Just west of Carlsbad lies what may be New Mexico’s next national monument: Otero Mesa. Nathan Newcomer, New Mexico Wilderness Alliance’s associate director, said he has fought for Otera Mesa’s protection for nearly a decade.
Instead of being treated like criminals, students caught drinking on campus are being educated, not disciplined. The Campus Office of Substance Abuse and Prevention (COSAP) is combating underage drinking by requiring guilty students to attend a three-hour seminar about how drinking and drugs can have lasting effects. Since students caught drinking on campus aren’t given the typical off-campus citation called a “Minor in Possession,” Health educator John Steiner said the class highlights how alcohol and drugs can interfere with day-to-day activities. “(The class) isn’t so much about ‘Don’t do this,’” he said.
Growing medical marijuana in New Mexico could get more expensive. Proposed changes to the Department of Health program could raise the nonprofit cannabis producer application fee from $100 to $1,000 and impose an annual fee that increases $10,000 with each year of operation. Len Goodman, NewMexiCann executive director, said high dues would cripple New Mexico producers.
Tiffanie Kidd and her three children sat at Cuidando los Niños nursery waiting for their turn to take a family photo.
GPSA passed two resolutions at Saturday’s meeting recommending economic decisions that do not sacrifice academic success. GPSA Council Chair Megan McRobert said the recommended changes have students’ best interests at heart. “The resolution that was passed urges GPSA representatives on that board and the SFRB (Student Fee Review Board) in general to ensure … that recruitment and retention and the well-being of students are at the forefront of their priorities,” she said. One resolution called for student fees to not be raised during the next fiscal year and asked to allocate student fees to programs related to education. As it stands, 30 percent of the fees go to Athletics, 25 percent to the Student Health Center, 20 percent to the SUB, and the remaining 25 percent is divvied up among other programs, according to GPSA President Lissa Knudsen The second resolution addressed recent budget cuts that will decrease graduate student positions.
UNM is moving forward with its American Campus Communities partnership. At the Dec. 3 meeting, the Lobo Development Board approved the “Strategic Housing Plan”. Kim Murphy, Real Estate director, said the plan is a document that provides ACC and UNM direction to enhance student housing.
Well, it’s over — no, not Mike Locksley’s UNM head coaching career. Just the buzz surrounding the head coach’s possible departure. Putting to rest rampant speculation that Locksley would be fired, Athletics Director Paul Krebs announced Thursday that UNM would retain its head coach for at least the 2011 season at an informal news conference. “I feel two years is not enough time to do what needs to be done to this program,” Krebs said. Back-to-back 1-11 seasons, ticket revenue shortfalls, a host of off-the-field incidents and around-the-clock media scrutiny was not enough to persuade Krebs to give Locksley a golden parachute.
Jodi Carrasco wakes up at 4:30 a.m. and starts her day by running on a treadmill for a couple hours.
Likely starting fall 2011, UNM will offer doctoral and master’s degrees in biomedical engineering on main campus, making it the first university in New Mexico to do so. Steven Graves, associate director for the UNM Center for Biomedical Engineering, said the Ph.D.
It’s the hottest seat in town, but some ticket-holding students stay home. Students’ men’s basketball tickets are sold out until the Dec.
UNM President David Schmidly has spent more time out of office than any other president since at least the 1930s, but University communication, policy making and budget discussions have continued on main campus while Schmidly recuperates.
Greg Overman, right, took over the Bike Coop on Central Avenue in 1998. He dropped out of New Mexico State University in 1972 because of financial problems.
Agitated by a suggestion that other Kappa Alpha Psi members allegedly brawled with security at a downtown nightclub, the fraternity’s faculty adviser Richard White wanted to make one thing clear.
This marks the last column in the Afro-American Experience series, which has ran since the beginning of the semester.
Little by little, the news continues to get worse for three UNM football players who were allegedly involved in a brawl at a downtown nightclub early Thanksgiving morning. The latest episode: Kim Kloeppel, with the Dean of Students, said the office is investigating the incident to determine whether UNM football players breached the University’s Student Code of Conduct in allegedly fighting with members of Lotus Nightlcub’s security staff. The three players, later identified as football players Julion Conley, Joe Harris and Bryant Williams, are a part of an on-campus fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi, and Kloeppel said the office is also looking to determine if other fraternity members were involved in the scuffle. “At this time, I don’t have any specific answers as far as what the investigation has involved,” she said, adding that she would have more definitive information later this week. On top of that, Lotus Nightclub owner Brian Craig is threatening to file a civil complaint against the three players. He said it would have been a different story if his security were fully staffed the night of the incident.
The Lobo Development’s housing forum turned into a rapid-fire, question-and-answer session at the SUB on Tuesday night. ACC representatives did not present building plans, even though the forum was advertised as a public meeting to discuss American Campus Community’s main campus “Strategic Housing Plan.” “When folks hear ‘plan,’ they assume it’s a planning document and expect to see architectural deliverables and where buildings are going, and that’s not what the ‘Strategic Housing Plan’ is,” ACC representative Matt Stein said.
A drunk fan allegedly groped mascot Lobo Lucy at a home football game against TCU on Saturday, according to a UNMPD report.
More than 20 students gathered in support of the DREAM Act on Monday afternoon in hopes of convincing the government to allow students whose parents came to the U.S.
Eight UNM degree programs are in danger of being cut after the Provost’s Office flagged them for possible removal in an effort to reduce costs. Deputy Provost Richard Holder said the programs were selected based on a set of characteristics. “Academic degree programs were evaluated for up to 15 characteristics, such as number of majors, has the number declined by 10 percent or more, number of degrees granted, total number of credit hours produced, etc …,” he said.
In keeping with an established trend, UNM officials continue to insist that, for now, Mike Locksley is the UNM football team’s head coach, pending a long-talked-about, end-of-the-season evaluation.
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