Famed racial justice and human rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton will give a free and open-to-the-public speech today at the SUB to advocate for the labor movement. Sharpton’s speech, “The Role of Government,” is sponsored by African-American Student Services and serves as the kick-off event for New Mexico’s African-American Day on Friday.
Because of bone-chilling weather, UNM kept its doors closed much of last week, but repair expenses and employee overtime will cost the University some cold, hard cash. Physical Plant Director Mary Vosevich said the University should determine the costs of the freeze early next week.
The Senate introduced a bill that would grant graduate assistants employee status and allow them full benefits, but the bill’s sponsor said he doesn’t think the state is in a financial position to pass it. SB 400, sponsored by Sen.
Just as journalists nationwide are scrambling for jobs in a changing market, UNM journalism students are scrambling for class spots in a transitioning department. Fewer faculty members, an influx of students and accreditation requirements are straining required class availability for journalism students.
Parked at a city parking meter on a Saturday? If you keep your quarters, no one will ticket you. Even though Albuquerque meters instruct drivers to pay 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sign-in sheets show that fewer than 40 students attended Lobo Development Corporation’s open-housing forums held since March, prompting officials to try a different approach. The University created a housing blog that allows students to track housing updates, ask questions and communicate more effectively, since just 112 people attended the LDC’s 17 forums, according to documents obtained from the Office of the Custodian of Public Records.
“America’s Next Top Model” might have walked the catwalk at the SUB Atrium on Monday evening — if she was tall enough to reach the stage. More than 80 women auditioned for the hit reality series at the casting call hosted by Albuquerque’s local CW affiliate, but dozens of others who showed up were told they didn’t measure up.
Before she was honorably discharged, Leasa Medina would go out with her girlfriend and tell people about her “cousin” in the military. Her “cousin’s” experiences serving in the Middle East were really her own, since before the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was repealed, service members were prohibited from being openly gay. “Up until recently, it’s considered a dishonorable discharge if you’re found to be gay in the military, which is the equivalent of a felony, and any money you owe the military, like any tuition assistance, you have to pay back,” she said. Medina is now finishing the last semester of a psychology degree at UNM, and she works at the Women’s Resource Center on campus, where she recently started a Women’s Veterans group with the center’s support. “There’s a lot of abuse that goes on with women when they’re deployed.
SANTA FE — The governor signed an Executive Order last week that some lawmakers say mirrors Arizona’s immigration policies. Gov.
UNM researchers and students are setting up radio telescope stations across the state that will open a window to unexplored parts of the Earth’s atmosphere and outer space. The Long Wavelength Array in the San Agustin Plains, the first of the stations, will be completed at the end of next month, Executive Project Director Lee Rickard said.
This weekend’s natural gas shortage may have impeded gas service in Taos, but Greater World Earthship Community residents had nothing to worry about.
Gov. Susana Martinez declared a State of Emergency in New Mexico because of a lack of gas, but some UNM classes faced a state of emergency of their own: a shortage of students. Sophomore Tristan Burman said at least a quarter of the students in her classes were absent Thursday following the two snow days, and she would have preferred staying home. “It was super cold when I woke up,” she said.
UNM canceled classes for the remainder of Thursday afternoon after a statewide gas shortage left residents throughout the state without heat. The University will remain closed through Sunday. At 2:30 p.m. Thursday, University Communications sent out an alert saying UNM was closed the rest of the day, after Gov. Susana Martinez declared a state of emergency. In an executive order, she called for “executive departments and agencies under the Office of the Governor, statewide, effective immediately, to release nonessential personnel in order to reduce energy demand on their facilities” through the end of the day.
UNM officials canceled classes for the remainder of the day and issued a two-hour delay for Friday’s classes due to weather concerns.
As Tuesday night’s temperatures in Albuquerque dropped to the lowest they’ve been in decades, the city’s homeless shelters were filled to capacity with people looking for a warm bed.
UNM students have come up with an energy-reducing plan to save the University nearly $600,000 per year.
For some student veterans, navigating through a crowded campus is stressful. Joey Diaz, Student Veterans of UNM president, said he knows a student veteran who refuses to walk across Smith Plaza. “Most people don’t see anything wrong with walking through a crowded area,” he said.
When it comes to New Mexico’s film industry, state legislators are tough critics. Gov. Susana Martinez said in her State of the State speech Jan.
Students may have gotten Tuesday off, but hundreds of UNM employees were shoveling sidewalks, clearing roads and preparing UNM’s buildings to withstand icy winds and bone-chilling temperatures.
SANTA FE — More than 80 UNM students rode the Rail Runner to the Roundhouse with a message: University students cannot sustain further tuition increases.
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