The Lobo Village clubhouse was up, running and fully furnished for its opening Wednesday, but Lobo Village is still under construction and won’t open until August. Residents can’t move in until August 17, but Lobo Village General Manager Brent McPherson said residents have to pay for the entire month of August, not a prorated portion.
UNM’s salary book is published each month by the Division of Human Resources, but a closer look at the book reveals inaccuracies.
Zimmerman Library is now offering dating advice from the 1970s. So if a freak time-warp leaves you in a supermarket aisle in spring ’79, try out this little gem on the cutie in the hair-products aisle: “I’ve been noticing your beautiful hair.
The Faculty Senate issued the University a challenge: Go paperless. The campus-wide effort has economic and environmental benefits, but it’s easier said than done, said Rebecca Lubas, Faculty Senate Computer Use Committee chair.
The UNM Board of Regents heard fiscal recommendations Monday that would cut more than $12 million from the University budget. Andrew Cullen, vice president of Planning, Budget and Analysis, outlined the University’s plan to save money to the regents. His presentation included a $5.6 million shortfall that UNM will not receive from the state. Other cuts included more than $300,000 from Athletics, $1.9 million from the administration, $2.9 million from Information Technologies and $871,127 spread among departments. Regent Don Chalmers said the cuts might not be enough. “These recommendations seem to walk close to the edge without going over,” he said. “I think we need to put VPs on the table. I would put executive salaries on the table.”
The amalgamation of construction tape, scaffolding and plastic sheets known as Hodgin Hall has been out of service for more than a year, and it’s also nearly $1 million over budget. The original renovation budget was $2 million, according to University Communications and Marketing, but the budget is now $2,937,497, according to a document from UNM Office of Capital Projects, and officials said they underestimated the amount of renewal and replacement the project required.
As many as 250 brightly dressed protesters marched in support of gay marriage and civil rights Saturday afternoon in Nob Hill.
After two days and 13 hours of deliberation, the New Mexico House of Representatives passed a bill that would prevent some undocumented residents from obtaining driver’s licenses. HB 78 passed 42-28 on Friday and is now in the Senate’s hands.
The House of Representatives passed a bill that could leave Sesame Street and other public radio and television programs homeless. The House of Representatives in February voted 235-189 along party lines to eliminate federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the 368 public television stations and 934 radio stations under its umbrella, including several New Mexico stations. The CPB will receive $430 million federal dollars in 2011.
UNM representatives sifted through hundreds of art pieces Thursday to decide which ones to add to the University’s collection. Representatives from various campus departments attended an artwork selection meeting Thursday, choosing pieces from a 600-piece assortment.
Members of a student group want to eradicate student drunk driving while changing negative perceptions about the Greek community. Student Greg Golden founded Greeks Against Drunk Driving last month.
It was 2007, and Joshua Burns had just moved back to New Mexico to start a family in the “booming” film industry. Except, as the Columbia University graduate found out, he couldn’t even find a job holding a boom microphone.
The New Mexico House of Representatives narrowly approved a $5.4 billion budget bill, 35-34, on Tuesday evening. The spending bill includes appropriations of $742 million for higher education, $1.5 billion for health, hospitals and human services, $2.4 billion for public schools and $362 million for public safety.
The Lead and Coal Improvement Project threw a wrench in residents and business owners’ lives when it tore up part of Yale Boulevard last month. Yale Boulevard closed between Avenida Cesar Chavez and Lead Avenue on Feb.
The oil and gas industry in New Mexico contributes a major chunk of money to fund construction projects at public schools and universities around the state — but not quite as much as it claims, according to the chief financial officer of the Public School Facilities Authority. The oil and gas industry “provides over 90 percent of all school capital investment through the Permanent Fund,” according to information on the New Mexico Oil & Gas Association’s website and pamphlets handed out at the Roundhouse during legislative sessions.
Fireworks are a lot less impressive when they’re incinerating car seats, as three UNM students found out over the weekend.
The UNM Cancer Center and Sandia National Laboratories have taken one small step in the fight against cancer — a very, very small step.
GPSA tabled a proposal at Saturday’s meeting to co-sponsor a program aimed at providing students with free copies of the New York Times. ASUNM representative Greg Golden, who presented the co-sponsorship opportunity Feb.
Flames and fireworks shoot from an unidentified car on Redondo Drive on Friday night, in this screen shot taken from a YouTube video. Student David Bjorklund said at 9:30 p.m. Friday he saw fire trucks and a flaming car near Redondo Drive. Five minutes later, he said green fireworks flew out of the car’s window, and later the trunk exploded with flames and fireworks. “It was ridiculous. It was like a whole car on fire,” said student Ethan Kellogg. Student George White recorded the incident and uploaded it to YouTube. The video had 308 hits as of 6 p.m. Sunday, and it can be accessed by searching for “UNM car fire” on YouTube.com
The Student Fee Review Board is recommending that students keep their pocket change. The board recommended a 31-cent decrease over last year’s fees of $486.80 and will submit those recommendations to President David Schmidly on March 1. At Thursday’s meeting, the board voted to fund the nine recurring organizations with the same amount they received last year.
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