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Schmidly has tumor, may miss graduation
Leah Valencia | May 4UNM President David Schmidly announced Tuesday that he will be seeking medical treatment for a small abdominal tumor.
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Athletics employee arrested on DWI charge
Isaac Avilucea , Ryan Tomari and Shaun Griswold | May 4Stephen Reaves, 25, a weight room intern for the UNM football team, was arrested on a charge of aggravated DWI in the Nob Hill neighborhood early Sunday morning, according to an APD criminal complaint. KRQE 13 initially broke the story Monday morning.
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Examining Web censorship worldwide
Kallie Red-Horse | May 4Censorship is a touchy subject in America, but it’s a part of everyday life in other countries. Assistant Professor of Computer Science Jed Crandall and Ph.D student Jong Chun Park have been working to understand the Chinese government’s methods of Internet censorship.
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Embattled south campus housing slated to open in fall 2011
Tricia Remark | May 4American Campus Communities is taking over UNM student housing. The company builds student housing all over the country.
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Out with the old, in with the interim
Shaun Griswold | May 4Doug Fields resigned from his post as Faculty Senate president Monday, citing a lack of shared governance between the UNM administration and faculty. In a press conference Monday, Fields said the administration has not been willing to collaborate and listen to the Faculty Senate.
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Regents rubber-stamp final budget
Tricia Remark | May 3The Board of Regents approved a $2.1 billion budget for next year, a decrease of 1.1 percent from last fiscal year.
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GPSA debates donations standards for elections
Leah Valencia | May 3The Graduate and Professional Student Association Council wrangled Saturday between pushing for a more ethical elections code or continuing to allow elections to mirror those of state and federal government. The council debated how to amend the GPSA bylaws to ensure that elections reflected transparency, fairness and consistency.
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Lohmann swings into office
Hunter Riley | May 3The winds of change have blown Pat Lohmann into his new position as the Daily Lobo’s editor-in-chief. Lohmann is a sophomore from Gallup, N.M.
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Custodians awarded for lighting up lives
Leah Valencia | April 29Instead of lighting up the night, the Luminaria Awards will light up the faces of four appreciated members on the UNM janitorial staff. The Office of Equity and Inclusion will have its first-ever Luminaria Awards Dinner tonight in the SUB, where the University will recognize the services of people who have gone above the call of duty in promoting diversity and support. “There was a sentiment raised that some diversity efforts hadn’t been recognized to the degree that we should be recognizing them,” said Jozi De Leon, vice president of Equity and Inclusion. De Leon said the department decided to find a way to acknowledge more members of the UNM community, including the evening janitorial team for the Castetter Hall, Marron Hall and the Communications and Journalism Building. “They are a great representation of exactly what everyone around campus should be doing,” she said.
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Weh weighs in against tuition increase
Candace Hsu | April 29Allen Weh, Republican gubernatorial candidate, wants to fight government corruption, strengthen the school system, fix the budget, create new jobs and make safety a top priority. “I am going to make sure that our University system is responsible so we keep tuition rates under control.
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UNM employee wants skateboard regulations
Kallie Red-Horse | April 29Sure, it’s a quick way to get across campus, but skateboarding could be hazardous to your health or the health of passersby.
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Regents ready to set budget
Tricia Remark | April 29Today the Board of Regents will finalize next year’s budget, which includes a 7.9 percent increase in tuition and fees.
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Health care workers must start adapting to system changes
Jeremy Faulkner | April 29Even by the admission of its drafters, the new health insurance reform law is complex, but two members of UNM’s health and medical community are here to explain it. Beverly Kloeppel, director of UNM’s Student Health and Counseling, and Nancy Ridenour, dean of the College of Nursing, agree that the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have a significant impact on young adults. The most immediate impact will be on young adults, who now have the ability to stay on their parents’ health insurance until the age of 26, Kloeppel said. People aged 19-29 make up one-third of the uninsured population in the United States, Kloeppel said.
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Increased bus traffic attributable to poor economy
Leah Valencia | April 29The City of Albuquerque Transit Department reported a 15.4 percent increase in ridership compared with last year, reaching a 1 million rider high for the month of March. According to a press release, since January 2.8 million passengers have taken some sort of ABQ Ride public transportation.
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Safety walk set aside for sake of panties
Kallie Red-Horse | April 28Attention UNM: Erase the Take Back the Campus event from your agenda. It has been postponed to make room for the Undie Run. The campus safety walk, organized in response to the Feb.
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Student group expands health fair
Tricia Remark | April 27The American Medical Student Association saved the Student Health and Counseling center’s annual health fair last year by sponsoring it themselves.
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Democratic Party: Students can fit in
Leah Valencia | April 27Though politics can make some red-hot with frustration, the Democratic Party of New Mexico wants to show UNM students why it can be cool to go blue. The DPNM will host Campaign Blue today from 11 a.m.
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Conservatives set to thwart third parties
Jeremy Faulkner | April 27The UNM student group Conservative Republicans hosted a forum Thursday for only the most bona fide, through and through Republican primary candidates. Unlike the College Republicans, who generally support any Republican candidates, the Conservative Republicans only support candidates whom they deem unequivocally conservative, said Donald Gluck, president of UNM Conservative Republicans. “We advocate for conservative principles as stated in the Declaration of Independence, as codified in the Constitution and as practiced by Ronald Reagan,” Gluck said in an e-mail.
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Parent Association offers scholarships
Jenny Gignac | April 26Tuition increases paint a bleak picture for many students in the 2010-11 academic year, but UNM’s Parent Association is offering a life vest for students drowning in debt.
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Students amass eons of ions into project
Kallie Red-Horse | April 26UNM undergraduate research on lightning is creating a spark in the scientific community. Students at the Configurable Space Microsystems Innovations & Applications Center (COSMIAC) are designing instruments that will be used to study ionospheric activity.
