Mattee Jim always knew she wasn’t like the other kids she went to preschool with. “I felt I was a little girl instead of a little boy running around in jeans,” she said. Jim, a transgender Navajo, shared her life story with students and community members at the Ethnic Center Foyer in Mesa Vista Hall on Monday.
Oscar Marquez, owner of Heart and Soul Tattoos and Body Piercing on Central, says his patrons call him “St.
The SUB ballroom was filled with glitter, wigs and glam Saturday night at the UNM Queer Straight Alliance’s second annual drag show. QSA event organizer Adam Quintero reprised his role as Lady Gaga for this year’s show.
Nutritionists recommend thinking before eating to avoid extra pesky pounds Between class, work, studying and social activities, it can be hard to avoid the infamous “freshman 15,” but a few easy lifestyle changes can prevent gaining extra pounds.
This year, Lobo Village is sponsoring the Lobo’s Got Talent show, and that makes it possible for the Student Activities Center to offer cash prizes for first, second and third place.
Put your politics aside. That’s the message Elise Wheeler wanted to send this Veterans Day. The director of the Veterans Resource Center (VRC) said the holiday is meant to honor servicemen and women — and that’s it.
Plans for a student-funded recreational center have been put on hold. Tim Gutierrez, with the office of Student Affairs, said the project idea came from students and will continue only with student support.
The body of a missing Virginian woman was found on campus Thursday after a suspected suicide, according to APD. Police spotted the rental car belonging to Rochelle Cremona-Simmons and her husband in the Redondo Village parking lot east of Johnson Field at about 11 a.m., APD Spokeswoman Trish Hoffman said.
Confused about the construction on Lead and Coal avenues? You aren’t the only one. The roads are undergoing an 18-month-long overhaul.
The UNM Mathematics and Statistics Department’s acting chair stepped down from her position, and college deans said they are not comfortable disclosing why.
Bed bugs suck. Though previously eradicated, a resurgence of the nighttime pests has Albuquerque crawling with them.
Budget cuts caused UNM’s ranking among research libraries to plummet and claimed five permanent positions, making the accommodation of this year’s 1.8 million projected visitors more difficult. University Libraries ranks 78 out of 113 research universities, according to the Association for Research Libraries.
Bond D’s defeat at the polls means state educational institutions won’t enjoy a sliver of $155 million — funds UNM intended to use for major capital projects. Raising property taxes would fuel funding, said Terri Cole, president and CEO of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce.
UNM regent Jack Fortner contributed more than $40,000 to Governor-Elect Susana Martinez and was recently appointed to her higher education transition team. Fortner made five contributions totaling $40,250, including a $20,000 donation to Martinez’s campaign just weeks before Election Day.
UNM graduate students won’t accept budget cuts without a fight. Somber, red-clad graduate students lined the back wall of the SUB ballrooms during Tuesday’s Board of Regents meeting and raised signs to contest the current 3.2 percent and proposed 5 percent budget cuts. Graduate student Liza Minno-Bloom helped form Graduate Employees Together (GET), a committee advocate for graduate and teaching assistants.
“Hanging of the Greens” is one of UNM’s oldest traditions, and Friday is the deadline to take part in it.
The north side of the SUB became a religious battleground Monday. Muslims, homosexuality and premarital sex were among the subjects addressed by a visiting Christian group, creating uproar from students passing by. Member Ken Fleck said the demonstration reflected the history of Christianity. “We are not here to be effective; we are here to be biblical,” he said.
A Sunday peace talk on the Israel-Palestine conflict inspired objections from local Jewish groups. With UNM Peace Studies and American Studies’ support, Palestinian-American Ali Abunimah spoke at the SUB, though the departments received letters from the Jewish Federation of New Mexico and the UNM Hillel that called Abunimah’s talk anti-Semitic. Sam Sokolove, JFNM executive director who wrote the letter, said Abunimah’s support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is troubling.
Santa Ana dorm residents will wear black today to protest the demolition of their dorm over winter break, but University officials said demolition is postponed. UNM Real Estate Director Kim Murphy said the dorm will be demolished May 2011 during the first phase of a master student housing plan to add up to 3,000 beds on main campus.
UNM’s push to make campus fully handicapped accessible is made more difficult by insufficient funding, University officials said. Leslie Donovan, University Honors Program associate professor, relies on a power wheelchair and said she experiences campus accessibility issues every day. She said handicapped parking is a major issue. “Almost all the places on campus are nominally accessible, but often in a very difficult way,” she said. “People who use wheelchairs have a hard time parking anywhere on campus. There are simply not enough spaces. If you can’t park in a handicapped space where you can get your ramp down, you end up having to go long distances to get where you need to be.” The University formed a committee in 1994 to transition the campus to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 guidelines for accessibility.
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