is co-chairing a committee with Mike Campbell, the director of PC Systems and Support for UNMH. Gerety said this is a collaborative effort, in which departments from across UNM are giving feedback.
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Provost hopefuls lay out plans
Kallie Red-Horse | April 29The University held a series of public forums this week at the SUB Theater, allowing students, faculty and staff to meet interim provost candidates.
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Residents recall Santa Ana memories
Chelsea Erven | April 28Residents of Santa Ana dorm bade the dorm farewell Wednesday evening. It will be demolished this summer.
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Sprinkler breaks ‘almost every day’
Elizabeth Cleary | April 28At around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, a sprinkler broke just west of the Communication and Journalism Building, and the resulting trail of water stretched about 470 feet down Central Avenue before falling into the drain near University Avenue.
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Frustration drives away faculty
Alexandra Swanberg | April 28Some faculty members are reaching their breaking points. English professor James Burbank said that, in his department alone, more than 10 percent of faculty members are retiring — three members out of frustration with the administration.
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Caldera still listed on UNM’s payroll
Shaun Griswold | April 27Former UNM President Louis Caldera left the position almost five years ago, but his name still appears in the University salary book as a law school professor making $124,000 a year.
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Schmidly to decide SFRB makeup
Hunter Riley | April 27A proposed Student Fee Review Board policy change has once again pitted the graduates against the undergraduates.
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Provost candidates seek public input
Shaun Griswold | April 27The University announced three finalists for the interim provost position on Monday, continuing a month-long process to replace former provost Suzanne Ortega.
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No funds for UNM nonresidents
Kevin Forte | April 27Nonresident students could face an almost 300 percent tuition increase if they take fewer than six credit hours. This semester, full-time, nonresident students are paying about $6,500 more than resident students, according spring 2011 figures from the Bursar’s Office.
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Smoking Ban is ‘Tobacco Totalitarianism’
Luke Holmen | April 26It’s been more than a year and a half since UNM became a “smoke-free” campus, but so far no one has been punished for smoking outside of designated areas.
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Six-figure System Still Offline
Elizabeth Cleary | April 26In fall 2008 UNM Housing spent $206,000 of student rent money to install a card-swiping system at Redondo Village, but it remains offline nearly three years later.
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BYU-UNM Brawl Leads to Suspensions
Isaac Avilucea | April 26The verdict is in. The Mountain West Conference on Monday suspended five UNM and four BYU baseball players after a heated exchange between UNM’s Quay Grant and BYU’s Chris Capper escalated into a bench-clearing brawl at the conclusion of Saturday’s matchup in Provo, Utah. The MWC reviewed tape of the brawl over the weekend before meting out discipline.
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Easter Service Fills Empty Seats
Kevin Forte | April 25How do you beat UNM’s average football game attendance from 2010? Have an Easter bash at Lobo Stadium.
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GPSA Elects Chair After Re-voting Twice
Kallie Red-Horse | April 25GPSA has a new council chair, Megan O’Laughlin. It was a tight race between candidates Shannon Crowley, Victor Lopez and O’Laughlin.
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City: Housing Homeless Saves Public Money
Chelsea Erven | April 25Data compiled by the city finds housing some of Albuquerque’s homeless is cheaper than leaving them on the streets.
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Schmidly to Resign in June 2012
Shaun Griswold | April 21UNM President David Schmidly will not return to the University when his contract expires. Schmidly announced he will not renew his contract Thursday morning in a University wide e-mail.
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Environmental expo a blast with trash, bikes
Kallie Red-Horse | April 21Students played with garbage during UNM’s third annual Sustainability Expo. As part of the expo, UNM Recycling hosted a trash-sorting competition.
